Announcements for Tomorrow's Rehearsal and PARTY (January 4th)

Greetings! Welcome to 2020!

Recruiting

If you have friends, especially those who play violin or viola, we'd love to have them come play along at our rehearsal this Saturday. Reply to this email and let me know if this might be happening so we don't have too many surprises! Friends are also welcome to stay for the party!

Food for the Party

This Saturday, potluck food for the party should be dropped off when you arrive in the hall. There will be a table provided, so the set up people know what they have to work with. 

This Saturday's rehearsal schedule will be as follows:

Sectionals 8:30 to 9:25

Strings - Go straight to separate sections at the beginning. Come back to the gym for full string sectional by 9:15.

Violin 1 on the stage

Violin 2 across from the woodwinds

Viola in the entrance hall

Cello in the gym

Bass in the hall by the art room

Woodwinds - down the right hall to the left

Brass - down the left hall to the right

Harps - I will assign you a space upon arrival where you can practice together

Full rehearsal beginning at 9:30 - Jupiter, then Mars

Lark Ascending at about 10:30

NEW DECADE Party at 11:00. We will start with food, then the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Keep it under $5. Extra kudos for music related items.

A note about repertoire: 

The concert on February 22nd will be Jupiter, Mars, The Lark Ascending, and one other piece (Rebecca's concerto - a rental piece arriving in January). We have Lark Ascending additional parts (if you didn't get one - Bassoons, Basses, maybe others) to hand out tomorrow. 

Baal-Shem (Rebecca Hale's piece) is in the mail. I received shipping notice today. We will be handing it out next week. (Narnia too. See below.)

We will also be handing out Narnia in January to add to our program for Abravanel Hall, March 2nd, so we will play Mars, Jupiter and Narnia for that performance.

Recital

The recital is scheduled for NEXT WEEK, January 11th, at 6:30 pm in the Brigham City Tabernacle. We currently have only 7 people signed up. We would like at least 3 more. PLEASE, if you have a piece to perform, as a solo or ensemble/duet, hit reply on this email and let me know! This is a great opportunity to perform! 

My current list is: Jacob Rockwood on piano, Archer Crawford on oboe, Talmage Kay on viola, Alexis Jensen on oboe, Dallin Murrow on cello, Kristene Murrow on violin, and Emily Rockwood on violin. If you signed up and I missed putting you on this list, please let me know so I can add you. If you want to participate, the deadline for signing up is this Sunday, January 5th. Thanks!

Upcoming Schedule

7 rehearsals until the next concert: January 4, 11, 18, 25; February 1, 8, 15

Concert is February 22. The time is not yet set, but I've had several ask for 4 pm. Please reply if you have concerns about this time!

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Julie Gardner | NUYS Managing Director

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Free Music! (again)

Hello Music Teachers! 

This is Josie Anderson; I'm the Managing Assistant for the Lake Bonneville Symphonic Society. I work closely with Julie Gardner. In August, Julie and I sent an email to all of you offering a large collection of free music located in Julie's garage. Thank you to those who came, looked through the collection, and took some music home! 

There are still over 800 folders full of music left unclaimed. Please look through THIS spreadsheet; notice the tabs at the bottom. In the left tab you will see everything in one place, and in the many other tabs, I have put together separate lists by category. As music is claimed, I will update the spreadsheet with a strike-through on the music no longer available. 

Please have a look and let us know if there's anything you would like! The only thing we request is that if you claim it, we will send you an address, and you pick it up in a timely manner! Any music left unclaimed by the end of February will be advertised on KSL Classifieds or recycled.

Here's hoping that by doing this, we can give back to the music community that has supported us for so many years!

Feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested! 

Thank you. Feel free to reply to this email or text me (Josie) anytime with questions.

Josie Anderson, Managing Assistant of the Lake Bonneville Symphonic Society (435) 452-8173

Julie Gardner, Managing Director of the Northern Utah Youth Symphony (435) 740-4335 

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Rescheduled Christmas (NEW DECADE) Party!

NUYS & NUYCO - Our Christmas Party has been rescheduled to January 4th, after rehearsal.

The white elephant gift exchange is still ON! Please save your white elephant gift and bring it then.

Here is the link for the spreadsheet to sign up to help with the newly-named party. It's a NEW DECADE Party! :)

Reminder also to let me know if you'd like to perform at the recital on January 11th!

Merry Christmas! See you in January!

