Concert clothes (from the Handbook)

Amadeus

Girls: White top with 3/4 length or longer sleeves. Black pants or skirt that covers the knees when seated. Black closed-toe shoes.
Boys: White long sleeve, button-down shirt. Black bow tie. Black pants. Black closed-toe shoes, black socks.

Philharmonia & Youth Symphony
Girls: Head to toe black outfit. No sleeveless. If wearing a skirt or dress, it should cover the knees when seated. Black closed-toe shoes.
Boys: White long sleeve, button-down shirt. Black bow tie. Black pants. Black closed-toe shoes, black socks. Black vest or jacket optional.

Tickets for the Winter Concert

Tickets are now available at rehearsals.

Adults $10; students and seniors $5.

Tickets will also be available at the concert.

Click here to print the winter concert poster to share with friends and family.

Youth Symphony schedule for Monday, November 28

6:30-8:00 pm Brass Choir/percussion meet in Band Hall at Parrish.

Unless needed in the movements below, brass and percussion are released at 8:00 pm. Percussion should report to North and rehearse with Philharmonia.
Percussion- Rehearse with Philharmonia after 7:30 PM, unless you are needed for the particular movement of the Nutcracker.

6:30-7:30 pm Trumpet Concerto (Strings, Oboes, Bassoons, Continuo) with Mr. Fred Sautter. Parrish Stage.

7:30 – 7:45 pm Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (add Flutes 1, 2 and Piccolo, Clarinets 1 and 2, Bass Clarinet)
French Horns will stay with Brass Choir Rehearsal

7:45-8:15 pm Dance of the Merlitons (Add Horns 1 and 2 from the Brass Choir rehearsal)
Chinese Dance (with 2nd Horn, Glockenspiel)
Arabian Dance (with tambourine)

8:15-8:30 pm Overture Miniature (with Horns 1 and 2, triangle)

Other Concerto Competitions in the community

1.) The Salem Chamber Orchestra holds the Connie Fritz Memorial Concerto Competition.

Entry Form

The recording and entry form are due by December 9, 2011.

2.) The Oregon Symphony Association in Salem holds the Vernon L. Wiscarson Young Musicians' Competition (ignore last year's dates).

Letter about the Wiscarson competition

Wisconsin application

The recording and application are due by February 3, 2012.

Our Concerto Competition

SYSA 2012 Concerto Competition

January 21, 10:00 am
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Salem

5090 Center Ave NE, Salem, OR 97317.

Map

To apply, please print and return the application for the Concerto Competition to Mr. Garrett by Saturday, December 10 at the dress rehearsal.

The Concerto Competition is a prestigious instrumental music competition featuring some of our most talented youth currently playing in the Youth Symphony group. The SYSA sponsors this competition to encourage serious young musicians to hone their performance skills by participating in a juried competition. For the competition, each participant will perform a ten minute section of a concerto. The winner of the competition earns a $500 cash prize and will be the featured soloist at the Salem Youth Symphony’s Spring Concert, Sunday, May 6, 2012.

Youth Symphony group on Nov 7, 2011

The bowings for the Handel Trumpet Concerto are now available:

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

Bass

Youth Symphony schedule for Monday, November 21

6:30pm ALL players

The schedule will be to rehearse the movements which feature most of the instrumentation…..March, Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers,

then reduce forces and end with the Trumpet Concerto.

No Brass Choir Rehearsals on November 21.

Next rehearsal will be on Monday, November 21

Mozart Players 5:15 - 6:15 pm at North Salem High School, Map

Amadeus Players 6:30 - 8:00 pm at North Salem High School

Philharmonia 6:30 - 8:30 pm at North Salem High School

Youth Symphony** 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Parrish Middle School, Map

Youth Symphony schedule for Monday, November 14

Click here for printable version

6:30-8:00 pm Brass Choir/percussion meet in Band Hall at Parrish. Unless needed in the movements below, brass and percussion are released at
8:00 PM. Percussion should report to North and rehearse with Philharmonia.

