Come check out Judgement Day (www.stringmetal.com) this Friday at the Ike Box - an all ages club in downtown Salem! Proceeds from this event will go to benefit the Orchestra Music Boosters. Here's the line up:
Echos Orange - local 2-man band
The Metal Shakespeare Company - they set Shakespeare to heavy metal
Judgement Day - violin, cello, and drums playing metal
Ike Box - 299 Cottage Street Northeast, Salem, OR
7pm Doors open, 8pm Concert starts
$10 at the door
All ages
Here's a Facebook invite link:
Facebook Judgement Day @ Ike Box Event Link
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Tempos for Chamber for the next 2 days
[Emailed 4/19}
Hi Chamber students,
Here's the tempos we'll play in class Tuesday and Wednesday - maybe even Thursday:
April 19 - April 21
Mvt. 1 half note = 68 (or quarter = 136)
Mvt. 2 eighth noe = 65
Mvt. 4 quarter or dotted quarter = 92
Please make sure you've run at the movement at least once at home with your metronome at these tempos! Fix incorrect notes!!
Hi Chamber students,
Here's the tempos we'll play in class Tuesday and Wednesday - maybe even Thursday:
April 19 - April 21
Mvt. 1 half note = 68 (or quarter = 136)
Mvt. 2 eighth noe = 65
Mvt. 4 quarter or dotted quarter = 92
Please make sure you've run at the movement at least once at home with your metronome at these tempos! Fix incorrect notes!!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Festival thank yous and results
Thank you to one and all for a successful district festival! We apparently did a great job hosting the festival, once again. I hope that those of you who worked and/or attended can appreciate how neat it is to host this festival at our school - I heard some amazing music!!! And, there's the added bonus that it's really clean right now in the A wing... :)
Chamber orchestra felt as though we performed really well, but the judges scores weren't very high, unfortunately. There were some constructive comments, and actually lots of positive comments, from the judges. We'll have some great ideas to work off of while we prepare for State (May 14) these next few weeks.
Symphony did great - I think that was our best performance yet. Our scores were pretty good - I think they accurately reflected our performance level. I think we're well positioned to defend that 3rd place State title we scooped up last year. But, we can't let ourselves coast - we know that there's a lot of work left to be done.
Chamber parents hosted a wonderful breakfast on Saturday morning - that was so neat! I deeply appreciate your dedication, generosity, and support of your kids and the music program.
There is a concert on May 3 - the Pre State concert - where we'll play selections from our State material for parents and friends. I'm looking forward to seeing how much we grow in the next few weeks!
~Ms S
Chamber orchestra felt as though we performed really well, but the judges scores weren't very high, unfortunately. There were some constructive comments, and actually lots of positive comments, from the judges. We'll have some great ideas to work off of while we prepare for State (May 14) these next few weeks.
Symphony did great - I think that was our best performance yet. Our scores were pretty good - I think they accurately reflected our performance level. I think we're well positioned to defend that 3rd place State title we scooped up last year. But, we can't let ourselves coast - we know that there's a lot of work left to be done.
Chamber parents hosted a wonderful breakfast on Saturday morning - that was so neat! I deeply appreciate your dedication, generosity, and support of your kids and the music program.
There is a concert on May 3 - the Pre State concert - where we'll play selections from our State material for parents and friends. I'm looking forward to seeing how much we grow in the next few weeks!
~Ms S
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Take a look at the new calendar...
Just to the right of this message there will be a Titan Orchestras calendar link. I will hopefully put the most up-to-date information on it. It will be for rehearsals and concerts, as well as special events. If you want OR Symphony or other info, take a look at the static calendar text on our website - www.titanorchestras.com
Click on the words "Calendar Link" and you'll see the Google Calendar. Hope it helps...
~Ms S
Click on the words "Calendar Link" and you'll see the Google Calendar. Hope it helps...
