LYS Saturday Report for November 13, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com. 
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Cookies:
I'm looking for 3 likely people who are willing to bring a couple dozen cookies for a little "after concert soiree" in the lobby this Saturday. Please email me. I just don't have time to call, and I've actually had this assignment for several weeks and keep forgetting to ask, so please save my skin and volunteer. :)

November 13 Concerto Auditions:

Congratulations to Krystell Taylor (LYCO) and our own Sarah Pehrson for your great auditions for Concerto Night! We look forward to performing with you on Feb 5th. We also have one other soloist (on the viola) who we will announce later if the music all works out!

November 13 Rehearsal:

Thanks to the strings for coming early! You are awesome! 

I'm sure we all felt the need to do some practicing for this Saturday's concert! Let's be sure we spend the time to make it great! It was also really nice to have Rob back, and to have the percussion equipment out. Fun Fun!

This Saturday, November 20th:

This is our concert day! Yay!

I will be at the Middle School Auditorium unloading percussion and setting up at 8:30 am. Anyone willing to help is welcome!

Rehearsal is from 9-11am on the stage. LYCO will be rehearsing from 11-12, so we need to be prompt and focused. :)

Concert: Be there by 4:30 pm. The concert starts at 5pm. LYCO will play first (about 20 minutes) then we will take the stage.

There is an admission charge! It defrays the cost of renting the auditorium. It is $3 for adults, $2 for children 11 & under, $2 for seniors, and $12 for families all living under one roof.  Thank you for your support in this! Our budget is extremely tight and we believe strongly in continuing to provide this program for our youth!

Calendar in the Near Future:

November 27: No Rehearsal! Happy Thanksgiving!

December 4, 11, 18: Regular Rehearsals, ACYI, 9:00-11:15am

Messiah Note:

For those of you playing in Messiah with LBCS, there is no rehearsal this coming week, Tues Nov 23rd. The remaining rehearsals are: Tues Nov 30, Thurs Dec 2 (both @ACYI, 6:30-8:30) and dress rehearsal Thurs Dec 9 (@Box Elder Tabernacle). 

The Sing-in is Dec 10th, 7:30 pm, Box Elder Tabernacle. If you aren't playing, bring friends and come sing! It will be fun, and free admission!

For Tomorrow: Don't forget about Leaping Lulu and the wonderful Celtic Fiddler. Here is the info:

Music in the City Concert Series Presents

Leaping Lulu

Friday, November 19th

7:30pm

Brigham City Fine Arts Center

58 S 100 W

$8/$5 students

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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LYS Saturday Report for November 6, 2010

Greetings!

Please read this! I need strings to come early next week. I did not announce this at rehearsal! See highlighted sections below for full info! AND: Please reply to this email to acknowledge that you received it!
Oh, this is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com. 
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Today's Rehearsal:

A Huge Thank You to Amy Elmer and Cami Dilg for assisting in our rehearsal this morning. Along with Nada & Sarah Pehrson and me, we were able to split up for sectionals. Thank you, Thank you! You are all awesome. We were missing a few people, some I had heard from, some I hadn't! We hope you all come back next week! :)

Next Week, November 13th:

I meant to announce this at the end of rehearsal this morning, but I lost track of time and we ended rather abruptly: I need to have all Strings ready to rehearse next week on the 13th at 8:30am! Yes, that means everyone that plays violin, viola, cello, or bass! We have a lot to accomplish, and I feel strongly that the strings need to meet a half-hour early. So, next week, please be ready to play by 8:30. This means arrival time: 8:20! 

I will be there by 8:10 to set up. Big smiles and giggles for anyone who comes early enough to help out!

Winds & Brass, please arrive by 8:50am, come quietly into the band room & set up your stuff, then warm up in the orchestra room so you are ready to rehearse by 9:00am! This will facilitate the best use of our time. 

Does it sound like I'm a little worried about the upcoming concert? Well... I'm not worried, but I do think we need a longer rehearsal next week, so I'm asking for one!  Thanks!

Remember, the Nov 20th concert is at 5pm. Please plan to be there by 4:30pm.

Calendar in the Near Future:

November 13: String Sectional, 8:30-9:00am.  Regular Rehearsal, 9-11:15 am, ACYI.

November 13: Concerto Auditions, 11:30am.

