Letter from Mr. Larson (2/10)

Sinfonia East Students and Families,

Thank you for your focused work at this week’s rehearsal! We made a lot of progress, but more progress could be made with your GTCYS 10 between rehearsals. As a reminder, “GTCYS 10” is the request to have all members of GTCYS practice your GTCYS music 10 minutes a day. I aim to provide music with an appropriate challenge that can be achieved with a small amount of consistent practice. Playing your GTCYS music between rehearsals will help you be prepared to do your best during rehearsals.

Feb. 28 concert program will be:
Glorioso
Bratislava
Havana

For your GTCYS 10 this week:

• Havana
  • We are adding a repeat making us play 38 – 45 2x
    • Mark this in your part
  • This piece is going to be a combined performance with Harmony. They plan to add some body percussion to our performance. There will be time to practice this at the dress rehearsal on Feb. 28.
• Bratislava
  • Listen to the listening link for transitions throughout the piece. Being ready to make the transition between different melodic ideas is critical for a successful performance.
• Glorioso
  • It looks easy, but our first run-through sounded very different than our last run-through at our rehearsal. Commit to practicing all of your music even if it looks “easy” so you are ready to perform your best on the first attempt at rehearsal.

Listening Links

Beethoven arr. Meyer – Finale
Holesovsky – Bratislava
arr. Lopez – Havana
arr. Story – It’s About Time
Williams arr. Story – Highlights from Harry Potter

Thank you again for a great rehearsal and I look forward to seeing you next week!

Mr. Larson