Titan Orchestra Newsletter #29
Orchestras of the West concert tonight!Contained within...1) Concert tonight in the Gym - 7pm2) OR Symphony Friday May 173) Uncle Bonsai concert May 19
4) Links fixed on our website for State videos5) OSAA record history6) Boot camp dates - August 19/20 - 23!!7) Check out this video... (Largest kazoo concert in the world) 1) Concert tonight in the Gym - 7pm380 (plus or minus) string orchestra students attending West Salem schools will converge on the West Salem gymnasium tonight. This is our first ever Orchestras of the West. The show starts at 7pm and will conclude right around 8pm. Huge thanks to 'feeder' teachers Will Balch and Jeff Shippy to making this all happen. Parents are encouraged to attend (and all West students are playing). Students and parents have been emailed information regarding call times, dress, and flow of the concert. 2) OR Symphony Friday May 17The OR Symphony in Salem has their last concert of the season tomorrow night, May 17. The concert is at 8pm at Smith Hall at Willamette University. Students should arrive around 7pm to pick up $5 tickets. The soloist is violinist Jennifer Koh. This will be a great concert! More info: http://orsymphony.org/salem/ 3) Uncle Bonsai concert May 19There is a vocal-folk trio from Seattle called Uncle Bonsai coming to Salem this Sunday at 6:30pm to South Salem. This is a benefit concert for Temple Beth Sholom on Cunningham, off of Liberty, by the South Salem Roth's Sunnyside. Uncle Bonsai sing witty lyrics with amazing harmonies - their newest CD release is called "Monsters in the Closet" and is a slightly irreverent commentary on parenting. Local singer/songwriter Matt Price is opening for Uncle Bonsai - I will be playing violin with him (so, you actually may review this concert... how about that?!). Here is more info and links:Here's the link to purchase tickets: http://www.tbsholom.org/tbs-news/events/180-uncle-bonsai-event Here's a link to Uncle Bonsai's website: http://unclebonsai.com Here's a video of Uncle Bonsai's song Monsters in the Closet: http://youtu.be/MxHjjkQjvws Here's a video of opening act Matthew Price's song Twinkie on their homepage: http://www.gallonhouse.com/ 4) Links fixed on our website for State videosI have fixed the links on the library page of our website - now all the Chamber Orchestra and Symphony links work. Thanks to parent Geoff Winkler for these great videos! Click here to see them all: http://titanorchestra.com/?page_id=85) OSAA record historyHere's a little more info about our wins last week. Our record of 3 first place wins (Choir, Band, Symphony) has been accomplished 4 other times in OSAA history. And, in fact Sprague won 4 1st place music titles in 1998. But the record of 3 first place and 1 second place (Chamber) makes this year the 2nd best in OSAA history. And, the best record in the Salem Keizer district since 1998. Here's the link of you'd like to investigate: http://www.osaa.org/archive/. So very proud of the A wing. Thanks, students and parents, for all that you do to support music in West Salem!6) Boot camp dates - August 19/20 - 23!!!Orchestra Boot Camp is always 2 weeks before the start of school. Chamber retreat is on Monday August 19. Everyone else comes Tuesday Tuesday August 20 through Friday August 23 9am - 12pm. Chamber stays until 1pm Tuesday - Friday. This is a very important part of the Titan Orchestra spirit and musical culture. Students playing in any orchestra next year are 'required' to attend Boot Camp. The camp fee is $40, can be paid either at the end of this year or at Boot Camp registration, can be paid out of your student account, and can also be waived (4 hours of extra volunteer hours will be required of the family). Please mark your calendar now!7) Check out this video... (Largest kazoo concert in the world)
In honor of our Orchestra of the West concert tomorrow, here's a video of what came up as the "Largest Kazoo Ensemble record attempt"... enjoy!
http://youtu.be/s-G1jew9JEM
Thanks for reading the newsletter all the way to the end - now you're informed and up-to-date!!! Please don't forget to check the website for more information.
~Ms S (Daryl Silberman)
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