Our Conductor Search Has Begun!

Are you looking for opportunities
to enrich the lives of motivated youth musicians?

Do you have a gift for bringing out the best in an orchestra?

Are you a great motivator and communicator?

Then…

Lincoln Youth Symphony needs YOU!

Become the next conductor / music director of the Lincoln Youth Symphony and enjoy:

¯    A quarterly stipend

¯    Three concerts per year plus an annual performance on stage at Abravanel Hall at the Youth Symphony Festival

¯    Great music students from Box Elder, Cache and Weber counties

Qualifications:

¯    Conducting experience required

¯    Enthusiasm – desire to make a difference in the lives of exceptional youth musicians

¯    Experience with all orchestral instruments preferred —
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass & Percussion

Submit résumé & cover letter, or send queries, via email, to LincolnYouthSymphony@gmail.com

Top candidates will be invited to a live audition with our special audition orchestra.

The Orchestra rehearses in Brigham City on Saturday Mornings.

LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com

Lake Bonneville Symphonic Society ¯ PO Box 236 ¯ Brigham City, UT 84302

ALL STAR EVENING INVITATION

The Utah Symphony sent me the following:

Tuesday, May 15 | 7 PM

Abravanel Hall

Vladimir Kulenovic, Associate Conductor
Aubree Oliverson, Violin

The future of Utah's musical legacy is now! Exceptional high school instrumentalists are invited to perform side-by-side with their Utah Symphony mentors in this exciting Abravanel Hall experience. Come see and hear your youth orchestra colleagues in concert with the Utah Symphony. 

Youth orchestras represented in this concert are:

American Heritage Lyceum Philharmonic

Canyons Symphony Orchestra

Davis Youth Symphony

Granite Youth Symphony

Jordan Symphony Orchestra

Lincoln Youth Symphony

Nebo Youth Philharmonic

Timpanogos Chamber Orchestra

Utah Valley Youth Symphony

Utah Youth Symphony and Utah Youth Philharmonic

Young Artist Chamber Players

Also featured on the program is violinist Aubree Oliverson who will perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Utah Symphony.

Tickets are $8.00 - $20.00 for this performance!

 

Special Ticket Offer Save 10% on tickets  to  All-Star Evening Call 801-869-9046 - mention this offer to get your tickets - there is no limit on the number of tickets you can purchase.

 

 

 

LYS: Thanks for a great year! (and please take the survey!)

Greetings!

It was a great concert, and a great year! Thanks to everyone for your hard work and dedication this year... This includes musicians, parents, audience members, graduating seniors (BOO HOO! I will miss you!), private teachers, section specialists, conductors, board members, dinner & silent auction helpers, chaperons, our party host, and everyone in between!

May you have a wonderful summer. I sure hope to see all of you next year, or around town if you are graduating!

Survey

If you could take 5 minutes and participate in my ten-question survey, I would be most grateful. I value your opinions and feedback. It helps me plan for next year. I'd offer a piece of candy for your participation, but since it's online, I can only offer {{{warm fuzzies}}}! 

Thanks ahead of time. Here's the link:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WQYQ2GF

Last request

As announced in our concert, LYS is currently preparing to find a new conductor. If you have any suggestions or connections, please contact me. We will begin our search in the next week or so and will run an audition orchestra sometime this summer.

A big public THANK YOU to Robert Bott for his untiring efforts in our behalf, and all the fun we've had with him! We will miss you, Rob!

Have a great summer!

Julie Gardner

435.723.8262

LYS: Party Info & Music Reminder

Greetings!

After this Saturday's 5:30 pm concert at BEMS, we are going to PARTY!

LYS and LYCO musicians are cordially invited to celebrate a great year!

The party will be after the concert, so will begin at approximately 7pm. 

(You may want to bring a change of clothes to put on after the concert since it will be nice weather and we'll be able to go outside!)

Please arrange to be picked up by 9pm (a few parents are welcome to stay & help out, but we won't have room for all of them!).