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Rehearsal CANCELLED

Today's rehearsal and party are cancelled for safety reasons. This message went out via REMIND as well. Please talk to each other and make sure everyone gets the message. 

Sardine Canyon is snow packed and requiring chains and 4x4s. Cache Valley is snow packed. The roads on the Box Elder and Weber County side of the mountains are bare and wet, but deceptively icy in places, and the weather is not slated to improve before 1 pm.

Mr Dunn & Mr West encourage you all to practice over the now-three-week holiday break and come ready to really dig in on January 4th.

And we will have our party January 4th as well. We'll just call it a New Decade Party!

Thanks for all your awesomeness! Have a safe and wonderful holiday!

Julie

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Announcements for Saturday, December 14th

Greetings!

Recruiting

If you have friends, especially those who play violin or viola, we'd love to have them come play along at our rehearsal this Saturday. Reply to this email and let me know if this might be happening so we don't have too many surprises! Friends are also welcome to stay for the party!

Food for the Party

This Saturday, potluck food for the party should be dropped off when you arrive in the hall. There will be a table provided, so the set up people know what they have to work with. 

This Saturday's rehearsal schedule will be as follows:

Sectionals 8:30 to 9:25

Strings - Go straight to separate sections at the beginning. Come back to the gym for full string sectional by 9:15.

Violin 1 on the stage

Violin 2 across from the woodwinds

Viola in the entrance hall

Cello in the gym

Bass in the hall by the art room

Woodwinds - down the right hall to the left

Brass - down the left hall to the right

Harps - I will assign you a space upon arrival where you can practice together

Full rehearsal beginning at 9:30 - Jupiter, then Mars

Lark Ascending at about 10:30

Christmas Party at 11:00. We will start with food, then the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Keep it under $5. Extra kudos for music related items.

A note about repertoire: 

the concert on February 22nd will be Jupiter, Mars, The Lark Ascending, and one other piece (Rebecca's concerto - a rental piece arriving in January). 

We will also be handing out Narnia in January to add to our program for Abravanel Hall, March 2nd, so we will play Mars, Jupiter and Narnia for that performance.

Recital

We are taking sign ups for the recital night in January. It will be on Saturday the 11th at 6:30 pm in the Brigham City Tabernacle. If you have a piece to perform, as a solo or ensemble/duet, hit reply on this email and let me know! This is a great opportunity to perform!

Upcoming Schedule

There will be no rehearsal December 21st or 28th. Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!

Our first rehearsal in January will be Saturday the 4th. 

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Julie Gardner | NUYS Managing Director

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This week's rehearsal

Greetings!

This week's rehearsal plan is as follows:

8:30 to 9:25 - Sectionals

Woodwinds - down the right hallway, to the left, with our NEW clinician, Heather Lyman (Thank you, Heather!)

Brass - down the left hallway, to the right, with Andrew Watkins

Strings - all together in the gym

9:25 Break

9:30 - Full rehearsal. We will work on Mars and Jupiter.

Harps: We will add you next week. 

Percussion: We definitely need you!

10:30 (or thereabouts) - The Lark Ascending (Lark Ascending has the following instrumentation: 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 2 Clarinets in A, 2 Bassoons, 2 French Horns, and Strings).

Recruiting

We need to expand our Violin and Viola sections with strong players, and The Planets has many Bassoon and ContraBassoon parts! Know anyone? We need more!

If you plan to bring a friend, please please please warn me ahead of time!

Messiah, Tomorrow!

For those involved in the dress rehearsal (concert attire not required), it's tonight at 6:30. You should have received other info from the Community Symphony email.

Performance: Messiah Sing-in, Tomorrow night, 7 pm. If you aren't already playing in the group, come sing along as we usher in the Christmas Season. It's free, and there are scores available for checkout.

Christmas Party, December 14th!

Our annual Christmas Party is NEXT WEEK, December 14th, after rehearsal. 

Bring a food item to share. We need several more people to bring "protein" offerings, hot or cold, so we don't end up with only sugar.

Have a look at the volunteer spreadsheet at this link to sign up for protein offerings, set up, and clean up. (If the spreadsheet doesn't work for you, just reply to this email and I will add you to the list on there.)

We will also do a white elephant gift exchange "game", with more info coming this Saturday! 

Recital Night, January 11th

This is a great performance opportunity! 

Be thinking about if you would like to perform. It can be solos or small groups, and it will be in the Brigham City Tabernacle, January 11th, 2020, at 6:30 pm. 

