Dear Utah Youth Orchestras!
Welcome to week seven –
Food for thought for Anton Bruckner – he was highly criticized for his style of music. Some of the most influential critics of his time simply did not understand it.
Yet, Bruckner held fast to what he felt his gifts were, and he deeply leaned in to his inspiration and blocked out the uninspired voices of the critics to create some of the most extraordinary music we are privileged to play.
That’s a cool thought.
Stay true. Stay original.
Looking forward to this weekend!
Love,
Barb
Announcements
ALL ORCHESTRAS
ESPN College Game Day is filming this weekend in Presidents’ Circle. Exciting, but problematic for us! Expect difficult parking and increased traffic this weekend. Presidents’ Circle is completely closed on both Friday and Saturday. Please allow extra time to get to rehearsal and to park. Try parking north of the building – along the park, or up in the garage on 100 S.
Utah Symphony has generously offered us tickets again this weekend. Please respond by tomorrow (Friday) at noon if you’d like to go! Don’t forget to tell me which night, and how many tickets you’d like.
UYPrelude
Fine Arts West is closed this Saturday due to the ESPN activity on campus. We’re still working on an alternate location and we will let you know by email, WhatsApp, and on the website as soon as we have it secured!
We have a concert date! You will be playing in Libby Gardner Concert Hall on January 11th at 7:00 pm. Please also add a rehearsal on January 2nd from 9:00-11:00 am to your calendar.
UYPhil
Rehearsal is in room 272 from 4:30 to 7:00 pm on Friday. Parking will be tough – you can try along the park, or if you don’t mind paying for parking, try the garage or the lot next to it.
UYSO
Rehearsal is in room 272 from 9:00-11:30 on Saturday. TV activity will be happening when you arrive for rehearsal. They are televising from 7:00-10:00 AM. Traffic shouldn’t be too bad, but parking will be hard. Please arrive early!