Big Trip 2013 - day 5 - it's a wrap!

This will be a quick blog... I should have posted it yesterday.

Day 5 of the Big Trip ended with everyone at the airport, but started at the Juilliard School of Music, Theatre and Dance. We were dropped off at Juilliard and half of us went to Christophe Landon's violin shop and half of us took the Juilliard tour.

Juilliard - we got to see where the students live (dorms, right next door, next door to Lincoln Center), hear about their lives (they only play in large groups some of the time - private lessons are the main focus), see where they practice and where they perform.

Christophe Landon - Christophe himself greeted us and his workmen showed us lots about the instruments they were working on. We saw a cello in the shop that was worth well over $200,000! Then after the shop, we got to play a few of his instruments - I can't remember what the cello was that Cassidy and Henrik played (was it a Guaneri??!!) but it was worth well over $1,000,000 - really! The violists got to try this crazy looking instrument that breaks the traditional mold:

After a quick chance to see Carnegie Hall (all behind scaffolding - we weren't able to take a picture), the bus  took everyone to Chinatown before going to the airport. And now students and parents are all back in OR! Happy Spring Break!!

Big Trip 2013 - Day 4 - last full day in NY

As I type this there are a ton of teens in a small hotel pool in Paramus, NJ - enjoying some well deserved time off! (Well, ok, the pool closes in 30 minutes and they'll be 'taped' in their rooms soon after, but at least they got some pool time in).

Day 4 was chock full - we got a whopping 6 hours of sleep and after a simple carb-loaded breakfast at the Courtyard, we hopped on the bus and went down near the meat packing district to Carroll Studios. Along the way we were treated to more fantastic tour guiding by Joanne. We met conductor Paul Haas who worked with our groups (Combined and then Chamber) for over an hour an half. Might have had more time with him, but we left the cello and bass bows on the bus and it took about a half an hour to get the bus back. Paul has a very sarcastic wit about him and is a masterful musician. He helped improved the musicality of both groups! He is a visionary director - he uses music as an medium for doing art installations. To get more of an idea about what that looks like, check out his group Sympho - www.symphoconcerts.com.

After the Paul Haas clinic we were treated to a tour of Downtown, Wall Street, and Battery Park. The World Trade Center (building #7 which up until recently was called the Freedom Tower) is almost done being constructed. We even got to swing by the 9/11 memorial pools - very powerful visuals! Here's some pictures of the Tower from far and close. And the middle picture is rather special - that is actually the top of the tower - it'll be placed on top of the 1776 feet - it's the top spire!!!! They were working on it at street level (you can kind of see people inside it working on it) and our bus stopped right next to it!!!!

After that tour it was time for a fun boat ride. The NY River Taxi company does a 1 hour NY Harbor tour that included spectacular views of the skyline, Ellis Island, and Lady Liberty. The tour guide J.P. was fantastic (he told us all sorts of jokes, stories, and kept us very entertained!). Here's a little of what we learned. The East River isn't actually a river - it's an estuary of the Atlantic and it switches direction with the tides. His wife's name is Nicole and she works at a cool downtown restaurant. NY is made up of 5 boroughs. And so much more. A great time was had by all!

After a quick lunch we had to dash off to Lincoln Center - all the way back uptown. The Paul Taylor Dance company is one of the pioneers of contemporary modern dance. Known to stretch audiences sense of what dance is, we were treated to some unbelievable choreography and dancing. Ask the kids - some loved it, some didn't (many slept through the first number... they were really tired and it was soft!). For me personally, it was a cultural highlight. Gorgeous dancing set perfectly to beautiful music. At the end, because it was the end of their season, Mr Taylor came out on to the stage himself - he is in his 90's and now we can all say that in our lifetime we saw him! Here's a picture of us outside of the David Koch theater.