November 20: Dress Rehearsal (you do not need your concert attire - it just means we are rehearsing on the stage) at BEMS, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City, 9-11am

November 20: Concert at BEMS, 5pm (arrival time: 4:30pm) Click here for the run-down on formal concert attire, or look at your Membership Information sheet from the beginning of the year.

November 27: No Rehearsal! Happy Thanksgiving!

December 4, 11, 18: Regular Rehearsals, ACYI, 9:00-11:15am

Don't forget about Leaping Lulu and the wonderful Celtic Fiddler. Here is the info:

Music in the City Concert Series Presents

Leaping Lulu

Friday, November 19th

7:30pm

Brigham City Fine Arts Center

58 S 100 W

$8/$5 students

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

LYS Saturday Report for October 30, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com.
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Last Saturday's rehearsal:

Thanks to Chuck Thompson for conducting our rehearsal last Saturday! We really appreciate his time & effort and the chocolate he brought for our treat table, and for the game... If I hadn't been so anxious to rehearse, we would have spent more time on it and it would have been more fun!

Thanks to everyone for bringing treats!

This Saturday, Nov 6th:

This Saturday we will be spending some time in sectionals. Please be sure to practice your trouble spots beforehand and come prepared to work together and learn from each other. We will spend the first hour in sectionals and the second hour together putting up with my conducting! :) Rob will be back on the 13th. Yay!

Please be careful to keep the door propped with the garbage can. Need I say more? Oh, sorry so many people were locked out temporarily last Saturday. I just couldn't believe so many people were late! Ha Ha.

Upcoming Concert Time Change (Very Important So I'm Leaving It Here For You To Read Again):

Our November 20th concert will be at 5pm at Box Elder Middle School Auditorium. Please make a note of this and be sure to plan on being there by 4:30pm. The concert will be combined with LYCO and will last about 1 hour.

Calendar in the Near Future:

November 6, 13: Regular Rehearsals, 9-11:15 am, ACYI.

November 13: Concerto Auditions. If you have a prepared piece or you have a friend who does, please consider auditioning to be one of our soloists for Concerto Night. Please refer to the press release at the previous blog post on the blog. I have only one person auditioning for sure. Please let me know if you are planning on auditioning. It's a great solo opportunity!

November 20: Dress Rehearsal (you do not need your concert attire - it just means we are rehearsing on the stage) at BEMS, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City, 9-11am

November 20: Concert at BEMS, 5pm (arrival time: 4:30pm)

A note from Austin Weyand on an upcoming concert featuring a great Celtic Fiddler:

Hi!

Just wanted to give you a heads up about the up and coming "Music in the City" concert for November. We have Leaping Lulu performing on November 19. Sara Law in that group is a great celtic fiddler. I think some of you would really enjoy the show. Thanks!

Austin

435-452-2352

www.austinweyand.com

www.briarwoodmusicians.com

If you can't see the picture, it says:

Music in the City Concert Series Presents

Leaping Lulu

Friday, November 19th

7:30pm

Brigham City Fine Arts Center

58 S 100 W

$8/$5 students

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

LYS Saturday Report for October 23, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com. 
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Last Saturday's rehearsal:

Thanks to Steve Voorhees for conducting our rehearsal last Saturday! He did a great job and we learned a lot from him. It seems we have plenty of practicing to do on our individual parts as we prepare for our Nov 20th concert.

This Saturday:

Regular Rehearsal with a Halloween Twist.

This is Treat week! Bring treats to share. We will share them at break. (Wind players - bring a toothbrush!). Costumes are optional! Please be warmed up and ready to play by 9am so we have time for fun! I arrive by 8:40 at the latest, so there's plenty of chance to be on time!

Upcoming Concert Time Change (Very Important):

Our November 20th concert will be at 5pm at Box Elder Middle School Auditorium. Please make a note of this and be sure to plan on being there by 4:30pm. The concert will be combined with LYCO and will last about 1 hour.

Calendar in the Near Future:

October 30, November 6, 13: Regular Rehearsals, 9-11:15 am, ACYI.

November 13: Concerto Auditions. If you have a prepared piece or you have a friend who does, please consider auditioning to be one of our soloists for Concerto Night. Please refer to the press release at the previous blog post on the blog. 

November 20: Dress Rehearsal at BEMS, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City, 9-11am

November 20: Concert at BEMS, 5pm (arrival time: 4:30pm)

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

LYS Invitation to Play in Messiah

Greetings!

