Peach Days Rehearsal Report

Greetings, Great Musicians!

Thanks to all who came and played with us at our Peach Days rehearsal Tuesday. We read through a bunch of music and chose 7 pieces (plus the national anthem) to perform.  If you were unable to make it on Tuesday, come tonight anyway! 

If you played for July 4th and are only able to make it to 1 or 2 rehearsals, please come anyway.

Remember, this concert is for fun - the attendance requirement is lenient (unlike during the year), and you are all welcome to Come Play With Us and Bring Your Friends, or make it a family affair!

For the record, here is the list of what we rehearsed on Tuesday; we till be keeping the bold pieces for the concert.

Star Spangled Banner
Stars & Stripes Forever
Oklahoma
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Superman Returns
Russian Sailors Dance
Cowboy Rhapsody
Pirates of The Caribbean
Beatles Medley
American Frontier
God Bless America
Summertime

For the calendar with all the rehearsal dates and concert information, click here!

Thank you for your support - you make this group great!

:) Julie

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LYS Reminder: Peach Days Rehearsals Start Tonight

Greetings, Great Musicians!

This your long-awaited reminder that Peach Days rehearsals start TONIGHT! It will be so fun to see everyone again. 

Remember, this concert is for fun - the attendance requirement is much more lenient, and you are all welcome to Come Play With Us and Bring Your Friends, or make it a family affair!

If you want to see the calendar with all the rehearsal dates and concert information, click here!

Come even if you didn't RSVP, K?

:) Julie

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Lincoln Youth Symphony: Peach Days & Updates to Website

Greetings!

Thanks to all who already RSVP'd for Peach Days. Scroll down for another Invitation!  I sure hope you can come. It's really going to be fun! 

Please read the invitation below and let me know whether or not you can play so I can make sure you have a folder when you arrive. If you can't come to every rehearsal, come anyway. If you played for 4th of July, no sweat. For the most part, we're playing the same music!

Regarding the Website: 

I am transitioning away from using googlepages as the main website (the URL is about to change) (when google gets around to it!), so from now on the main website that we will launch from will be LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com. All the information that was on the previous website will still be there... Google is just changing everyone's URL! I keep waiting for it to happen, and I've decided to just pretend like it already has. So check out the blogspot page, and notice the fantastic link to the calendar where I have everything up, including auditions, rehearsals and concerts for LYS and LYCO for the entire year!

Also, please note that Auditions are on the calendar page as well: LYS Auditions are going to Tuesday, September 15th, from 4 to 6 pm and Saturday, September 19th, from 8 to 9 am (please make the extra effort to come Tuesday if you possibly can). All auditions will be held at ACYI; what to play for auditions can be found on the audition page.

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Come Play for Peach Days!

Lincoln Youth Symphony & Chamber Orchestras 

are combining with Lake Bonneville Community Symphony 

for a fun, outdoor pops concert.

Who:            Anyone who plays a string, woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument

                   Bring a friend, sibling, or co-worker. All are welcome.

When:          The concert is Sept 12, 2009, 1:30 pm

Where:        On a covered stage in front of the new courthouse in Brigham City. Shade, folks!  We're going to have shade this year!

Rehearsals:   At Adele C Young Intermediate School, 830 Law Drive, Brigham City, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

                   August 25, 27; September 1, 3, 8, 10

RSVP:          Julie Gardner 435.723.8262 or GJulieKay@gmail.com

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Peach Days Concert Coming Up!

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, 435.723.8262. First, let me apologize for sending this to everyone on the contact list. Some of you may be far away and have no interest in LYS anymore, but sending it to everyone was the best way to contact everyone -- past, present and future!

Peach Days rehearsals are upon us! We are calling all Lincoln Youth Symphony members -- past, present, and future -- to come play with us! Just a reminder: This is an "open" concert. There is no audition, and anyone who wants to play is welcome.

Please respond to this email with your intended Peach Days participation. This will help us as we fill folders with music and set up for rehearsals.

This year, Mr Findlay will be conducting, and we will be on the stage in front of the new courthouse (with a professional sound system!) instead of on the steps of the old court house. If the location was a problem for you in the past, please consider playing with us this year.

Peach Days Rehearsal Schedule:

Rehearsals are at Adele C Young Intermediate School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the following days:

Tuesday August 25^th
Thursday August 27^th
Tuesday September 1^st
Thursday September 3^rd
Tuesday September 8^th
Thursday September 10th

Concert, Saturday September 12^th at 1:30 PM on the stage in front of the new courthouse (Call Time 1:00 PM)

Concert Dress: Symphony Shirts (or Royal Blue polo) or white tops and tan bottoms (pants/skirts/shorts)

Fill Lake Bonneville With Music

Visit the community symphony website for updated concert and rehearsal information:
http://lakebonnsymph.googlepages.com/home

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Youth Guild May Newsletter - of interest to youth symphony members

Greetings!  

