Letter from Dan (11/17)
Dear Concertino West,
Congratulations on your performance at Fall Festival this weekend! You played with such energy and expressiveness. I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished as an orchestra in the first part of this season!
Believe it or not, we have another concert just around the corner so please make every effort to be at our final three rehearsals of the semester. We’ll perform our Fall Festival pieces again and add a few additional pieces.
Here is the full program order for our Saturday, December 13 concert at Wayzata High School:
- Beethoven: Symphony 5, 3rd movement
- Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Coleridge Taylor: Characteristic Waltzes, Waltz 1
- Gliere: Russan Sailor’s Dance
- Chanukah Celebration
- Sleigh Ride
This week, you’re invited to participate in the Student Directory Scavenger Hunt. Click on this link to complete and you’ll be a VIP for the treat line on December 1! The deadline to complete the form is November 30.
Practice assignment (GTCYS10) for this week
- Sleigh Ride:
- Continue working on Rehearsal B to C
- Practice the Coda to the end
- Waltz
- Continue working on 45-84. Slow practice for accurate notes will be helpful and write in fingerings, as needed
- Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Review
- Channukah Celebration
- Be ready to play this next week! J
See you next week!
Dan