The Lake Bonneville Community Symphony puts on a Messiah Sing-in every year in the Box Elder Tabernacle. They have invited all interested members of LYS to join them. The rehearsals are Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 8:30 beginning Oct 26th. The Dress Rehearsal is Thursday Dec 9th at the Box Elder Tabernacle and the Performance is Friday December 10th.

Please reply to this email if you are interested in participating!

Julie :)

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LYS Reminder and Important Question

Greetings!

1. Reminder: This is a quick reminder that there is no rehearsal this Saturday. Also, I typed the dates wrong for our remaining Saturdays in October, but I fixed them on the Blog. (23 & 30) Have a wonderful and safe family weekend!

2. Important Question: I also need you to consider something: I am looking into changing the time of our November 20th concert to 5pm instead of 7pm. This has to do with the Fremont High School musical -- we have students involved in that. Please email me back asap with comments on this possible change -- both positive and negative. If we find that we lose more than we gain, then we will not change the time, but it seems, at this point, a great way to remedy the issue! LYCO sounds amenable to the possibility as well. 

Practicing vs Playing

I also am taking this opportunity to share this great bit of wisdom with you. It's from our LYCO Managing Director, and good friend, Diane Austin. I share it here with her permission:

Okay.....This is a conversation that just happened around the dinner table.  Sarah received a text from one of her friends to see if she could hang out for a while.  This was our conversation.....

Sarah:  Mom, can I hang out with my friend today?

Mom:  After you practice.

Dad to Sarah:  Didn't you just practice?

Sarah:  No, I was just playing.

Dad:  Is there a difference?

Sarah:  Apparently.


At first, I just busted up laughing.  Then, I thought...Wait a minute....What have I been doing all these years?    My family doesn't know the difference between the two.......*sigh*........ I realized then that the word "practice" is a bit meaningless.  We really need to substitute that word with a better one.  Study.  Study implies then that you are going to focus on something specific.  I explained to my family that if we use the word "study" then it is obvious that studying and playing are NOT the same thing.  To have a healthy balance in our music journey, we really need to have both.  Study time and playing time.

During the study time, careful thought and consideration is given to specific points.  Focused thought to join together the brain, the ear, and the body.  Our mind must know what to do, the ear must know how it should sound, and the body must know how to do it.  It can be a bit frustrating in this work to get to the point where the brain, ear, and body are totally connected.  Most of the frustration comes from the mind and ear being very quick to understand but the body is usually slower.  Therefore, when a new concept is being learned and it involves the body, SLOW practice is a must!  At a slow tempo, we can connect the three.  Once the three are connected and the skill basically mastered, then speed is not a problem!!

During the playing time, there is to be no instruction given unless asked for.  This is the time for self expression and experimentation.  This time can really bring joy to everyone.  We have had a lot of laughs and fun times during our spontaneous play time.  Play time doesn't need to be scheduled.  It happens naturally.  Study time, however, must be scheduled.  It is real work.

I hope that this little experience taught my children that there is a difference between the two.  You many want to be sure your family understands that as well.  (Age appropriate, of course!)

Happy practicing.........oops!........Happy studying!!

-Diane

See ya on Oct 23!

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

LYS Saturday Report for October 9, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com.
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Today's rehearsal:

We had a good rehearsal today! Thank you for your time.

Thanks to those awesome people who always let me know about their conflicts. Email is a miracle because you can send it whenever you need to, even in the middle of the night!

Rob and I need to ask you a big favor: Please be sure to let us know if you must (under extraordinary circumstances) leave early or arrive late. It will help us schedule our rehearsal time more productively. It can be very frustrating when key parts are missing!

Thanks for your commitment to the youth symphony! Let's be sure to do our best to set aside this time as productive. Let's arrive early and stay to the end! Extraordinary circumstances ought to be just that... Extraordinary! :)

Fall Break:

There is no rehearsal next week, October 16. It is fall break. We wish you all a great family weekend!

Calendar in the Near Future:

October 23, 30, November 6, 13: Regular Rehearsals, 9-11:15 am, ACYI.

November 13: Concerto Auditions. If you have a prepared piece or you have a friend who does, please consider auditioning to be one of our soloists for Concerto Night. Please refer to the press release below.