I am forwarding the newsletter from the Utah Symphony Youth Guild. The youth guild is a fabulous organization. The family fee to join is just $15 per year, and the perks are tremendous. Your family can go on a backstage tour of Abravanel Hall, including a chat with someone from the orchestra, and get free tickets to the concert. You can also buy voucher packs for certain concerts at a very good deal, volunteer to help at the Lollipops concerts (for which you also get free tickets), volunteer to help with the coat check (free tickets again), and qualify to audition for the youth guild recital. 

There is also a Salute to Youth audition coming up. The Utah State Fair usually runs a music competition that qualifies students for  the Salute to Youth audition. This year, for financial reasons, the Utah State Fair is not running the music competition. The paperwork (in the attached newsletter) is due on July 1st, the recording is due July 20th, and whoever is selected will audition in person on stage at Abravanel Hall (usually about 40 or 50 people) on Aug 18th. They will choose about half a dozen students to play in the Salute to Youth concert (to play a concerto with the orchestra) on Sept 29th!  This is an economical way to experience an audition situation. Many other competitions cost considerably more to enter.

Thank you for your time!

Julie Gardner

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From: Beverly Hawkins <BHawkins@usuo.org>
Date: Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Subject: Youth Guild May Newsletter
To:

See attachment.  Have a great summer!

 

Beverly Hawkins

Symphony Education Manager

801.869.9092

 

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4th of July Concert Invitation and Details

Greetings! 

Just another quick reminder. They are specifically looking for another flutist. Any students, parents, siblings, anyone that plays an instrument and wants to play, here is the schedule and program for the 4th of July.  Please respond to my email if you are interested. If you play a wind, a brass, or percussion, they may be interested in you as well.  It looks like a really fun concert.  The more players, the more fun and better the symphony will sound.  Come and have a great time!!

Julie

P.S.  If you cannot participate in the 4th of July, we will also be performing at Peach Days.  All LYCO, LYS and Adult Symphony members, and community will be combining for this as well.

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From: Lake Bonneville Community Symphony <lakebonnsymph@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:49 AM
Subject: 4th of July Concert Details
To: Lake Bonneville Community Symphony <lakebonnsymph@gmail.com>

LBCS Members,

Here are the details on this year's 4th of July concert.  If you have not already informed us of your intent to play, we would love to hear back from you.  Invite your friends!

 

Music: 

Pirates of the Carribean
Summertime
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Orange Blossom Special (strings only)
Oklahoma
The American Frontier
Russian Sailors' Dance
God Bless America
Beatles Medley
Superman Returns

Rehearsals: (There are only 6)

Fine Arts Center, 58 South 100 West, Brigham City from 6:30-8:30 PM.

Tuesday, June 9^th
Tuesday, June 16^th
Thursday, June 18^th
Tuesday, June 23^rd
Tuesday, June 30^th
Thursday, July 2^nd
4^th of July Concert:  Saturday, July 4th at 4:00 PM

 

Concert Dress:  Symphony Shirts (or Royal Blue polo) and tan bottoms (pants/skirts/shorts)

 

Concert Call Time:  3:30 PM, in the bowery in Pioneer Park on Forest Street behind the Brigham City Community Pool.

 

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,

LBCS Staff

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Visit our website for updated concert and rehearsal information:
http://lakebonnsymph.googlepages.com/home

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LYS invited to play on 4th of July with LBCS

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. I am sending this along to all youth symphony members. 

Looking for something to play in this summer? This may be the ticket for you!

Come play with the Lake Bonneville Community Symphony for the 4th of July concert!

They hope people will come to all the rehearsals, but they are open to people missing once in a while as well, as long as you do the best you can.

They are rehearsing in the Fine Arts Center, like usual for summer concerts, 58 South 100 West Brigham City from 6:30-8:30 PM, on the following evenings. 

Tuesday, June 9^th

Thursday, June 11^th

Tuesday, June 16^th

Thursday, June 18^th

Tuesday, June 23^rd

Thursday, June 25^th

Tuesday, June 30^th

Thursday, July 2^nd

4^th of July Concert:  Saturday, July 4^th at 4:00 PM in the bowery

 

Robert Frost (conductor of the Cache Valley Chamber Orchestra) will be conducting.  As always, it will be a pops concert, and when Mr. Frost chooses the music, we will let you know. 

If you are interested, please send your response to the symphony email at lakebonnsymph@gmail.com and check out the website for details. http://lakebonnsymph.googlepages.com/

Have a fabulous evening!

-Julie Gardner

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LYS Concert Report, April 24th, 2009

Greetings!

  

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony.  For previous emails (or to read this one in another location), see the Lincoln Youth Symphony Blog, our Weekly Rehearsal Report, here.

Thank you for a wonderful concert and a gratifying season!

• Our concert last Friday was wonderful!  Thank you for all your effort and time, and extra driving. You worked hard this year, and we all grew a lot!

