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October 22 Weekly Announcements

Regular rehearsals this week for all three orchestras
Hoodie contest submissions are due by October 31.
Remember to check your rehearsal calendar on the website for up to date rehearsal information
Brass in room 324 for the first hour of rehearsal

October 15, 2025 Weekly Announcements

No rehearsal this week for Fall Break!
Utah Youth Symphony Students — Show Us YOUR Creative Side! Design our official 2025 – 2026 Utah Youth Symphony Hoodie!
- We’re performing works by Tchaikovsky, Humperdinck, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Berlioz — what do their sounds inspire in YOU?
- Submit your original hoodie design (digital or hand-drawn!)
- Include our orchestra names (Symphony, Philharmonic, Prelude) + this year’s composers + our current season, 2025 – 2026
- ️ Winner gets their design featured + recognition on social media + $100!
- Deadline: Submit your design by October 31
- Send your design to marketing@utahyouthsymphony.org
- The fabric color will be a black heather (very dark gray) full zip hoodie
- Your design should incorporate a small graphic for the front and a larger design for the back. You can use up to 5 colors for the back and 2 colors for the front. UYS logo and U of U logos can be black/white.
- Please incorporate the UYS logo and the University of Utah logo. ClickHERE for those files.
- Let’s make something amazing. Hoodie season is calling.
The Chamber Music Society of Utah has offered free tickets to the October 30th concert of the Escher Quartet with Jordan Bak for all UYS students. More info about the concert can be found HERE. Please email Justin Morgan at jmorgan@cmsofslc.org for free tickets for you and your families!

10/8/25 Weekly Announcements

Young Composers Project will meet in room 100E in the McKay Music Library at 11:45 this weekend. Anyone may attend, and it’s ok if you missed the first meeting.
Small Sectionals this weekend!
- UYPhil
  - 1st Violins room 302 with David Langr
  - 2nd Violins room 200 with Emily Day-Shumway
  - Violas room 006 with Carl Johansen
  - Cellos room 318 with Debbie Hsu
  - Basses room 324 with Andrew Keller
  - Flutes room 410 with Caitlyn Valovick-Moore
  - Oboes room 018 with Luca Florin
  - Clarinets room 416 with Berkeley Price
  - Bassoons room 025 with Lori Wike
  - Trumpets room 030 with Seretta Hart
  - Horns room 306 with Jessica Danz
  - Trombones Fine Arts West with Sam Elliot
- UYSO
  - 1st Violins room 302 with David Langr
  - 2nd Violins room 272 with Rosalie MacMillan
  - Violas room 006 with Carl Johansen
  - Cellos room 318 with Matt Johnson
  - Basses room 324 with Kayleigh Dahl
  - Flutes room 410 with Caitlin Valovick-Moore
  - Oboes room 018 with Luca Florin
  - Clarinets room 416 with Myroslava Hagen
  - Bassoons room 025 with Lori Wike
  - Trumpets room 030 with Seretta Hart
  - Horns room 270 with Jessica Danz

10/1/25 Weekly Announcements

UYPHIL AND UYSO: BRASS SECTIONALS IN ROOM 324 FROM 9:00-10:00
SMALL SECTIONALS NEXT WEEKEND 10/10 AND 10/11
- Winds/brass/percussion, please remember to check your schedules for next weekend. I know there’s a marching band competition that may affect some of you, so please let us know ASAP if you’ll be missing rehearsal that week.
TUITION INVOICES
- Parents, you should have received a tuition invoice by email. If you haven’t seen it, please let me know. Most of them are due on or before October 10.
NEW MEMBERS?
- If you have friends interested in UYS, bring them to rehearsal! We’re still looking for violas and a few brass players!

SMALL SECTIONALS FOR UYPHIL AND UYSO
Dates: October 10 for UYPhil and October 11 fro UYSO. That means we have AMAZING coaches for each instrument coming to work with your section on an individual basis.
WOODWINDS/BRASS/PERCUSSION, please check your schedules and let us know if you’ll be absent on October 10 or 11. We need to be respectful of our coaches’ time. It’s embarrassing if they show up and nobody is there for them to coach.

PRELUDE ORCHESTRA
Your first rehearsal is this Saturday! We will meet from 9:00-10:30 at the Fine Arts West building.
The address is 274 S. University Street. Enter through the east doors (facing University St), down the stairs. The room is what used to be the chapel on the right.
Dan Rich is our conductor and he will be there to meet you.
I (Marty) will join you for the parent meeting immediately after rehearsal. It shouldn’t last too long and is very informal!