Concert Week Schedule

This is a busy week for orchestra. Here is the schedule in distilled format.

Monday 7-9pm – Dress rehearsal in Band Room (Symphony Orchestra and Winds, Chamber Orchestra)

Tuesday 3-4:30 – Chamber Orchestra rehearsal

Wednesday all day – String Festival

1^st-2^nd period – Concert Orchestra rehearses (back to class for 3^rd period)
4^th-5^th period – Symphony Orchestra and Winds, Chamber Orch rehearses
6^th period – lunch for those with (4-6^th lunches) others back to class

Orchestra Festival – 7:30pm
Call for strings – 6:45
Call for winds – 7:30

Reception following the concert in the cafeteria

Friday 4-11pm – Field Trip to Chicago Symphony Orchestra (for those who paid for tickets)
4pm – Leave LHS
6pm – Dinner at Foodlife in Water Tower Place
8pm – Concert
10pm – Leave CSO
11pm – Arrive LHS

Concert Orchestra Listening

Water Music - Click on the links to hear how the music originally sounded. We want to recreate that style. Listen to how they play each note. Think of the character of each piece. How would you create that same character?

Air

Hornpipe

Finale

Concert Orchestra Practice Spots 11-14-08

Water Music:

1st violins: Air, Finale - mm.19-24
2nd violins: Finale mm.1-15
Violas: Finale - mm.11-24
Cello: Finale - mm.27-36 (work on playing closed A's)
Bass: Air, Hornpipe

Concert Orch Practice Spots

1st Violin:
Air: mm. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
Bouree: mm. 5-8, 9-13, 17-22
Hornpipe: mm. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
Finale: mm. 1-4, 5-10, 15-18, 19-24, 32-36, 50-54, 59-63

2nd Violin:
Air: 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
Bouree: 1-4, 5-9, 13-18
Hornpipe: mm. 9-12, 13-16
Finale: mm. 1-4, 5-10, 11-14, 15-18, 19-23, 24-28, 28-32, 32-36, 50-54, 59-63

Viola:
Air: mm. 5-8, 14-18
Bouree: 5-8, 9-12
Hornpipe: mm. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
Finale: mm. 1-4, 5-10, 15-18, 19-24, 25-32, 32-36, 50-54, 59-63

Cello:
Air: mm. 4-8, 9-13
Bouree: mm. 9-16
Hornpipe: mm. 5-8, 9-12
Finale: mm. 1-4, 5-10, 11-15, 15-20, 20-24, 27-31, 32-36, 50-54, 59-63

Bass:
Air: mm. 4-8, 9-13
Hornpipe: mm. 1-4, 5-8, 9-12, 13-16
Finale: mm. 1-4, 5-10, 19-24, 28-31, 32-36, 50-54, 59-63

Upcoming Orchestra Due Dates

Concert Orchestra
Scale Entry #2 - Friday 11/14
Theory Unit 3 - Friday 11/14

Symphony Orchestra
Scale Entry #2 - Friday 11/21

Chamber Orchestra
Scale Entry #2 - Wed. 11/26