Dinner was at the Juilliard Cafe - the cafeteria where the students themselves eat. Nothing too exciting to report there, other than usually you have to be accepted into Juilliard to eat there (they only accept 7% of the auditionees). After dinner we drove down 5th avenue - wow - some shopping there!!! Then we were dropped off at Rockefeller Center. We went up to the Top of the Rock. Crowded, but so amazing- beautiful skyline - perfect weather - awesome views:

Then it was time for one last Times Square shopping trip - a slight less crowded than last night because the theaters were "dark" (meaning, not performing). And now we're back... swimming (some lovely water ballet going on down here)

Tomorrow we're off to Juilliard and Christope Landon's Rare Violins - then Chinatown. It's been a great trip so far!!!

Big Trip 2013 - Day 3 NY

With little sleep, we all poured on to the bus this morning at 6:30am (after the 5:30am breakfast call). Thank goodness our tour guide suggested we leave at that hour (an hour earlier than we had first scheduled) because about half way to NY we hit TRAFFIC!!! 3 right lanes closed on 95. Our incredible bus driver, Mr. Daniels, maneuvered the bus at one point into a rest area (some pretty fancy bus driving) and then it took us about an hour to get past the traffic jam. But once that was over, we were treated to the beautiful NY skyline from the Jersey side.

You can really see the new World Trade Center - it's enormous!!! It's not completed on the top, but it's already taller than most everything else! With Sinatra's "New York, New York" (thanks to Mr. Mozell) we crossed the Washington Bridge into New York.

We pulled up to the beautiful Church of the Intercession and were treated to a lovely lunch by our hosts. The church was stunningly beautiful inside. We got to hear the warmup of the other group - from New Mexico, Hobbs High School Choir - and then were treated to a lovely pipe organ demonstration by the church organist Mr. Bill Randolph. He even played Bach's Toccata and Fugue (you know the one that starts Disney's Fantasia?!) for us. At 2pm we played our concert. Hobbs first, then our combined orchestra, then chamber orchestra. I have to say, it was a great concert! Well received!!

Our NY tour guide Joan whisked us into the bus and we were given a bus tour of Harlem. We saw the building the President Clinton works out of in Harlem. We learned about and saw the old Brownstone buildings. And we got to go shopping at a little African market with stalls.

Then it was Pizza time - V&T Pizza next to Columbia University (an Ivy League school) - that was across the street from the very large St. John's the Divine Cathedral. The pizza was awesome... check it out: http://www.vtpizzeriarestaurant.com/#/home

Skirting Central Park, we made our way to Broadway and traveled towards the Theater District - passing many NY landmarks, including Juilliard, City Center, and Columbus Circle. I think we were all mightily impressed when we came upon Times Square... it was soooooo cool! So many people, shops, advertisements, people, food, people, and lights... and did I mention people???

By 7:30pm we were all at the Foxwoods Theater in time for Spider Man. I don't even know how to capture in words how totally amazing that show was - parents, I'm pretty sure your kids will tell you lots about it - it was pretty technically incredible! I can honestly say that I'm rather enamored with Spider Man now (strangely, also the Green Goblin too... but that's because the actor who played him rocked!). Quite a highlight!!

On the bus ride back to New Jersey (Paramus - when you say that city, put the accent on the "am") we got to see a spectacular view of the city. Now we're at a lovely Courtyard hotel and will be getting a few hours of sleep (hopefully about 6 or 7) before our busy day tomorrow. I NY

Big Trip 2013 - Day 2, DC

Wow - what a day! What a trip... and we're only on day 2! Let's see, where do I start...

Chamber got up early early early and rehearsed from 7:30 - 8:30am (yes, that's 4:30 - 5:30am Oregon time!). We actually got quite a lot accomplished. We packed up the bus and headed off for the Smithsonian museum - the American History Museum. On the way there we saw monuments, other Smithsonian museums, and the White House, again. We were supposed to see the Stradivarius collection of instruments (a quartet of stringed instruments) but found out that they are deep in storage and not accesible. We had to settle for a Civil War violin and a beautiful single Stradivarius cello (from 1701) - we were able to see the beautiful body style, gut strings, and rough scroll:

We also were treated to other beautiful American History items - Dorothy's slippers, Old Glory (the original flag that flew above Fort Henry - it's HUGE!), Julie Child's kitchen (really!) and more. 

