LYS Saturday Report for November 7, 2009

Greetings~ Be Sure To Read Announcements for NEXT WEEK below!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence or to leave early. 

Today's Rehearsal.

We had concerto auditions this morning. Thank you to those who participated. It's such hard work to prepare these types of pieces! Those we select will be on the January 30th concert. We will announce the program really soon.

In contrast to last week, this week we had all sorts of people gone with family, participating in the pit orchestra or stage crew at Weber High, or leaving for funerals or Veteran's Day concerts, as well as someone who had to work! It's just crazy how one week we have just about everyone there, and the next week we have many empty chairs!

But ya'll missed out on the fun! We had sight-reading session with Christmas music, and chose 3 of the four pieces to perform at the December 7th Browning Center concert. We will be playing Winter Wonderland, Bach Christmas, and Sleigh Ride. We kept the fourth piece, Christmas Festival, just in case we decide to use it, but it's a little harder! If you weren't here this week, be sure to talk to me before rehearsal next week.

Next Week.

Here's hoping everyone reads their email! Next week, since we are in crunch mode for the concert the following week, rehearsal will begin at 8:00 am. Did you hear that? 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Please be on time!

And be sure to bring treats or snacks to share. Healthy ones are okay too!

I will not be at rehearsal next week. I will be out of town with my daughter who will be doing Junior Miss. I just realized that! Hmmm. :)

Concert Coming Up.

The concert is two weeks from today on November 21st. The rehearsal that morning will be at Box Elder Middle School on the stage in the auditorium.

Just a review of clothing for the concert: 

Boys: Black tux or equivalent suit, white dress shirt, black bow tie, black socks, black shoes. 

Girls: Black dress, formal trouser suit, or blouse & skirt, midriff covered, conservative neckline, skirts & dresses at least tea-length, slits no higher than knee, black stockings, black shoes, accessories & trim in black.

Kids Are Music ~ Kids & Christmas!

I have submitted a list of students to be turned in to the WSU box office at the Browning Center. I expect I'll need to collect money at some point, perhaps starting next week. I still have a couple people I haven't heard from on this. Please be sure to let me know asap.

There will be a tech rehearsal in the afternoon before the concert. The time of this rehearsal has not yet been announced. If you can't come to the tech rehearsal, come to the concert anyway. We'll take good notes for you!

Happy Sunny November! (Just wait... Now that I said that, it will rain and snow all week!)

John Findlay

Julie Gardner

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LYS Saturday Report for October 31, 2009

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence or to leave early. 

Saturday's Rehearsal.

What a lovely rehearsal we had. It's so awesome when almost everyone is there! Keep practicing! I think we're gonna make this concert work nicely! Thanks to Nathan S. for helping fill out the sound in the first violin section. Woo Hoo!
Thanks to those who remembered to bring treats to share! I was impressed that anyone remembered since I never emailed about it, and I never talked about it. All I did was write it on the board! We'll plan another treat week soon... How about November 14th?

Next Week.

Next Week's schedule is: Concerto Auditions: 8:00 am (we have a total of 5 students auditioning - three members & two who are not members... Those selected will make up the majority of the January 30th concert).
Regular Rehearsal 8:30 to 11am. The goal is to start rehearsal before 8:30, so please plan to arrive at 8:15am.
We have planned a flute workshop for 10:15 am. Any interested flute players are invited whether they are members of the orchestra or not. Sorry for the short notice, but it will be worthwhile for anyone who comes. Please let me know if you invite friends so we know how many to expect! Jana Gardner will be running this, and I know you'll learn and grow from the experience. She has so much to share!

Kids Are Music ~ Kids & Christmas!

I am awaiting final confirmation from the organizer. I will let you know when I know! If it all works out, we will pull out a Christmas piece and play the Mozart and the Three Rustic Dances. Concert Date: December 7th.

See Ya Saturday!

John Findlay

Julie Gardner

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LYS Saturday Report for October 24, 2009

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence or to leave early. 

Today's Rehearsal.

Thanks for all your work today. I know viola sectionals were fruitful, and I'm grateful that everyone knows what a double sharp looks like now!

Next Week.

Next Week's schedule is: Auditions 8am (although I think we're about done with that), Rehearsal 8:30 to 11am. The goal is to start rehearsal before 8:30, so please plan to arrive at 8:15am. There may be sectionals again during this rehearsal, so come prepared with your most difficult passages (again)!

