Letter from Kaiser (4/23)

Hello Camerata Vivace!

She Knows Other Worlds, Jeffrey Gibson, 2023

Thank you for a full rehearsal ahead of our Spring Community Concert! We worked through our selection of repertoire to choose from for the performance along with some audition prep tips beforehand! There are a few more spots for us to check in on before we showcase these pieces and also some details for your upcoming concerts in this update. Please read thoroughly!

GTCYS 10:

-Ode to Childhood:

• Pay special attention to bowings and articulations (Violins 3^rdmeasure of Rehearsal 4, Brass at Rehearsal 1, Woodwinds before Rehearsal 6, etc.).

-Lord of the Rings:

• Strings, we cannot cover up leitmotif solo moments, like the flute and clarinet at 33 (“Concerning Hobbits”. We must bring volume down more quickly to balance. •Everyone: steady tempo awareness is crucial throughout the piece, including places like 85 (“Shortcut to Mushroom”). Check these areas with a metronome and breath before every entrance to establish pulse!
• The transition to cantabileat 156 is also a crucial moment: please look up!
• Intonation and bow control in the finale cannot let up, even though it has been after so much music! Take a breath, commit, and we will finish strong.

Spanish Dance No. 3

• Please remember every dynamic shift or change in this fast-paced piece. Many piano and mezzo piano dynamics sneak in and sometimes we approach them too strongly (29, 45, 53). Light articulations make the piece come alive!

Ballet:

• Do not allow yourself to follow the melodic line when you are the accompaniment: keep pushing ahead! The steady 1+2+, or 1-2-3 pulses must remain consistent!
• Continue to mark in your parts your role or phrase patterns in any of the Valse sections. These are quick musical ideas that only happen sometimes for 4 measures before moving to a new section of the orchestra, and you need to know when to play out or play back: use the dynamic markings to help!

Call Times and Whatnot:

Saturday, April 25th: Spring Community Concert

Roseville Area High School

Call time: 12:15

Concert: 2:00, should be done a bit after 3:00.

Wearing solid color on top and black on bottom.

Saturday, May 9th: Spring Festival:

Call time: 7:10am

Concert: 10:15, done by around noon

Wearing concert black.

Last rehearsal after Spring Festival: Turn in music, trivia + prizes, celebrate the season!

Audition Q+A Parent Meeting!

Next week in rehearsal (Thursday, April 30th) we will conclude rehearsal 5 minutes early for a mini parent-meeting about auditions for GTCYS next season. Come with questions and I will do my best to answer them!

Looking forward to seeing you all soon, thank you!

Best wishes,

Kaiser

“The piano ain’t got no wrong notes” – Thelonious Monk