Next we went to the National Cathedral, but on the way got to drive along Embassy row - I think we saw no less than 40 nations' flags!!! The Cathedral - what a beautiful building! First begun in 1907, it took over 80 years to complete. Click here for more about the history of this amazing place: http://www.nationalcathedral.org/about/history.shtml
We were given what will likely be a once in a life time experience - we went to the 7th floor and then up a crazy length of spiral stair cases to the top of the Cathedral to see the Carillon bells. 53 bells - from humongous to little (the little one was 17 pounds):

Ed, the Carillon player, performed 3 pieces for us - amazing... bells ringing all around us. We'll get some video up in the next little bit. All I can say is that it's the most amazing musical experience!!!

After the demonstration, we had the opportunity to hear the rehearsal for Bach's St. John's Passion. At first it seemed a little slow... violas, cellos and basses listened to a low string sectional, violins listened to a violin sectional. But it all came together when we got to hear a run through of a few of the arias. We got to see baroque instruments - including a lute and a theorbo (check this instrument out!), baroque oboes, a baroque bassoon, and a portative organ - and hear a contra tenor singer. This tall man, who's day job is apparently working at the South African Embassy, sang in what seemed to us a woman's voice - gorgeous... hauntingly beautiful! We were all amazed at the beauty of his voice!

Then it was time to finally perform. We drove through town (saw a beautiful bald eagle on our way into town, flying near the Pentagon) and got to the Martin Luther King Memorial. In the somewhat cold (only about 50 degrees) and wind (tape and clothespins kept our music kind of on the stands!) we performed for about an hour. In the middle of our set there was apparently a red fox that ran up the side of the memorial behind us. Lots of tour groups walked through and got to hear us. After we performed, we got to tour the memorial and then it was time to go to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The haiku for the day is: "The wind was blowing. What the heck was that red fox?! Martin Luther King." (haiku in honor of the Cherry blossom festival in DC right now).

The Kennedy Center is astounding - grand and formal... beautiful! We entered in the Hall of Nations - flags a plenty! We got to hear some beautiful jazz, while relaxing in a beautiful environment - huge red carpeted hallways, ornate chandeliers, and lots of people roaming around. Here's more info about this amazing cultural hub: http://www.kennedy-center.org/index.cfm

But, here's the fun part of the story... I'll make this quick. A few of our kids saw some sketchy men talking about pick pocketing - and one of those men approached one of our kids. Our kids talked to us about this wrongness and asked to speak to security. With Mr. Winkler's approval they talked to security about what they saw, and about 45 minutes later the result was an apprehension of the thieves... our kids helped to catch some bad guys. Very exciting... police (actually, they were United State Park Police as it was on National Park land) and all around good stuff! A proud day for our Titans!

After all that, we were hungry - dinner at Fuddruckers right next to Chinatown, and a quick stop at a DC sweatshirt vendor (lots of sweatshirts and hats purchased). Then it was time to return to the hotel. We're off at 6:30am tomorrow for NY.

Quote of the day might be: "Nolan, where's your violin?"

What an amazing day. What a wonderful performance by our group. What amazing musical experiences. And, there's more to come...
~Ms S

Big Trip 2013 - Day 1

Big Trip 2013 - Day 1 blog

Well, after no or little sleep after last night's concert, we all met at school at 4am! Actually, everyone made it, and there were no issues. The bus was there - bus driver Brian left on time at 4:30 to deliver us to PDX. Thankfully there were no plane issues (the plane my family was scheduled to go on got canceled... thank goodness that didn't happen to the tour!).