Kids Are Music ~ Kids & Christmas ~ Response Needed ~ Save Me a Bunch of Phone Calls!

It looks like we will probably be participating in this concert. It is the annual Kids are Christmas benefit concert on December 7th at the Browning Center at WSU in the Austad Auditorium. We will need everyone's commitment. I have heard from almost everyone.

If you have not RSVP'd please do. The only thing that's holding us back right now is an absolute commitment from every string player. :) Hopefully you know who you are!

As I said last week, there is a $10 fee per performer to participate. This $10 fee gives each performer two tickets. Additional tickets will be $6 or $6.50 at the box. Last year, the 1.5 hour concert drew a crowd of 1100; they raised a $4000 donation for the Christmas Box House. This year they will be benefiting a different organization, but the idea is the same.

Do You Work at ATK, AutoLiv or Northrup Grumman/Boeing?

If so, your membership fee may qualify for a matching funds donation to the Symphonic Society. Please let us know!

Are You Getting Ready for the Holidays?

Why not buy grocery certificates for Kent's or Smith's before your shop? Or consider giving the practical gift: A gift card to the grocery store! Please let me know if you are interested and I will give your name to our grocery certificate person.

Violinists

Don't forget to entice your violinist friends to Come Play With Us!

Concerto Auditions.

I will be sending times for each audition this week. Please contact me if you are planning on auditioning and I did not give you an information sheet on Saturday.

Practice Hard. The concert is just weeks away!

John Findlay

Julie Gardner

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Kids And Christmas - Response Needed

Greetings! 

I appreciate all who have responded about the Kids and Christmas concert on Dec 7th.

Remember, I don't have time to make phone calls, and I need to hear from everyone, so if you haven't hit reply and given me an answer, do it TODAY... 

Better yet, do it now!

Thanks!

Julie

P.S. The Saturday Report has more info. Click Here to read it again.

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LYS Saturday Report for October 17, 2009

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence or to leave early. 

Today's Rehearsal.

We are really intrigued by the psychological effects of playing something faster than we have to, then slowing it back to the normal tempo. Suddenly the normal tempo seems not so fast! Keep working like the dickens on the Haydn. We can do it!

Next Week.

Next Week's schedule is: Auditions 8am, Rehearsal 8:30 to 11am. There may be sectionals during this rehearsal, so come prepared with your most difficult passages!

Do You Work at ATK, AutoLiv or Nortrup Grummond/Boeing?

If so, your membership fee may qualify for a matching funds donation to the Symphonic Society. Please let us know!

Are You Getting Ready for the Holidays?

Why not buy grocery certificates for Kent's or Smith's before your shop? Or consider giving the practical gift: A gift card to the grocery store!

Kids Are Music ~ Kids & Christmas ~ Response Needed ~ Save Me a Bunch of Phone Calls!

We have been invited to participate in the annual Kids are Christmas benefit concert on December 7th at the Browning Center at WSU in the Austad Auditorium. If we do this, we will need everyone's commitment. There is a $10 fee per performer to participate. This $10 fee gives each performer two tickets. Additional tickets will be $6 or $6.50 at the box. Last year, the 1.5 hour concert drew a crowd of 1100; they raised a $4000 donation for the Christmas Box House. This year they will be benefiting a different organization, but the idea is the same.

So, PLEASE respond to this email with a definite answer. We must respond with a commitment asap. If we can't do it, we need to give the organizers time to find someone else!

USAF Academy Band Concert.

Here's to all 7 of our musicians who participated in the USAF Academy Band concert today at Peery's Egyptian Theater!

Welcome. 

We had another audition yesterday: Welcome to Ben Perry on Violin.

Don't forget to entice your violinist friends to Come Play With Us! I know, I know, I know, I know... I sound like a broken record. :)

Music for the concert. 

Remember, you have all the music in your folders for whole year. If you are confused as to which pieces we are playing for the Nov 21 concert, click here and scroll down.

Concerto Auditions.

Concerto Auditions are coming right up on Nov 7th! If you have contacted me previously about auditioning, I need to know again so I can give you additional information, set audition times, etc. 

