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.