We flew into Dulles airport on time - we had one 'first time flyer' - Andrew C - who was very happy the plane took off and landed easily! Our wonderful DC tour guide LaVerna and bus driver Mr. Daniels met us at the airport, with Jimmy Johns box lunches! All the luggage made it and we were off to the monuments. We did a driving/walking tour of Constitution Ave, Pennsylvania Ave (yes, we drove past 1600 Pennsylvania twice), the Capitol (the flag was flying over the Senate house so we knew they were in session), and the monuments - we walked the beautiful Korean War monument, the Lincoln, and the Vietnam. LaVerna is a wonderful tour guide - she knows the city so well and has been giving us tons of history and tidbits about what we're seeing. Here are some Ms S-centric pictures (as a group we've all taken a ton of other pics - ask the kids to show you!):

At the Lincoln Memorial. It was really amazing to see this beautiful sculpture - and the Gettysburg address on the wall to the left, and the imprint of the "I Have a Dream" speech on the front steps...

At the Capitol... (wow, there's a dome... cool!)

At the Korean War memorial...

After the touring, we went back to Virginia to our hotel. Nice hotel - beautiful big rooms - suites! And, even though everyone was a little tired, we had a really productive combined group rehearsal. At 10:30pm the pizzas came, and then it was time for lights out - or at least rooms were closed down - at 11:15pm. Chamber will be up at 7:30am for rehearsal, and the whole group leaves the hotel tomorrow at 8:30am for a great day of sight-seeing, concert going, and performing! More blogging tomorrow...
~Ms S

Newsletter #22 (3.20.13)

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Here is your weekly West Salem High School Titan Orchestra Program newsletter! These should arrive weekly around Thursday. Please read all the way through... there's a video link at the bottom for your enjoyment! ~Ms S

Forward to a Friend Coming up... Google Calendar click here Theory Assignment Due Week of  Apr 1 Mon  No school Tue   2:35 Sym          6:15pm Boosters Wed  4-7 Chamber Thur  4 Sym Fri      WOU (Chamber) *SAVE THE DATE* Apr 2   Booster Meeting Apr 5   Sym to WOU (3pm) Apr 12  Band festival (we run it!) Apr 13  Orch fest (Sym, Sinf, CO) Apr 17  6:30am Chamber Apr 24  Instrument sale and clinic! July 8-18 Summer strings Aug 19  Chamber retreat Aug 20 - 23 Boot Camp! Current Fundraisers <<>> www.titanorchestras.com Titan Orchestra Newsletter #22 CONCERT TONIGHT 6:30pm Contained within... 1) Concert details - including outfit info 2) Big Trip time! Follow the Blog 3) OR Sym concert Friday night 4) Boot Camp planning... 5) Thank you - and Big Trip 2015 (?!) 7) Check out this video...  (Spiderman the Musical)  1) Concert details- including outfit info Concert this Wednesday is a little different than in years past. Here is the schedule: Students come after school at 2:30! 2:30 - En Masse rehearsal (please bring home instruments if you can!!) - all students required to attend. 3:30 Big Trip rehearsal. 4:15pm Big Trip dismissed. Concert Call Time: 6:15pm Concert time: 6:30. Concert conclusion 7:45 (or earlier if it flows well) The concert outfit for this concert is simple - dress nicely. No jeans. No tennis shoes. No sleeveless shirts. No short skirts (skirts below the knee!). No high heel shoes. Dress like you were going to visit your grandmother. The reason for the change in this concert outfit is that the Big Trip folks need to have black clothes and Titan Orchestra shirts packed in their bag. 2) Big Trip time! Follow the Blog Big Trip students and Chaperons are off at 4am tomorrow morning. You are welcome to follow the Blog of the trip - hopefully, there'll be an update each evening. Students will perform 3 times, see 4 performances including a Broadway musical (Spiderman!), see the Stradivarius instrument collection in DC, tour Juilliard, and more!  3) OR Sym concert Friday night For those not on the Big Trip, there's a great concert here in town Friday night - the Oregon Symphony in Salem, at Smith Hall at Willamette University. Concert is at 8pm and $5 student tickets should be available at the door. The concert features the Rachmaninoff Piano Concert #1 and a Dvorak Symphony. For more info on the concert, click here: http://www.orsymphony.org/salem/ 4) Boot Camp planning... Amazingly, it's already time to gently start thinking about next year. Boot Camp is a "mandatory" part of our program. PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW! Orchestra Boot Camp occurs 2 weeks before the start of school. There is a fee for Boot Camp - $40 - payable in August, that goes towards snacks and guest artists. This is our opportunity to come together as a program - from entering 9th graders through veteran seniors - to play both for and with each other. Additionally, students will be treated to wonderful guest performers - from all over Oregon!  All students enrolled in orchestra for the 2013-14 school year are required to attend Boot Camp (Students who absolutely cannot attend because of family vacation or sports are of course excused). Chamber Orchestra members will be required to come Monday August 19 for the day 10am - 6pm (evening sleepover is optional). Sinfonietta and String Orchestra members come Tuesday - Friday August 20-23 from 9:30am - 12:30pm, Chamber stays over an additional hour, until 1:30pm. On Friday the 23rd, the camp ends with a final performance at Noon and everyone is dismissed afterwards. Parents are welcome to come to that performance. 5) Thank you - and Big Trip 2015 (?!) Thank you to all the parents who have fundraised like crazy to get students off to DC and NY. Huge thanks to Geoff Winkler (and wife Carrie, our booster president) for countless hours of work. And just so you know, planning will begin next Fall for the Big Trip 2015 trip. A committee will be put together to research options - domestic and international. Montreal? Boston? Ireland? SF?   6) Check out this video... (Spiderman!)  Those on the Big Trip will be seeing Spiderman The Musical in NY this Saturday. Here's a preview: http://youtu.be/Zysi46Huszg 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)