We can't have a party without food, so here are your food assignments:

Last Name A-I: Cookies/Brownies/Sheetcake/Finger-Dessert/Be Creative!

Last Name J-P: Veggie/Fruit Tray, Simple Finger Foods, Hors d'Oeuvres

Last Name Q-Z: Chips and Chips, or Chips and Dip, or other snacky type food

The party is at the Wolford's, 564 E 600 N, Brigham City.

Here are directions from the Middle School:

Drive one block East from the Middle School to 600 E then turn left.  Head North on 600 E, turn left on 600 N.  The house is the first on the South side of the street.  It has a brown front door and a for sale sign in the yard. (Please be sure to thank the Wolfords for sharing their home with us this weekend!)

Music Reminder: 

I will collect ALL music this Saturday - that is, all music that you've had checked out to you from LYS, even stuff we sight-read but didn't play for the concert. This is the LAST concert of the season! (Please don't turn in stuff that belongs to other groups you play with... then I don't have to wonder where it came from!)

See Ya this Saturday at BEMS. Remember to arrive early! Downbeat at 9:30am or earlier if we're all ready by then! :)

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

LYS: Concert & Dress Rehearsal Info

Greetings!

Here are some important things to remember:

Rehearsal will not begin until 9:30am this Saturday at Box Elder Middle School Auditorium. Expect to stay an extra half hour at the end as well. Please arrive by 9:15 to help set up so we are actually ready to play at 9:30am.

The Concert time has been adjusted: 5:30pm is our start time. Please arrive at 5pm. LYCO will play first, then LYS, then the combined piece (Pirates).

Concert Dress is not required for the morning rehearsal, but please dress appropriately for the concert. I've copied the dress specifications from the website and pasted it below:

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

Thank you for all you've done this year! I am thinking about a party after the concert, but haven't decided yet. Your opinion, or volunteering a location other than my house, might help me decide (so I don't have to clean)... Please send feedback!

I'm excited for our concert this Saturday! It's going to be great!

Thanks again for your support and hard work. It has been a great year. :)

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

Press Release: Lincoln Youth Symphony and Lincoln Youth Chamber Orchestra Season Finale Concert

The following Press Release has been sent to local papers. Please note that the concert will begin at 5:30 - a 1/2 hour difference. Thank you for your support! Please feel free to forward this to friends and family. It's going to be a fun concert!

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The Lincoln Youth Symphony (LYS) and Lincoln Youth Chamber Orchestra (LYCO) will be presenting their season finale concert on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at 5:30 pm in the Box Elder Middle School Auditorium, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for children 11 & under, $2 for seniors, and $12 for an under-one-roof family.

This concert's theme is POPS music, and it will be a crowd pleaser!

Lincoln Youth Chamber Orchestra, an all-strings orchestra conducted by Amanda Kippen, will be performing Creepy Classics including themes from Danse Macabre, The Funeral March of a Marionette, and  In the Hall of the Mountain King. Their other pieces include Front Porch Jam and Beauty and the Beast.

Lincoln Youth Symphony, a full orchestra conducted by Robert Bott, will be performing a suite from Harry Potter, music from Mission Impossible, and themes from the movie Hook. As a grand finale for the season, the two orchestras combined will be performing music from Pirates of the Caribbean.

LYS and LYCO are projects of the Lake Bonneville Symphonic Society (LBSS), which would like to thank all the fabulous community support for their recent Gala Fundraiser Dinner. LBSS is funded in part by the George S & Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, the Utah Arts Council, and matching funds from ATK. 

For additional information, please visit LincolnYouthSymphony.blogspot.com or contact Julie Gardner at LincolnYouthSymphony@gmail.com or 435.723.8262.

LYS: This Saturday & Our Concert

Greetings!

This Saturday will be a rather important rehearsal. It's our last regular rehearsal before dress rehearsals next week. LYCO will be joining us towards the end this week, so it's imperative that we Begin on Time to have time for all our other music before they join us!