November 20: Dress Rehearsal at BEMS, 9-11am

November 20: Concert at BEMS, 7pm (arrival time: 6:30pm)

Press Release for Concerto Auditions:

Call for Concerto Soloists: Lincoln Youth Symphony will be holding auditions for featured soloists in their annual Concerto Night concert. The auditions will be held Saturday, November 13th, 2010, at Adele C Young Intermediate School, 830 Law Drive, Brigham City, at 11:30am. Students wishing to audition must contact Julie Gardner, LincolnYouthSymphony@gmail.com, 435.723.8262, for an audition time and pre-approval of their musical selection. Audition fee is $20; fee is waived for Lincoln Youth Symphony members. Musical selection must have orchestral accompaniment available. Save the Date: The Lincoln Youth Symphony Concerto Night featuring local musical talent will be held Saturday, February 5th, 2011.

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

LYS Retreat Report for October 1-2, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com. 
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Music Camp Retreat:

Thank you for your support of our retreat this weekend!  I know it came up, for many of you, rather suddenly, and I'm glad it worked out so well. We certainly plan to do it again next year! 

We rehearsed Friday afternoon, ate dinner, and played games & did skits all evening. I must say that the See Saw or Teeter Totter... WoW! It was sooooo cool!  Let's not wait until next year to play Whack-'em and Do You Love Your Neighbor again, K?

We are truly grateful to Moriah Wilhelm and Christina Taylor for their time and effort to conduct our Saturday morning workshops. Thanks, also, for everyone's great efforts in our Saturday morning rehearsal. We truly improved in our playing over the time we spent together!

Thanks to Scott and Tracye Blank, camp hosts. They did a great job feeding us and taking care of us!

Thanks to all the adults who stayed with us: Robert & Tiffany Bott, Kent Potter, Nada Pehrson, and Doris D'Asto (and me! Do I thank myself too?)... Thanks also to Tiffany and Nada for playing along with us.

Next week's rehearsal:

Our rehearsal next week, October 9, will be at the regular time, 9:00 to 11:15 am, at ACYI. Please arrive early since Robert has a track record for starting rehearsal exactly on time. 

Fall Break:

There will be no rehearsal on October 16. Have a great weekend with your family!

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
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LYS Saturday Report for Sept 25, 2010

Greetings!

This is Julie Gardner, 435.723.8262, GJulieKay@gmail.com. 
Please contact me with any questions, or, as usual, with attendance issues.

Today's Rehearsal:

We had a great opening rehearsal - we read through Variations on a Shaker Melody, Suppe's Poet & Peasant Overture, and our major piece, the first movement of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.  It was so nice to just read through everything slowly and hear how it all goes. 

There were several people with other obligations so attendance could have been higher, but it was nice that so many were able to come after rehearsal for the parent meeting!

Thank you so much for your attendance at the parent meeting! I counted families and it was well-attended! 

Retreat Information:

Retreat information and release forms were handed out today. Money was collected during the parent meeting for tuition and for the retreat ($35 - this is the amount that the camp is charging... LBSS is not profiting from this). 

If you did not get a retreat form, click here to go to the LYS website and you can download and print the form. This permission form must be turned in to participate in the retreat. We encourage families to carpool. Please contact me if you need help finding someone to carpool with.

I need final number asap so Camp Utaba can prepare food for our stay. As I said at the parent meeting, this is sooner than I had originally anticipated for our retreat, but the dates worked out when they did, and I truly believe in the magic of "Music Camp"; we will come home inspired! This is going to be so fun! 

If we have not yet received your payment and I don't know if you are coming, please save me a phone call and let me know, K?

Retreat Schedule:

• Friday Oct 1
• 3pm                  Adults, any youth helpers & equipment arrive & set up
• 3:45-4pm          Youth arrive
• 4:15-6:15pm      Orchestra Rehearsal
• 6:30pm             Dinner (UTABA staff provides dinner)
• 7-7:30pm          Play whack-em (you'll like it)
• 7:30-8:15pm      Prepare skits / outrageous performances / weird instrument noise contest (Must be music-related and in good taste)
• 8:15pm             Performances
• 10:00pm            Bed time
• 10:15pm            Lights out

 

• Saturday Oct 2
• 7am                  Rise & Shine, pack up, roll up sleeping bags, etc.
• 7:30am             Breakfast (UTABA staff provides breakfast)
• 8-9:30am          Workshop/Sectional
• 9:30-10am         Break & Free Time
• 10am-12pm       Orchestra Rehearsal
• 12-12:30pm       Lunch (UTABA staff provides lunch)
• 12:30-1pm         Debrief (share what you learned)
• 1-2pm               Break camp & head home 

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

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435.723.8262
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