forward to a friend  Website: www.titanorchestra.com Ms. Silberman: silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us Orchestra Booster President: Carrie Winkler wsorchestraboosters@gmail.com Student Accounts: Todd Canfieldtitanorchstudentaccount@yahoo.com

Circle of 5ths help

Here's some advice on figuring out the circle of 5ths:

Sharps
The last sharp listed on the staff is the 7th note of the scale - so the key is a half step higher than that sharp.
2 sharps - last sharp listed is C# so the key is D Major
3 sharps - last sharp listed is G# so the key is A Major

Flats
You just have to remember that 1 flat IS F Major
Then, after that, the 2nd to last flat listed on the staff IS the key signature
2 flats - 2nd to last flat is Bb so the key is Bb Major
4 flats - 2nd to last flat is Ab so the key is Ab Major

Relative minors
The 6th note of any Major key starts the relative minor key.
Example - in C Major, A is the 6th note so a minor is the relative to C Major

Another way to work that through, the relative minor key is a minor 3rd down from the Major key (same as going up a 6th).

Here are some websites that can test your key signature knowledge:

http://piano.about.com/library/Quiz_3/bl_test_quiz.htm

http://www.gcdyo.org.uk/theory/keyquiz.php

http://www.emusictheory.com/practice/keySignatures.html#.UUH2aReRsa8

Key Signature background and info:

http://musiced.about.com/od/lessonsandtips/qt/keysignatures.htm

http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/music/burnette/MUS111/Keys.htm

http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/keys/keysignatures.html

Newsletter #20 (3.7.13)

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Here is your weekly West Salem High School Titan Orchestra Program newsletter! These should arrive weekly around Thursday. Please read all the way through... there's a video link at the bottom for your enjoyment! ~Ms S

