announcements

Hello Everyone! 

I’m sending announcements twice this week: once using the old system I’ve used this year, and once using this email list. I’m hoping it gets through to more of you. 

From Barb:

Dear Utah Youth Orchestras!
We’re in the final stretch!!
Stoke up & make your practice time FANTASTIQUE!!
Love, barb

UYPhil: Rehearsal in Room 272 at Gardner Hall. Austin Kruger is subbing for Debbie this week – please make him feel welcome!

UYPrelude: Rehearsal this week is at the Hilltop LDS church at 589 E 18th Avenue. Please bring a stand!
UYSO: Rehearsal is in room 272 from 9:00-11:30. 

Upcoming Concert info:

Our annual combined concert is approaching!

Saturday, May 16th 

Rehearsal/Sound Check at 4:00. We may adjust this time to 4:30, but plan on 4:00 for now. After rehearsal, we have about an hour break for dinner. UYS provides a sandwich bar in the green room for students and volunteers. The concert starts at 7:00 pm. 

The concert is not ticketed, and admission is free and open to anyone! Please invite EVERYONE! Let’s pack the hall!

I will need about 15 parent volunteers to help with food prep and student supervision while we’re at Abravanel.  Generally, you arrive when the students arrive and stay until the concert ends. Please let me know if you’re willing to help.

Parking downtown can be difficult; we generally recommend City Creek. Please allow plenty of time to park, get to the venue, find your way and get settled. 

Thanks everyone! 

Marty

No rehearsals this week for Spring Break! Enjoy your week off!

• UYPhil – Large sectionals 4:00-6:30
  • Strings in Libby Gardner Concert Hall with Dr. Rob Baldwin
  • Woodwinds in Thompson (Room 200) with Leon Chodos
  • Brass in Room 272 with Scott Hagen
  • Percussion – no sectional – attend Saturday’s sectional if possible
• UYSO – Large Sectionals 9:00-11:30
  • Strings in Libby Gardner Concert Hall with Dr. Rob Baldwin
  • Woodwinds in Thompson (Room 200) with Leon Chodos
  • Brass in Room 272 with Sam Elliott
  • Percussion in Room 166 with Rebekah Hall
• Prelude
  • Rehearsal as usual at Fine Arts West 9:00-11:00

• UYPhil
  • Full Rehearsal at Gardner Hall Room 272 Friday 3/20 4:00-6:30
• UYSO
  • Winds, Percussion and Strings only this week.
    • Brass are excused – many of you have State Jazz Festival.
  • Brass, if you can come to UYPhil rehearsal on Friday, it would be wonderful to have you there!
  • We have small sectionals on March 28th.
    • Those of you in small sections, please let us know as soon as possible if you’re going to miss rehearsal on March 28th. Our coaches’ time is valuable, and we don’t want them to show up if there’s nobody to coach. 
• UYPrelude
  • Regular rehearsal at Fine Arts West Saturday 3/28 9:00-11:00 AM

• UYPhilharmonic
  • Rehearsal 4:00-6:30 at the Federal Heights Church in the gym
  • 1300 E Fairfax Road
  • BRING A STAND!
• UYPrelude
  • Rehearsal 9:00-11:00 at the Federal Heights Church in one of the large rooms downstairs
  • 1300 E Fairfax Road
  • BRING A STAND!
• UYSO
  • Rehearsal 9:00-11:30 at the Federal Heights Church in the gym
  • 1300 E Fairfax Road
  • BRING A STAND!

• UYPhil has small sectionals this week. UYSO has regular rehearsal at the Federal Heights church. We have some excellent coaches coming to work with you – make the most of your time with them!
• Sectional Room Assignments:
  • Violin I Room 302 with David Langr
  • Violin II Room 200 (Thompson) with John Shin
  • Viola Room 316 with Leslie Richards
  • Cello Room 272 with Walter Haman
  • Bass Room 270 with Andrew Keller
  • Flute Room 306 with Tina Castellanos
  • Clarinet Room 416 with Berkeley Price
  • Oboe Room 324 with Zac Hammond
  • Bassoon Room 025 with Robert Bedont
  • Trumpet Room 410 with Kris Gilmore
  • Horn Room 006 with Amber Tuckness
• UYSO is at the Federal Heights church this week
• UYPrelude is at your regular location at Fine Arts West

• Here is the link to a great recording of the Berlioz. Have a listen!
  • https://youtu.be/5HgqPpjIH5c
• Utah Youth Symphony has been selected to receive the lifetime achievement award at the 20th Annual SCERA Star Awards in Orem. SCERA is a prominent arts organization in Utah County, founded in 1933. There is an awards ceremony, and we are all invited. We just need to let them know how many.
• We are still working on details for the following events. If you’ve already responded, no need to do so again – just a reminder if you haven’t already!
• Please respond by email if you’re interested and available for:
  • Scera Awards Ceremony
    • Feb 20 7:00 pm
    • 745 S. State St. in Orem
  • America’s Got Talent Filming
    • In Los Angeles – expenses paid
    • Week of March 16 or March 23 (expenses paid)
  • Eden Festival Concert
    • Rehearsals June 12 and 13, July 11
    • Dress rehearsal August 1
    • Concert August 2

We have some amazing opportunities in the announcements so please read carefully as RSVPs are required.