Please be sure to approve the music you are planning on playing to make sure our orchestra is able to play it and to make sure the music is available. The board has made a policy that members of the organization may audition for concerto night without a fee; non-members will be charged a fee for auditioning, but the auditions are open to anyone. 

The concert will be January 30. We hope to have several students on the program this year, and we are also working on a guest performer.

Thanks for your support!  We love Youth Symphony!

John Findlay

Julie Gardner

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LYS Saturday Report for Oct 10, 2009

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence or to leave early. 

Today's Rehearsal.

Today's rehearsal went well. We discovered all sorts of things we need to work on at home as we rehearsed the music for our upcoming concert. We also really really really really wish we had more violins.

Next Week.

Next Week's schedule is: Auditions 8am, Rehearsal 8:30 to 11am.

Welcome New Musicians. 

We had a couple auditions today: Welcome to Daniel Capener on Bass, and Kenneth Capener on Cello.

Don't forget to entice your violinist friends to Come Play With Us! I know I sound like a broken record. :)

Roster. 

I have postponed distributing a roster for now. If anyone else has concerns besides those who have already contacted me, please let me know. In the mean time, please contact me if you are looking for a carpool buddy.

Music for the concert. 

Today we handed out the music for The Last Spring. All other music has been handed out. If you are missing pieces, let me know. To see the list published last week, click here.

Concerto Auditions.

Concerto Auditions are coming right up on Nov 7th! If you have contacted me previously about auditioning, I need to know again so I can give you additional information, set audition times, etc. 

Please be sure to approve the music you are planning on playing to make sure our orchestra is able to play it and to make sure the music is available. The board has made a policy that members of the organization may audition for concerto night without a fee; non-members will be charged a fee for auditioning, but the auditions are open to anyone. 

The concert will be January 30. We hope to have several students on the program this year, and we are also working on a guest performer.

Thanks for your support!  We love Youth Symphony!

John Findlay

Julie Gardner

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LYS Weekly Rehearsal Report for Saturday, Sept 26, 2009

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, Managing Director of Lincoln Youth Symphony, GJulieKay@gmail.com, 435.723.8262. Please contact me with questions or if you need to arrange for an absence. 

Parent Meeting. 

Thanks to all who came to our parent meeting. I truly enjoyed putting names to faces, and I am honored to know you. Thanks for letting us hold you hostage for 45 minutes; we truly believe in music for the youth. If you have any ideas or suggestions about anything feel free to let us know!

Welcome New Musicians. 

Welcome to all who are playing with us this year! I suppose we are all new, since it's a new year. Start learning names, and enjoy this time with each other! Let's welcome a few new people each week until we have a whole gaggle of Violins, another Oboe, Bassoon, and Trombone, and at least one Bass and one Tuba!

Thanks to those who came and auditioned this morning!

• Flute
• Jessica D
• Megan T
• Oboe
• Avery W
• Clarinet
• Tami H
• Jeremy L
• Robert H
• Bassoon
• Justin B
• Horn
• Jeffrey H
• Melinda K
• Chris H
• Trumpet
• Keri H
• Lauren G
• Trombone
• Zach F
• Violin 1
• Sarah P
• Erik N
• Violin 2
• Miranda S
• Jamison H
• Kelly B
• Destry L
• Viola
• Mikaela G
• Amanda C
• Cello
• Emily H
• Matt P
• Rebekah T
• Tim L
• Ryan S

Your Permission to distribute roster. 

I am planning to distribute a roster to everyone in the youth symphony. Please contact me if you are concerned about this in any way (I will assume that no response equals consent). I believe that you will have more opportunities for carpooling if you have each other's contact information.

Music for the concert. 

Today we checked out music for the entire year. This is a new experiment for us, but we believe it will be a great thing to take the opportunity to rehearse the more difficult music throughout the year so it's more polished by the end. There is a lot of music in your folders, but we are not playing all of it for the first concert! Here is a preliminary list of what we will be playing, and when:

November 21 Concert:

Haydn: Symphony 101: Finale (and possibly the first movement)
Mozart: Wedding March from the Marriage of Figaro
von Weber: Three Rustic Dances
Grieg: The Last Spring (you don't have this one yet)

January 30 Concerto Concert:

Frescobaldi: Toccata
Additional pieces to be determined at concerto auditions

April 23 Final Concert:

Liszt: Les Preludes
Tchaikovsky: Three Pieces from Swan Lake
Mozart: Titus Overture
Weinberger: Odzemek

No rehearsal next week. 