I am aware of the ACT test this Saturday. If you have not told me you will be missing rehearsal, please let me know -- for whatever reason.

I am also aware that there are a limited number of students who have conflicts the day of the concert (April 21). If you have a conflict and have not contacted me, please do. The concert is still set at 5pm on April 21st.

I'm so pleased with how this season has gone! You are a fantastic group of youth -- I have truly enjoyed your company this year!

Just a quick announcement about the LBSS summer orchestra (string) camp: We have had to cancel the camp as our guest conductor will not be able to come. If you were planning to sign up and pay by the earlybird date (which is next week), you will want to scratch that from your calendars. :(

See ya this Saturday morning! I'll be there between 8:30 and 8:45 to set up. I love having help, too! :0

Warmly,

Julie Gardner
Robert Bott

LYS News

Greetings!

It's been a busy last few weeks for me and I know you are feeling the spring on the air, but don't forget LYS! We still have one more concert coming up!

Music we collected March 3. (If you didn't turn in this music, please do so!)

Beethoven - Prometheus

Tchaikovsky - Little Russian

Wagner - Tannhauser

Gliere - Russian Sailor's Dance

Haydn - Symphony No. 94 'Surprise'

From the New World (in some people's folders but we never played it)

Music we sightread March 3. (and there was an unscientific vote at the end of rehearsal!)

American Frontier

Pirates of the Caribbean

Mission Impossible

Jamaican Rhumba

Hook

Lord of the Rings

Music we played & handed out officially this week:

American Frontier

Mission Impossible

Hook

Pirates of the Caribbean

Music we might play if people practice & work out rhythms at home (hint hint)

Lord of the Rings

Calendar for the rest of the season

March 17 -- Regular Rehearsal, 9-11:15, ACYI

March 24 -- Regular Rehearsal, 9-11:15, ACYI

March 31 -- Regular Rehearsal, 9-11:15, ACYI

April 7 -- No Rehearsal -- Spring Break / Easter

April 14 -- Regular Rehearsal, 9-11:15, ACYI

April 21 -- Dress Rehearsal @ BEMS, 9-11:15, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City

April 21 -- Season Finale Concert, Combined with LYCO, 5:00pm, BEMS, 18 S 500 E, Brigham City, Admission: Adults $3, Children 11 & under $2, Families (under one roof) $12.

Gala Success!

I want to say Thank You, once again, for your support, work, and energy that made the Gala such a success.

Here is the net income from a very successful fundraiser after paying for dinner!

$3985.45

That, my friends, is amazing!

Let's be sure to patronize & thank those businesses that supported us:

Camp Chef, Anniversary Inn, Salt Lake Bees, Classical Strings, Attitudes Salon, Hair Therapee, John Findlay Piano Tuning, Misa Findlay Footzoning, Murphy's Appliance, Honeyville Grain, Old Grist Mill, Canyon View Animal Health Center, Maddox, The Room Loft, Jenny Hamson Massage Therapy, Walker Cinema, Subway, Papa Murphy's, Salon 89, Kent's, Crystal Inn, K&H Fitness Quarter, Maurices, Crystal Hot Springs, Utah Wind Symphony, Music Village, Leo's Auto Service, Body Needs Chiropractic, Andersen Orthodontics, Heritage Theatre, NuSkin, Gaucho Grill, Black Pearl China Bistro, Everything Your Heart Desires Boutique, BC Candle Factory, Pets First! Wellness Center, Best Western High Country Inn, Jeremiah's Restaurant, Maya's Corner, Amber Taylor Violin Studio, Dawn's Bridal, Peter Prier's, and all the home made treasures from all you wonderful people!

Abravanel Hall -- Day After Tomorrow!

Greetings!

This is what I wrote last week, but never sent [sheepish grin]:

Abravanel Hall permission slips: all who return them by Saturday, Feb 25th, will receive a slice of fresh homemade bread! That's this coming Saturday. [Bravo to everyone who remembered to bring those permission slips even without the reminder email! -- the bread was good, eh?]