Forward to a Friend Coming up... Google Calendar click here Donut order due Monday Week of Mar 11 Mon  Chamber to 3:30         5:45 call time Chamber         6:30 Chamber perf Tue   2:35 Sym Wed  Possible Chamber            rehearsal Thur  4 Sym Fri    No School         1-3pm Big Trip *SAVE THE DATE* Mar 11  Chamber@Capital Manor Mar 15  Big Trip rehearsal Mar 20  Spring Concert, 6:30pm Mar 21  Big Trip!! Mar 22  OR Sym in Salem Apr 5    Sym to WOU Apr 12   Band festival (we run it!) Apr 13   Orch fest (Sym, Sinf, CO) July 8-18 Summer strings Aug 19  Chamber retreat Aug 20 - 23 Boot Camp! Current Fundraisers Krispy Kreme <<>> Titan Orchestra Newsletter #20 Chamber concert Monday! Contained within... 1) Don't miss RED PRIEST this weekend! 2) Symphony competition festival tomorrow 3) Chamber concert Monday 4) Big Trip rehearsal next Friday (day off) 5) Donut orders due! 6) Congrats to Solo and Ensemble kids 7) Apply for a free guitar!! 8) Check out this video... (Red Priest Vivaldi!!!)  1) Don't miss RED PRIEST this weekend! Salem is so lucky - the European baroque group Red Priest is here in Salem. Here's their website -   http://redpriest.bandzoogle.com/fr_home.cfm The Italian composer Vivaldi was known as the Red Priest as he was a Jesuit priest with a shock of red hair. This group performs baroque music (from 1600 -1750) on traditional instruments - baroque violin and cello, harpsichord, and wood recorder - with lots of flair and musical theatrics! They are simply amazing to watch and hear. If you want to hear them in recital, go to Willamette's Fine Arts series concert tomorrow (Fri) night at Hudson Hall at Willamette University - click HERE for info. Adults are $23 and students with ID are $8. Saturday morning they are playing with Salem Chamber Orchestra at our dress rehearsal - click HERE for a free student voucher (parents are $5) - the rehearsal is from 10-12:30am. Sunday they play with Salem Chamber at 3pm at Hudson Hall for the concert. Click HERE for Salem Chamber Orchestra info. 2) Symphony competition festival tomorrow Symphony is off to George Fox University tomorrow, Friday March 8, to compete at their Band festival. We'll get to hear West's Wind Ensemble compete/perform at 12:45 and then we perform at 2:15pm. Students have been given the itinerary. If the festival runs late, we might be back a little later than 4:30pm. This is the first of 2 or 3 festivals we compete at that can qualify us for the OSAA State Full Orchestra championships in May - best of luck, Titans!! 3) Chamber concert Monday - at Capital Manor 6:30pm Capital Manor, here in West Salem, has invited Chamber Orchestra to perform again! We will be playing our brand new "State Set" and featuring soloists from this past weekend's district Solo and Ensemble. The concert starts at 6:30pm - parents and friends are welcome to attend! 4) Big Trip rehearsal next Friday (day off) Next Friday, Marcy 15, is a grading day - no school for high school students. But, that's a GREAT opportunity for the Big Trip to finish up rehearsing as a big group. All Big Trip students are requested to attend rehearsal from 1-3pm. Bach, Mozart, Playful Pizzicato, Dreaming, Sweet Georgia Brown, and Orange Jam. 5) Donut orders due! Big Trip students have a deadline coming up for Krispy Kreme donuts - money and order forms are due Monday (March 12)!  6) Congrats of Solo and Ensemble kids Thank you to all the students who played solos and ensembles last weekend at our district's Solo and Ensemble festival at McNary. Congrats to Hendrik for placing 2nd in the district and being nominated as an alternate to go to State, if there's room. 7) Apply for a free guitar!! A group in town called the Valley Future Music Fund is offering application for a free guitar - I'm not sure how many they're giving away, but it's worth it to fill out the application if you're interested - acoustic or electric. All you need to do is fill out the application and write a one page essay about your love of music. Here's the link - good luck! http://www.vfmf.org/ValleyFutureMusiciansFund_Application.pdf  8) Check out this video... (Red Priest Vivaldi!!!!!)  So, this amazing baroque group Red Priest specializes in Vivaldi - check them out... http://youtu.be/V8wL1AR7iqo and here's a page with more links to their music and videos: http://redpriest.bandzoogle.com/fr_home.cfm 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)