Have a great Fall Break, and we'll see you October 10th for Auditions at 8:00am and Rehearsal 8:30 - 11:00am. 

Concerto Auditions.

If you have been preparing a concerto, or have a friend that has been preparing a concerto, we'd love to hear you or your friend for Concerto Auditions on Nov 7th! Please be sure to approve the music you are planning on playing to make sure our orchestra is able to play it and to make sure the music is available. The board has made a policy that members of the organization may audition for concerto night without a fee; non-members will be charged a fee for auditioning, but the auditions are open to anyone. The concert will be January 30. We hope to have several students on the program this year, and we are also working on a guest performer.

Have a great week... actually, have a great two weeks!  

Practice hard, not hardly, and we'll see you Oct 10.
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Lincoln Youth Symphony Audition Reminder & Change of Schedule

Greetings!

This email is from Julie Gardner, managing director of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. It is going out to all who may be interested in auditioning for Youth Symphony (and to those who came to Tuesday auditions in case they want to pass this email on to someone who will want to come Saturday).

There has been a change of schedule!

We have realized how awkward it would be to have a rehearsal on the same day as auditions.
So, there will not be a rehearsal this Saturday.
The original information said there would be, but that is now obsolete!

This Saturday will be dedicated to auditions, beginning at 8:00 am at Adele C Young Intermediate School, 830 Law Drive, Brigham City, UT 84302. We will stay as long as needed to hear everyone play.

Our first rehearsal will then be September 26th at 8:00 am, with the parent meeting directly following from 11:15 to 12:00 noon.

Audition acceptance letters will be in the mail this Saturday, so watch for them Monday in your mailbox.

Thanks in advance for your support! This is going to be a great Symphony Year.

-Julie Gardner

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Lincoln Youth Symphony Auditions & Change of Schedule

Greetings!

This email is from Julie Gardner, managing director of the Lincoln Youth Symphony. It is going out specifically to the fabulous people who took time out of their busy schedules to audition for Lincoln Youth Symphony on Tuesday (yesterday). Thank you for your efforts!

There has been a change of schedule!

The promised letters will not be mailed out before this Saturday because we have realized how awkward it will be to have a rehearsal on the same day as the remaining auditions. So, there will not be a rehearsal this Saturday. It will be dedicated to auditions. Our first rehearsal will be September 26th with the parent meeting directly following.

We are sorry for the extra waiting period, and thank you for your patience. We promise it will all work out in the end! The letters will be in the Saturday mail so you will have your responses (as will those who audition this Saturday) by Monday of next week.

Thank you so much for coming yesterday! It was great to get to know each of you, or to see you again!

Please reply to this email so I know you received it. I will be phoning those who don't reply, just to be sure they got the message, so hit reply right now and save me a phone call!

Thanks again for everything! This is going to be a great Symphony Year.

-Julie Gardner

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Newsletters & Outreach

Greetings!

This is to let you know that I mailed newsletters today to each musician who did not graduate last year; you should receive a lovely envelope in the mail tomorrow. 

I am really excited for this year!  I've been visiting schools, talking about setting goals and encouraging students to look deep inside and find their true passion, and to make a difference this year - whether or not they play in our orchestra. I've also been showing our video and handing out brochures. If I haven't visited your school yet, let me know (although I would think I would know it if I had)!  

I have been to Bonneville High, South Ogden Jr High, TH Bell Jr High, Wahlquist Jr High, Ben Lomond High, Fremont High (orchestra - Band this Weds), and Weber High; tomorrow I will be visiting Orion Jr High, North Ogden Jr High, and another class at Weber High. Later this week, I will be visiting Box Elder Middle & High Schools, and Marsha Stokes, our Executive Director, is visiting Bear River Middle & High Schools.  

I have handed a brochure to each person who raised his/her hand, and so far I have handed out 81 brochures to interested people. Let's hope that they come!  This is going to be a great year!  What a party!

So, watch your snail mail for audition information, the calendar, and an extra note about compiling a private teacher database.

Of course, as always, you can check the website and follow the links for the calendar, audition information, and all sorts of other things!

Thanks for all your support. It is an honor to know you!

Julie Gardner :)

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