Details for Monday:

Concert Dress is LYS Formal Concert Attire. Click here if you can't remember. Black socks & bow ties, K? ;)

The bus will be at the scheduled locations at the scheduled times. Garrett, Kjersti, Krystal, Liana, and Chauncey all need to bring their permission slips to get on the bus. There will be two chaperones getting on at ACYI, and two more getting on at Riverdale. Thank you for your willingness and availability! You are AWESOME!

Seating: We will be sitting in row 9, putting small cases in row 8, and putting large cases in row 31. Please be sure to keep cases in the seats, not on the floors. The fire people are happy when we follow rules, and we'll certainly want to be able to clear the building if there is an emergency! If you are meeting us there, please meet us in row 9! :)

Always, ALWAYS, be an excellent audience for the other performances. (please!)

You may want to make a note of my cell number: 435 740 4335. I will have it with me!

Here is the schedule, copied and pasted from the permission slip:

• 6:15 a.m. Load the Bus and leave ACYI
• 6:30-6:40 a.m. Pick up students in Farr West at the Park & Ride
• 6:45-6:55 a.m. Pick up students in Riverdale at the Park & Ride on the east side of the freeway north of 5600 S
• 7:30-7:45 a.m. Arrive Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City: Please bring a sack lunch and any snacks you will need to get you through the entire morning. There are no nearby eating establishments. You may eat on the bus or in the lobby of Abravanel Hall before we head north again.
• 8:00 a.m. Granite Jr Youth Symphony and Jordan Youth Symphony performances
• 9:00 a.m. Warm Up in the Green Room
• 9:30 a.m. Lincoln Youth Symphony performance!!!
• 10:00 a.m. Group picture on the grand staircase. Bring $15 for an 8x10 picture. Make checks payable to Patrick Webster.
• 10:30 a.m. Utah Valley Youth Philharmonia, Timpanogos Chamber Orchestra, Jordan/Canyons Symphony Orchestra performances
• 12:00 p.m. Load the bus and head for home. We will leave Salt Lake at about 12:15 p.m.
• 1:00 p.m. Arrive at Riverdale Park & Ride
• 1:20 p.m. Arrive at Farr West Park & Ride
• 1:40 p.m. Arrive at ACYI
• These times are dependent on traffic and unforeseeable events, so we'll need to be flexible. Parents, please come to pick up your musician a few minutes early just in case!
• There is room on the bus for cellos and probably basses… We've seen them fit before!
• Each musician is very important to our performance. Since this is not technically a school-sponsored activity, their time off from school will need to be arranged on an individual basis. Please use the note below or as me for a full size version if it helps!

:) See Ya Monday!

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott

Thank You ... Thank You!

Greetings,

Woo Hoo, the Gala's OVER, and it went wonderfully well tonight. Thanks to everyone who sold tickets, purchased tickets, served food, bid on auction items, cleaned up, entertained, made donations, smiled, laughed, procured donations for the auction... and everything else it takes to put on a fundraiser. I can't wait to hear how it went financially. Again, thank you!

It was a great rehearsal this morning too. If you missed, be sure to turn in your Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, Liszt, and "From the New World" next week at rehearsal.

Also, we rehearsed Beethoven's Prometheus Overture. It's in your folders, so if you missed today for the ACT or some other reason, please pull it out and give it a look-see. We will be playing it at Abravanel Hall on Feb 27th along with the Tchaikovsky, the Haydn, and the Wagner. I will also pass out the Russian Sailor's Dance next week. We will be adding that to the Abravanel Hall Program as well.

I handed out the permission slips for Abravanel Hall today. Please return the bottom portion indicating your plans (riding bus, where you're getting on, or not riding bus, etc.) by Feb 25. Start talking to your teachers to get time off!

Thanks and Thanks again!

Julie Gardner

Robert Bott