Newsletter #19 (3.1.13)

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Here is your weekly West Salem High School Titan Orchestra Program newsletter! These should arrive weekly around Thursday. Please read all the way through... there's a video link at the bottom for your enjoyment! ~Ms S

Forward to a Friend Coming up... Google Calendar click here Week of Mar 4 Mon  Chamber to 4 Tue   2:35 Sym          6:15 Parent Booster                  Meeting Wed  2:30 Big Trip! Thur  4 Sym Fri    SYMPHONY to FOX *SAVE THE DATE* Mar 1  Final trip payment Mar 1   Big Trip rehearsal Mar 2   Solo and Ensemble Mar 6   Big Trip rehearsal Mar 8   Symphony@Fox Mar 11  Chamber@Capital Manor Mar 15  Big Trip rehearsal Mar 20  Spring Concert Mar 21  Big Trip!! July 8-18 Summer strings Aug 19  Chamber retreat Aug 20 - 23 Boot Camp! Current Fundraisers Krispy Kreme <<>> Titan Orchestra Newsletter #19 Big Trip Payment is due today! Contained within... 1) Big trip updates - payment, rehearsals... 2) Solo and Ensemble info 3) Krispy Kreme!!! 4) Concert Sunday at the Library 5) Symphony trip next Friday 6) Check out this video... (Keister Family Fiddlers)  1) Big Trip updates - payment, rehearsals... Big Trip is only a few weeks away. Today is the deadline for payment. Please email Geoff Winkler if you have any issues, questions, or concerns. The email for how much  is in your student account is at the bottom of this newsletter email. We have Big Trip rehearsal today, next Wednesday and Friday the 15th which is a "No School" Grading day. It's getting exciting!!! 2) Solo and Ensemble Solo and Ensemble is this weekend - Saturday March 2 at McNary High School. The students know what they are performing and what time they're playing. Come about 30 or 45 minutes early to warm up. Dress nicely! Have an original score copy for the judge. Parents and friends are welcome to come in with you to watch your performance... it feels better to have friends in the room rather than just a judge.  3) Krispy Kreme!!! Big Trip folks are expected to sell 5 dozen Krispy Kreme donuts as our final trip fundraiser. Please get those donuts sold and the order form turned it! 4)Concert Sunday at the Library I will be playing with my baroque string quartet - Salem Baroque - this Sunday, March 3, at the downtown Salem Public Library at 3pm in the Loucks Auditorium. It's a concert of Haydn and Mozart string quartets - music from the time period of the American Revolution. Tickets are free, but this concert usually sells out, so please plan on arriving up to an hour early to get a seat. You may use this for a live review! 5) Symphony trip next Friday The full itinerary for the Symphony trip will be handed out on Tuesday. But, here's the basics - Symphony students are excused from periods 4 - 7 next Friday. We'll meet in the orchestra room at the start of 4th period to change into concert dress (full symphony dress). We'll pack up and load the bus. We warm up at George Fox at 1:45 and perform at 2:15, then we sight read and come home. We should be home around 4... or maybe as late as 5. 6) Check out this video... (Keister Family Fiddlers)  This is so fun - it's a family of fiddlers... also check out their website www.keisterfamilyfiddlers.com http://youtu.be/2Cuk1As2TQ4 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)

forward to a friend  Website: www.titanorchestra.com Ms. Silberman: silberman_daryl@salkeiz.k12.or.us Orchestra Booster President: Carrie Winkler wsorchestraboosters@gmail.com Student Accounts: Todd Canfieldtitanorchstudentaccount@yahoo.com