Julia Levin, founder of Cadenza Artists – who we collaborated with us last May at the league of American Symphony Orchestra convention, came with her dog Charlie -who actually sings with her on pitch – to Libby Gardner for the Utah Youth symphonies dress rehearsal. .

Why, you might ask?…
America’s Got Talent is interested in having a string orchestra of 25 musicians fly out to Los Angeles to be taped for the show either the week of March 16 or the 23rd. It would just be a couple of days on all expenses would be paid – if you’re interested or could make it work at all please RSVP at your earliest convenience.

We’ve ALSO been invited to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States on a concert in Libby Gardner Hall 2 August.
We will be performing an incredible piece written by two time Grammy award winner, Composer Christopher Tin. The piece was co-commissioned with Lincoln Center in New York City.
Laura Downs, phenomenal Pianist, educator, and performer will be participating with us.

As this is in the planning stages, we are thinking of having two first rehearsals the 12th and 13th of June – Friday and Saturday at the normal Philharmonic and symphony times. If enough people are in town, we could have another rehearsal, 11 July – Saturday at the Utah Youth time and then the concert is Sunday 2 August, and we would have a dress rehearsal August 1 at the regular Utah Youth symphony time. This is all in beginning stages and is general outline of what might be possible with all of us and our summer schedules.

Please respond as quickly as you as possible so we can move forward with solid plans. It’s pretty exciting!

• UYPrelude concert is this Saturday, January 31 at 10:30 am at the Fine Arts West building. It would be wonderful to see everyone there!
• Here is the link to a great recording of the Berlioz. Have a listen!
  • https://youtu.be/5HgqPpjIH5c
• Utah Youth Symphony has been selected to receive the lifetime achievement award at the 20th Annual SCERA Star Awards in Orem. SCERA is a prominent arts organization in Utah County, founded in 1933. There is an awards ceremony, and we are all invited. We just need to let them know how many.
• Please respond by email if you’re interested and available for:
  • Scera Awards Ceremony
    • Feb 20 7:00 pm
    • 745 S. State St. in Orem
  • America’s Got Talent Filming
    • In Los Angeles – expenses paid
    • Week of March 16 or March 23 (expenses paid)
  • Eden Festival Concert
    • Rehearsals June 12 and 13, July 11
    • Dress rehearsal August 1
    • Concert August 2

UYPhil

• Back to work this week! Get ready to sight read!
• The piece is Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique. It would be good to listen to it in advance. Sight reading is a lot easier when you know what it should sound like!
• Remember to RSVP for the Madeleine festival. Let us know if you have any questions. Rehearsal Jan. 29 and concert Jan 30

UYSO

• Concert week you guys!
  • Rehearsal Saturday morning is off campus. Please check your calendars!
  • Sound check will start promptly at 5:00 pm. Please be there in plenty of time to park and be in your seat ready to go at 5:00 sharp. 
  • We will have sandwiches, chips, fruit, etc. for a pre-concert meal.
  • No tickets required for the concert. It’s free, open admission
  • We still need some parents to help out with concert day stuff.
    • Duties include keeping an eye on kids while they eat and hang out (I know – easy job) and help put sandwiches together during sound check (still easy – really not that much work). 
    • I have 3 volunteers signed up as of right now, and I could use at least 6-7 more. 
• Please remember to RSVP for the Madeleine festival. Let us know if you have any questions. Rehearsal Jan. 29, concert Jan 30.

Prelude

• It is the week before the concert! Dan asked me to pass on a few things:
  • We will play each section of our music straight through, so be prepared for that.
  • The Carmen Suite is available to listen to on YouTube: click here. 
    • Please listen before Saturday!
  • All musicians are highly encouraged to work on your music with your private teacher in the next week. It’s a big help!
• Parent volunteers
  • I could use a couple more parents to help me with food during the rehearsal so we can all socialize a little bit after the concert. It always ends up being a really nice activity, both for parents and kids. 
  • Fine Arts West doesn’t have any tables available for us to use. I’m wondering if any Prelude parents have portable/foldable tables we could use for the reception? 

• No UYPhil rehearsal this weekend! Great job on your concert and enjoy your week off!
• UYSO Dress Rehearsal in Libby Concert Hall this weekend – we are extending rehearsal to 12:30. 
• UYPrelude’s concert is coming up on 1/31. We need a few UYSO and/or UYPhil musicians to fill in parts. You’d need to be there from 9:00 am to about 11. I will bring folders to UYSO rehearsal this weekend. Please let me know if you can be a great mentor to your younger colleagues! Please respond if you’re willing to help.
  • 1 oboe
  • 1 bassoon
  • 1 horn
  • 1 trombone
  • 2 violas
  • 3 cellos
  • 1 bass
• Parent volunteers needed for the January 25th UYSO concert. I have 2 folks wiilling to help, and I could use a few more. We just need people to help with putting the food together and with keeping an eye on the kids while they eat. 
• UYS is partnering with the Madeleine Choir School High School Choir Festival.
  • We need:
    • strings
    • trumpets
    • oboes
  • Schedule:
    • Thursday, January 29 4:00-9:00
      • You will not be needed the entire time, but we’re still working on pinpointing the  
    • Friday, January 30 5:30 call for a 7:00 concert