Newsletter #15 (emailed 1/21)

***Save the Date***
Sectionals resume starting Feb. 2 - (Sinf + TS) violins Mondays, cello/bass Tuesday, violas Friday
Jan 25 - Live review due!!!
Feb 4 - Portland Cello Project at downtown library
Feb 8 - Titan Violins play anthem at bball game
Feb 13 - Chocolate Sunday

Contained within:

1) Live review is due Tuesday 1/25... 3 options!
2) Coffee fundraiser is extended for ALL until 2/2
3) Calendar alternate link
4) All Cellos required to attend concert 2/4
5) Change in sectional time for Titan Strings (period 6)
6) Email going out to Sinfonietta

1) Live review is due Tuesday 1/25... 3 options!
All students need to complete 1 live concert review - this review is due on Tuesday January 25. You have 3 more opportunities to see a live concert:

#1 This Sunday at 3pm at Illahe Golf Club there is a Soiree performed by members of the Salem Chamber Orchestra - student ticket price is $17 - this will be a beautiful concert! For more info: www.salemchamberorchestra.org

#2 Tuesday 1/25 there is a fun concert being performed by the OR Symphony Pops - 3 Broadway Divas. This concert is after the review deadline, but if you attend, you may turn your review in on Thursday 1/27. Student tickets can be purchased at the door - 8pm concert at Smith Hall on the Willamette University campus.

#3 On Monday 1/24 after school at 2:30pm I will be showing a DVD about Hilary Hahn - this features her playing the Korngold Violin concerto (one of my all time favorite violin concertos!). The video is 60 minutes long - done by 3:30. Come take notes on this DVD video and it will count as a live review. Chamber Orchestra students - this can count as your second 'other' review if you'd like. For more info: www.orsymphony.org/salem

2) Coffee fundraiser is extended for ALL until 2/2
We have extended the coffee fundraiser until February 2nd!!!! We need to sell 120 more bags of coffee... so, we ask that all students interested pick up an order form and try to sell 2 or 3 bags of coffee! 3 flavors - dark, medium, decaf.

3) Calendar alternate link
At this very moment in time, the calendar link isn't working properly on our website - it's being fixed. But, if you ever need to look directly at the calendar, click here:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=pm95agoipvpi3r02dmvoa15o7s%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles

4) All Cellos required to attend concert 2/4
All Cellos in the orchestra program will be required to attend this concert on Friday February 4 - it's an amazing all-cello group called the Portland Cello Project. All others are welcome to attend as well - think of it as an opportunity to write your review for 2nd semester early!!! Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door - if you need a scholarship, let Ms. S know. This is sure to be an exciting concert.

5) Change in sectional time for Titan Strings (period 6)
Starting 2nd semester, the Titan Violins will be joining the Sinfonietta violins in sectional on Mondays from 2:40 - 3:30. The Titan Cellos and Basses will join the Sinfonietta Cellos and Basses in sectional on Wednesdays 2:40 - 3:30. These sectionals are considered part of the participation grade for the class. We will need 4 cellists and some violinists to bring their own instrument to school on these days - we'll work that schedule out in class. Otherwise students will have to share during sectional time, or we will have to split the cello sectional into 2 groups.

6) Email going out to Sinfonietta
There is an email going out after this newsletter to Sinfonietta students and parents... just announcements I would have made in class on Thursday (I was out with a sick kiddo... sounds like after the fire alarm you all had good coaching sessions!)

Thanks for reading all the way down to the end of the newsletter...
~Ms S.