6:30-7:30 pm Trumpet Concerto (Strings, Oboes, Bassoons, Continuo) with Mr. Fred Sautter. Parrish Stage

7:30 – 7:45 PM Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (add Flutes 1, 2 and Piccolo, Clarinets 1 and 2, Bass Clarinet)
French Horns will stay with Brass Choir Rehearsal

7:45-8:15 pm Dance of the Merlitons (Add Horns 1 and 2 from the Brass Choir rehearsal)
Chinese Dance (with 2nd Horn, Glockenspiel)
Arabian Dance (with tambourine)

8:15-8:30 pm Overture Miniature (with Horns 1 and 2, triangle)


(Next week, November 21: Full Group [All Players at 6:30 PM] and the schedule will be to rehearse the movements which feature most of the instrumentation…..March, Trepak, Waltz of the Flowers, then reduce forces and end with the Trumpet Concerto. No Brass Choir Rehearsals on November 21.)

Dress rehearsals on December 10

Willamette University, Smith auditorium; casual clothes (not concert clothes)

8:30 - 9:45 am Philharmonia

9:45 - 11:00 am Youth Symphony

11:00 - 12:30 Amadeus

11:45 - 12:30 Mozart Players + Amadeus Players

Youth Symphony group on Nov 7, 2011

Click for printable version of this schedule

String seating test:

The test will be done in Choir room (Violins and Violas) and Band Room (Cellos and Basses). Musicians will be given a Letter number (A, B, C, D etc). The seating test is done with the judges behind a screen. The seating will be placed on our website within 24 hours.

Schedule for tonight's rehearsal:

Plan on arriving about 10 minutes ahead of your particular movement. I will have a sign up designating a warm up room that you can go to before coming into the rehearsal. Please enter quietly so as not to disturb the rehearsal already in progress.

6:30-7:15 pm Trumpet Concerto (Strings, Oboes, Bassoons and Continuo) NO WOODWINDS OR BRASS OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED

7:15-7:30 pm Nutcracker Suite: Arabian Dance (Strings, All Woodwinds including Bass Clarinet (English Horn) and Tambourine) NO BRASS

7:30-7:45 pm Chinese Dance (Strings, All Woodwinds including Bass Clarinet and 2nd French Horn) No Brass except for the 2nd Horn.

7:45-8:00 pm Dance of the Merlitons (Strings, All Woodwinds and Brass, Timpani and Cymbals)

8:00-8:15 pm March (Strings, All winds and Suspended Cymbal) No Bass Clarinet, English Horn, Harp

8:15-8:30 pm Waltz of the Flowers (Strings, Harp, All Winds, Triangle and Timpani) No Bass Clarinet, English Horn

Percussion: please plan on attending the Philharmonia rehearsal tomorrow evening unless you have a part to play at a specific time. Allow a few minutes travel time between North and Parrish.

No Brass Choir rehearsal on Monday, November 7, 2011

Note: We now switch to MONDAY rehearsals for the rest of the year!

Next rehearsal will be on MONDAY, November 7

Mozart Players 5:15 - 6:15 pm at North Salem High School, Map

Amadeus Players 6:30 - 8:00 pm at North Salem High School

Philharmonia 6:30 - 8:30 pm at North Salem High School

Youth Symphony 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Parrish Middle School, Map

Next rehearsal will be on Tuesday, November 1**

**BE AWARE: Today, November 1, North Salem High School will host All-City Choir auditions from 4:00 - 7:00 pm.

The parking lot and school halls will be more crowded than usual.

Parents, please allow extra time and care when dropping off your child.

Mozart Players 5:15 - 6:15 pm at North Salem High School, Map

Amadeus Players 6:30 - 8:00 pm at North Salem High School

Philharmonia 6:30 - 8:30 pm at North Salem High School

Youth Symphony 6:30 - 8:30 pm at Parrish Middle School, Map

Youth Symphony rehearsal schedule on Nov. 1

6:30 – 7:30 PM Strings, Oboes, Bassoon and Harpsichord

Meet on stage with our trumpet soloist, Mr. Fred Sautter.
(The 7:30 estimate is flexible and could go longer)

6:30-8:00 PM Brass and percussion will meet with Mr. Hodges to rehearse the Brass Choir numbers in the band room.
8:00-8:30 PM Brass and percussion will join the strings and rest of the woodwinds for the Trepak and Waltz of the Flowers.
Our harpist is scheduled to join us for the Waltz.

If you are not involved in either the Brass Choir or the trumpet concerto,
(Both clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Flutes, Piccolo) plan on arriving at 7:30 PM
and be ready to join us when we finish with the trumpet concerto.
Mr. Garrett will leave the Parrish Choir room open so that you can warm up there until your call.