We especially invite those who performed in the concerto auditions, but the program is open to anyone in the orchestra who would like a performance opportunity. We have also had a parent perform before, and alumni of the orchestra.

You will need to provide your own accompanist. 

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Julie Gardner | NUYS Managing Director

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No Rehearsal Tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend.

No rehearsal tomorrow!

See you next week.

- Messiah Dress Rehearsal, Thursday, December 5, 6:30 pm, Brigham City Tabernacle

- Messiah Performance, Friday, December 6, 7 pm, Brigham City Tabernacle

- Regular Rehearsal, Saturday, December 7, 8:30 to 11:00 am, Promontory School

PS if you have friends that have joined since the last concert, they have not been added to the email list. Please forward this info to them. And, yes, Ireland was wonderful! :)

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Rehearsal Saturday 11/23

I'm out of town, but Josie has new music for you! Regular rehearsal tomorrow 11/23, 8.30 to 11.00.

No rehearsal 11/30. Happy Thanksgiving!

New music:

Mars and Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst
The Lark Ascending by Vaughan-Wiilliams
Nigun from Baal Shem by Ernest Bloch (a rental which won't be available until January).

Saturday Details

Greetings!

Here are some reminders and helpful info for tomorrow.

If you missed the previous info about parking at Ogden High, and other great info, see it here. Note that the schedule has been revised below, however. 

Here is the latest, greatest schedule for tomorrow:

10:00 am Julie arrives with percussion equipment and starts setting up. Anyone who wants to come this early is welcome. 

10:30 am help set up stage

10:45 am call time for NUYS people playing in the concerto orchestra

11:00 am concerto rehearsal

11:15 am call time for all other members of the orchestra

11:30 am full orchestra rehearsal

1:15 pm (approximately) NUYS break begins

2:30 pm call time for the concert

3:00 pm concert

4:15 pm (approximately) concert ends, cleanup begins. 

Please help by picking up in the auditorium, and striking the stage. 

Also tomorrow, if you can make it: 7:30 pm Cache Symphony Concert at USU (Mr Dunn is the Concertmaster)

Clothing: Wear what you want to the dress rehearsal, but wear official concert attire to the concert. Let us know if you have questions. This has already been discussed. 

Music: All music folders will be turned in after the concert. You will not receive your folder again until the next rehearsal, 11/23. Turning in your music is a really big deal. If you forget to bring it or know you won't be turning it in, let me know immediately. I leave town on Sunday!

Next week: Next week's rehearsal will be at the regular time, 8:30 to 11:00 am. Josie will be there to hand out new music. It will be read-through of the new music. In your folders will be Jupiter and Mars from The Planets, and The Lark Ascending by Vaughan-Williams. There will be a third piece we will hand out in January, Bloch's Baal Shem, which is Rebecca Hales' ConcertoI will be out of town, so please excuse me yet again. I'm sorry to miss! This is the one I had planned to miss all along. Last week was for a funeral. Thanks!

Messiah Music: If you are playing Messiah, keep your Messiah music so you can practice during the week! Do NOT leave it in your folder!

See you all tomorrow!

Julie

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Last Regular Rehearsal for this concert...

Greetings! 

Sorry this is later than usual. Hopefully everyone gets the message!

I am in St George for a funeral, and will not be at rehearsal this Saturday. Josie Anderson will be running rehearsal. Please be extra helpful and come early to help her set up!

Please be sure to use the attendance form if you will be absent, arriving late or leaving early. The link is at the bottom of every email.

If you are not playing the concert, you should have already talked to me about it, and your folder needs to be turned in to Josie this Saturday.

Please review concert attire and be prepared for next Saturday.

Schedule was posted in a previous email for Nov 16, the day of the concert. Our Dress Rehearsal is 11 to 1:15. We will be reserving the first 30 minutes for Stamitz. All musicians must be prepared to enter the stage quietly by 11:30 am.

Be sure to promote the concert to your friends and family! It's Free to attend. 

Mr Dunn has requested the following schedule:

8:30 to 9:00 Sectionals for woodwinds and brass. Get warmed up, and spend focused time on any problems. Strings will stay together in the gym.

9:00 to 9:50 Midsummer Night's Dream

9:50 to 9:55 Break

10:00 to 10:40 Narnia

10:40 to 10:50 Tintinabulations

10"50 to 11:00 Stamitz 

Messiah rehearsal following.

See you next week!

Julie

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