~Ms S
Monday, April 12, 2010
Spring Assignment, due Monday April 19
Adjudication assignment for all orchestra students – due Monday April 19 – worth 20 points
All students are to judge 2 groups – preferably orchestra or symphony groups. The adjudication sheets are designed to encourage you to comment about musicality, technique, sound, and other factors. You will receive full credit if each box is filled out with comments and scores. Additionally, if you adjudicate West orchestra groups (if you’re not in Chamber or Symphony) *AND* you happen to get exactly the same scores as any one particular official judge, you’ll receive a prize, so judge away… ~Ms S
Friday April 16 Bands:
North Salem 1:35 to 2:05 PM
McNary 2:10 to 2:40 PM
Sprague 2:45 to 3:15 PM
McKay 3:20 to 3:50 PM
break
West Salem 5:00 to 5:30 PM
Redmond 5:35 to 6:05 PM
South Salem 6:10 to 6:40 PM
Gresham 6:45 to 7:15 PM
WOU Band 7:20 to 7:50 PM
Saturday April 17 Orchestras:
West Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 8:30 – 8:55
McNary Adv. String Orchestra 9:00 – 9:25
McKay Adv. String Orchestra 9:30 – 9:55
North Salem Chamber Orchestra 10:00 – 10:25
Sprague Camarata String Orchestra 10:30 – 10:55
South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 11:00 – 11:25
Reynolds HS Adv. String Orchestra 11:30 – 11:55
break
North HS Symphony Orchestra 1:00 – 1:30
West Salem HS Symphony Orchestra 1:35 – 2:05
Sprague HS Symphony Orchestra 2:10 – 2:40
South HS Symphony Orchestra 2:45 – 3:15
Reynolds HS Symphony Orchestra 3:20 – 3:50
Alternate assignment, for those unable to attend the district festival:
Computer option: Complete the following Web quest.... you will need to create a word document that will have the answers for the quest.
1) Using a search engine, find url website addresses for the following symphony orchestras: Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic
2) Choose one of the symphony websites to review - write a brief synopsis of what you like and don’t like about their website. And, answer the following questions in your synopsis: What do you like about the home page? What is the price range of their ticket prices? How easy is it to find information about the history of their symphony? Do they have a kids page and if they do, what’s on it? Do they have podcasts or webcasts of their music online? If you wanted a job with the symphony, how easy is it to find employment info? What jobs are currently open – administrative and symphony player?
3) Play the Bravo Gustavo Maestro Hero online game: http://www.laphil.com/gustavo/game/ - and let me know your high score
Non-computer option:
Take an hour of your time to create a written assignment that combines words, music and/or art. You could write a set of musical poems, you could write down your favorite personal musical story (something that happened to you at a concert, in a performance, or maybe even write about why you started playing your instrument and what that meant to you), you could paint or draw a musical picture that has words on it, or you could simply write a page long essay entitled "What Music Means to Me". Don't spend more than an hour on this assignment, but, make it personal... almost anything you create that includes words and music will be fine (I'll be checking email all weekend, so feel free to email me if you have a question about this assignment).
All students are to judge 2 groups – preferably orchestra or symphony groups. The adjudication sheets are designed to encourage you to comment about musicality, technique, sound, and other factors. You will receive full credit if each box is filled out with comments and scores. Additionally, if you adjudicate West orchestra groups (if you’re not in Chamber or Symphony) *AND* you happen to get exactly the same scores as any one particular official judge, you’ll receive a prize, so judge away… ~Ms S
Friday April 16 Bands:
North Salem 1:35 to 2:05 PM
McNary 2:10 to 2:40 PM
Sprague 2:45 to 3:15 PM
McKay 3:20 to 3:50 PM
break
West Salem 5:00 to 5:30 PM
Redmond 5:35 to 6:05 PM
South Salem 6:10 to 6:40 PM
Gresham 6:45 to 7:15 PM
WOU Band 7:20 to 7:50 PM
Saturday April 17 Orchestras:
West Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 8:30 – 8:55
McNary Adv. String Orchestra 9:00 – 9:25
McKay Adv. String Orchestra 9:30 – 9:55
North Salem Chamber Orchestra 10:00 – 10:25
Sprague Camarata String Orchestra 10:30 – 10:55
South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 11:00 – 11:25
Reynolds HS Adv. String Orchestra 11:30 – 11:55
break
North HS Symphony Orchestra 1:00 – 1:30
West Salem HS Symphony Orchestra 1:35 – 2:05
Sprague HS Symphony Orchestra 2:10 – 2:40
South HS Symphony Orchestra 2:45 – 3:15
Reynolds HS Symphony Orchestra 3:20 – 3:50
Alternate assignment, for those unable to attend the district festival:
Computer option: Complete the following Web quest.... you will need to create a word document that will have the answers for the quest.