•  If you did not turn in your music (I haven't sorted it yet, but you know if you didn't turn it in), please get it to me somehow -- and soon. I live at 2800 S 1200 W, Perry, UT 84302. Or call me. Or email me. It is so much easier to file everyone's music at once instead of filing it piece-meal! Thank you in advance for your help with this.

• As soon as I have solid information on next year's calendar, I'll send it. If you have friends that might be interested please let me know so I can send the information to them also!

• Thank you for your extra time at the end of the concert so we could take photos. When I get them, I will share them. Thank you to Mr. Wood for so graciously taking those photos for us!

• I you ordered the photo at Abravanel Hall, I will let you know as soon as I receive it (they haven't come yet), and we will make delivery arrangements!

And...

 

Please be on the alert for an email about one more fundraiser... We'll keep you apprised as soon as we know!

 

Please contact me with any questions: Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, or check out the calendar on the website here.

 

Julie Gardner

John Findlay

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LYS Extra Report

Greetings!

  

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony.  For previous emails (or to read this one in another location), see the Lincoln Youth Symphony Blog, our Weekly Rehearsal Report, here.

Another Important Announcement about the Extra Rehearsal, Thursday April 23rd:

• Location UNChanged: It will be at ACYI
• Time STILL Changed: 5:00 to 7:00 pm. We will be combining with LYCO for our one and only rehearsal together from 5:00 to 5:30, and then running our pieces to prepare for the concert the next night. Thanks for working with us on this time change. Please make every effort to be at this rehearsal. It is very important!

The Concert is NEXT FRIDAY, April 24th, 7:00 pm, call time 6:15. Concert dress is formal concert black. See this link for info.

 

Reminder for this Saturday, April 18th: 

We will begin our rehearsal at 8:00 a.m. Call time is 7:45 a.m. Thank you for being on time! It will, once again, begin with a short sectional. Please come prepared with trouble spots that you are concerned about so we can make the most of each other's time.

Keep practicing the following:

• Intermission - 10 Minutes
• Lord of the Dance
• Dvorak Scherzo (third movement)

We will hand out a very easy piece called Cowboy Rhapsody that we will play combined with LYCO at the end of the concert. It will be fun, and since it is easy we'll be able to play very well. Having LYCO on the stage with us will be a nice ending to the year!

 

Please contact me with any questions: Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, or check out the calendar on the website here.

 

Julie Gardner

John Findlay

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LYS Saturday Report -- April 4th, 2009

Greetings!

  

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony.  For previous emails (or to read this one in another location), see the Lincoln Youth Symphony Blog, our Weekly Rehearsal Report, here.

Important Announcement about the Extra Rehearsal, Thursday April 23rd:

• Location Change: Box Elder High School Band Room
• Time Change: 5:00 to 7:00 pm. We will be combining with LYCO for our one and only rehearsal together from 5:00 to 5:30, and then running our pieces to prepare for the concert the next night. Thanks for working with us on this time change. Please make every effort to be at this rehearsal. It is very important!

Last Week:

A big welcome to Courtney McDonald who has come to play percussion for us!  Awesome!

 

The treats people brought were so fun!  Thanks for your participation. I know it's never easy to give your Saturday Mornings to LYS, but it also takes a special group of committed musicians to make it work, and you are those people!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your commitment and time and practicing and laughter. You are what makes LYS a great place to be on Saturday Mornings.

Remember: No Rehearsal on April 11th for Spring Break. Isn't the liquid sunshine lovely?

Now it's time to practice, listen to recordings (see this post on the blog for Youtube links - but ignore the Grieg Hall of the Mountain King), and practice some more.

Rehearsal schedule for Saturday, April 18th: 

We will begin our rehearsal at 8:00 a.m. Call time is 7:45 a.m. Thank you for being on time! It will, once again, begin with a short sectional. Please come prepared with trouble spots that you are concerned about so we can make the most of each other's time.

Keep practicing the following:

• Intermission - 10 Minutes
• Lord of the Dance
• Dvorak Scherzo (third movement)

We will hand out a very easy piece called Cowboy Rhapsody that we will play combined with LYCO at the end of the concert. It will be fun, and since it is easy we'll be able to play very well. Having LYCO on the stage with us will be a nice ending to the year!

 

 

Upcoming Calendar Reminders:

• No Rehearsal for Spring Break: Saturday, April 11th 
• Very Very Very Important Rehearsal: Saturday, April 18th, 8:00 to 11:00, Call time 7:45 am (note earlier time)
• Another Important Extra Rehearsal: Thursday, April 23rd from 5-7 p.m. Call time 4:45 pm, BEHS Band Room (note time & location change)
• Spring Concert: Friday, April 24th at 7:00 p.m. Call time 6:15, BEHS

Just one more reminder: if you will not be attending a rehearsal, or will be leaving early or coming late, please contact me at 435.723.8262 or reply to this email. Thank you in advance for your courtesy!

 

Please contact me with any questions: Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, or check out the calendar on the website here.

 

Julie Gardner

John Findlay

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