1) Using a search engine, find url website addresses for the following symphony orchestras: Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic
2) Choose one of the symphony websites to review - write a brief synopsis of what you like and don’t like about their website. And, answer the following questions in your synopsis: What do you like about the home page? What is the price range of their ticket prices? How easy is it to find information about the history of their symphony? Do they have a kids page and if they do, what’s on it? Do they have podcasts or webcasts of their music online? If you wanted a job with the symphony, how easy is it to find employment info? What jobs are currently open – administrative and symphony player?
3) Play the Bravo Gustavo Maestro Hero online game: http://www.laphil.com/gustavo/game/ - and let me know your high score
Non-computer option:
Take an hour of your time to create a written assignment that combines words, music and/or art. You could write a set of musical poems, you could write down your favorite personal musical story (something that happened to you at a concert, in a performance, or maybe even write about why you started playing your instrument and what that meant to you), you could paint or draw a musical picture that has words on it, or you could simply write a page long essay entitled "What Music Means to Me". Don't spend more than an hour on this assignment, but, make it personal... almost anything you create that includes words and music will be fine (I'll be checking email all weekend, so feel free to email me if you have a question about this assignment).
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Newsletter #10 (4/07/2010)
Newsletter #10 (emailed 4.7.2010)
Contained within:
1) Congratulations to Chamber and Symphony! State info
2) "Judgement Day" Ike Box Orchestra fundraiser April 23!
3) April 16 and 17 - schedules, volunteer request, homework assignment
4) When do we perform again?
5) Auditions for next year
6) Symphony schedule
1) Congrats to students in the Chamber Orchestra and Symphony. Both groups have qualified (and quite nicely, I should say) for the State Championships on May 14 at Corvallis' LeSalle Stewart Performing Arts Hall. At this point we do not have times. But it's likely that Chamber will play in the morning and Symphony in the afternoon. The Wind Ensemble (Band) qualified a few weeks ago and will play on May 15. The Choir of the Titans also qualified for the State Championships, to be held a week before Orchestra and Band. This is the result of dedicated students, parents, and directors who choose and learn great music. But, there's lot more work to be done these next few weeks - please let's not 'rest on our laurels' and continue staying positive as we work to refine and polish our pieces.
Chamber Orchestra will not be calling any extra rehearsals as a large group at this point (rehearsing 90 minutes daily should be enough to polish our pieces) - however students will be asked to be more dedicated than ever to sectional rehearsals (that occur before or after school). Keep in mind that AP's occur the 2 weeks right before State Competition. A great idea is to consider practicing as a great 'AP study' break activity. If you take breaks when your studying and let your mind completely go (like to play video games or go to the computer) it's less advantageous than taking a 'brain break' to go practice for 15-20 minutes.
2) Heavy metal violin/cello/drums trio Judgement Day (www.stringmetal.com) will be performing at the Ike Box (an all ages club downtown next to the YMCA) Friday April 23 as a fundraiser for our Titan Orchestra program. Parents, siblings, neighbors, and friends are all invited. Tickets will be $10. Doors open at 7pm. Bands start at 8pm - local band Echos Orange opens, The Metal Shakespeare band is next, and Judgement Day finishes up the evening. Should be awesome! Let's make this a successful fundraiser!!!
3) West hosts the Central Valley League Band and Orchestra festival next week - April 16 and 17. ORCHESTRA RUNS THE BAND DAY - all students and available parents are asked to help. Parents - if you have even an hour or two that you'd be willing to volunteer, please email Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net - thank you to the parents who have already offered their time. We could still use a few more! Students, sign up for a time slot in the orchestra room!
SATURDAY APRIL 17 - Chamber Orchestra performs at 8am. Could you imagine how great it would be if we were to play to a packed house at 8am on a Saturday morning??!!!! I invite ALL PARENTS and STUDENTS in the program to come support West's State-bound Chamber Orchestra. And, then come back at 1pm to see the 3rd place State Champion Symphony perform.
ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN ALL GROUPS - all students will be required to 'adjudicate' 2 performing groups on April 17. Each group plays for 20-24 minutes. The full schedule of groups will be given to students with the assignment info. If a student absolutely cannot attend one hour of performances (especially West's groups if they are not in Chamber or Symphony) on Saturday the 17th due to other commitments then there will be an alternate assignment (one computer based, one non-computer) that will be due Monday April 19. The date of this festival has been on the calendar since last May - it's my expectation that students complete this assignment *and* support West's orchestra program. Students *MAY* use these performances to also complete their review assignment - talk about knocking 2 birds with one stone! Details on this assignment will be given to students on April 12 and due a week later. Any questions? Feel free to email...
4) Here are the upcoming performances for all groups:
String Orchestra - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Sinfonietta - April 30, 1pm - 6:45pm 4th grade festival - performance at 6pm
Sinfonietta - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Chamber Orchestra - April 17, 8am
Symphony - April 17, 1pm
Chamber Orchestra and Symphony - May 3, 7pm
Chamber Orchestra and Symphony - May 14, State Championships (time TBD)
Chamber Orchestra - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Symphony (including Chamber) - June 7, 7pm Concerto Concert and final senior farewell
5) Auditions and placement announcements for the 2010-2011 season will begin the week after Districts (the week of April 19).
6) Here is the Symphony schedule for April:
Fri Apr 9 - 2:30 - 4:30
Tue Apr 13 - 4 - 6pm
Thur Apr 15 - 5 - 7pm (EXTRA REHEARSAL - MANDATORY DRESS REHEARSAL!!)
Tue Apr 20 - 4 - 6pm
Fri Apr 23 - 2:30 - 4:30
Tue Apr 27 - 2:30 - 4:30
Fri Apr 30 - no school, no symphony rehearsal
Thanks! ~Ms S (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
**SAVE THE DATE**
April 13 - Zukerman at the OR Symphony at Willamette Smith Hall, 8pm
April 16 and 17 - Salem-Keizer District Festival - Friday is Band day (Orchestra parents and students run the day), Saturday Chamber performs at 8am, Symphony at 1pm
April 20 - 6pm Parent Booster Meeting (Trip Planning and 2010-2011 concert planning), orchestra room
April 23 Judgement Day band at the Ike Box - Fundraiser for Orchestra Music Boosters
April 27 - Midori at the OR Symphony at Willamette's Smith Hall, 8pm
Boot Camp - Monday through Thursday, 9am - 1pm, August 23-26
Contained within:
1) Congratulations to Chamber and Symphony! State info
2) "Judgement Day" Ike Box Orchestra fundraiser April 23!
3) April 16 and 17 - schedules, volunteer request, homework assignment
4) When do we perform again?
5) Auditions for next year
6) Symphony schedule
1) Congrats to students in the Chamber Orchestra and Symphony. Both groups have qualified (and quite nicely, I should say) for the State Championships on May 14 at Corvallis' LeSalle Stewart Performing Arts Hall. At this point we do not have times. But it's likely that Chamber will play in the morning and Symphony in the afternoon. The Wind Ensemble (Band) qualified a few weeks ago and will play on May 15. The Choir of the Titans also qualified for the State Championships, to be held a week before Orchestra and Band. This is the result of dedicated students, parents, and directors who choose and learn great music. But, there's lot more work to be done these next few weeks - please let's not 'rest on our laurels' and continue staying positive as we work to refine and polish our pieces.
Chamber Orchestra will not be calling any extra rehearsals as a large group at this point (rehearsing 90 minutes daily should be enough to polish our pieces) - however students will be asked to be more dedicated than ever to sectional rehearsals (that occur before or after school). Keep in mind that AP's occur the 2 weeks right before State Competition. A great idea is to consider practicing as a great 'AP study' break activity. If you take breaks when your studying and let your mind completely go (like to play video games or go to the computer) it's less advantageous than taking a 'brain break' to go practice for 15-20 minutes.
2) Heavy metal violin/cello/drums trio Judgement Day (www.stringmetal.com) will be performing at the Ike Box (an all ages club downtown next to the YMCA) Friday April 23 as a fundraiser for our Titan Orchestra program. Parents, siblings, neighbors, and friends are all invited. Tickets will be $10. Doors open at 7pm. Bands start at 8pm - local band Echos Orange opens, The Metal Shakespeare band is next, and Judgement Day finishes up the evening. Should be awesome! Let's make this a successful fundraiser!!!
3) West hosts the Central Valley League Band and Orchestra festival next week - April 16 and 17. ORCHESTRA RUNS THE BAND DAY - all students and available parents are asked to help. Parents - if you have even an hour or two that you'd be willing to volunteer, please email Kelly Culver at kculver@comcast.net - thank you to the parents who have already offered their time. We could still use a few more! Students, sign up for a time slot in the orchestra room!
SATURDAY APRIL 17 - Chamber Orchestra performs at 8am. Could you imagine how great it would be if we were to play to a packed house at 8am on a Saturday morning??!!!! I invite ALL PARENTS and STUDENTS in the program to come support West's State-bound Chamber Orchestra. And, then come back at 1pm to see the 3rd place State Champion Symphony perform.
ASSIGNMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS IN ALL GROUPS - all students will be required to 'adjudicate' 2 performing groups on April 17. Each group plays for 20-24 minutes. The full schedule of groups will be given to students with the assignment info. If a student absolutely cannot attend one hour of performances (especially West's groups if they are not in Chamber or Symphony) on Saturday the 17th due to other commitments then there will be an alternate assignment (one computer based, one non-computer) that will be due Monday April 19. The date of this festival has been on the calendar since last May - it's my expectation that students complete this assignment *and* support West's orchestra program. Students *MAY* use these performances to also complete their review assignment - talk about knocking 2 birds with one stone! Details on this assignment will be given to students on April 12 and due a week later. Any questions? Feel free to email...
4) Here are the upcoming performances for all groups:
String Orchestra - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Sinfonietta - April 30, 1pm - 6:45pm 4th grade festival - performance at 6pm
Sinfonietta - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Chamber Orchestra - April 17, 8am
Symphony - April 17, 1pm
Chamber Orchestra and Symphony - May 3, 7pm
Chamber Orchestra and Symphony - May 14, State Championships (time TBD)
Chamber Orchestra - May 25, 6pm awards, 7pm concert
Symphony (including Chamber) - June 7, 7pm Concerto Concert and final senior farewell
5) Auditions and placement announcements for the 2010-2011 season will begin the week after Districts (the week of April 19).
6) Here is the Symphony schedule for April:
Fri Apr 9 - 2:30 - 4:30
Tue Apr 13 - 4 - 6pm
Thur Apr 15 - 5 - 7pm (EXTRA REHEARSAL - MANDATORY DRESS REHEARSAL!!)
Tue Apr 20 - 4 - 6pm
Fri Apr 23 - 2:30 - 4:30
Tue Apr 27 - 2:30 - 4:30
Fri Apr 30 - no school, no symphony rehearsal
Thanks! ~Ms S (silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us)
**SAVE THE DATE**
April 13 - Zukerman at the OR Symphony at Willamette Smith Hall, 8pm
April 16 and 17 - Salem-Keizer District Festival - Friday is Band day (Orchestra parents and students run the day), Saturday Chamber performs at 8am, Symphony at 1pm
April 20 - 6pm Parent Booster Meeting (Trip Planning and 2010-2011 concert planning), orchestra room
April 23 Judgement Day band at the Ike Box - Fundraiser for Orchestra Music Boosters
April 27 - Midori at the OR Symphony at Willamette's Smith Hall, 8pm
Boot Camp - Monday through Thursday, 9am - 1pm, August 23-26
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Mark May 14 (Orchestra State Championships) on your calendar
Yay! Congrats to Chamber *AND* Symphony for qualifying for State championships that will be held on May 14th in Corvallis.
Scores were great... performances were really good. There's more work to do... it's gonna be gooooooooooooooood this year!
:)
~Ms S
Scores were great... performances were really good. There's more work to do... it's gonna be gooooooooooooooood this year!
:)
~Ms S
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