Concert Season Programs

[ClarinetGlissandoInBlue]

We are going to play:

 

Molly on the Shore

Salvation is Created

 

for concert season.

[Fata1]

So far, all I know is that we're probably playing Redline Tango by John Mackey. I can't wait.

[NSUMusician]

Our top band is going to look at Ruslan and Ludmilla. Our second band is going to look at the Finale from Symphony #1 by Kalinnokov and my band is going to look at Pageant by Persichetti.

[borchnork]

  Fata1 said:

So far, all I know is that we're probably playing Redline Tango by John Mackey. I can't wait.

 

 

I hate you.

 

when's the concert? I wanna come!

 

That's my FAVORITE Mackey Piece.

[Fata1]

  borchnork said:

I hate you.

 

when's the concert? I wanna come!

 

That's my FAVORITE Mackey Piece.

Haha. It's one of my favorite pieces in general. When the directors told me that they were thinking about playing it, I was so happy. And I can fill you in on concert times some day next semester if you really feel like making a trip all the way to Fort Worth.

[borchnork]

  Fata1 said:

Haha. It's one of my favorite pieces in general. When the directors told me that they were thinking about playing it, I was so happy. And I can fill you in on concert times some day next semester if you really feel like making a trip all the way to Fort Worth.

 

For Redline Tango, yes.

 

It just better be worth it. =]

 

but I have no doubts that Southwest can make it worth the drive.

[SerialSleeper90]

I officially hate Hindemith. It's like he purposely put traps and skips in clarinet runs just to make it difficult.

[borchnork]

I can't wait for the January-May portion of the DSO's season. It's going to be amazing.

[SerialSleeper90]

Score! 3 hours of practice and I got one(out of like... 10) run up 3/4 of the tempo! Yes!

Edited November 15, 2007 by SerialSleeper90

[ftwdrummer]

My band (Paschal) this year is (so far) planning on doing Lincolnshire Posey and Rocky Point Holiday.

 

I personally think Mr. Casanova's nuts to try and do both the same year...then again, everybody thought he was nuts to try Blue Shades last year, and it got us our first sweepstakes in 30-some-odd years, so...

[the terminator]

First Suite in Eb, and Contre Qui Rose, and some march that I hate so much I can't even remember the name right now

[trumpetman1288]

  ftwdrummer said:

My band (Paschal) this year is (so far) planning on doing Lincolnshire Posey and Rocky Point Holiday.

 

Your woodwinds may never forgive your director...

 

Just kidding...

[SerialSleeper90]

WE'RE DOING THE TCHAIKOVSKY'S NUTCRACKER! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[borchnork]

  the terminator said:

First Suite in Eb, and Contre Qui Rose, and some march that I hate so much I can't even remember the name right now

 

 

When???? I wanna go to this one as well!

 

And I don't like Tchaikovsky anything... sorry Wang.

[the terminator]

Tuesday Feb. 12. Yikes that's only a month away, and I have a whole bunch of runs I need to work up during the break. and OMG, yeah our director only cares about what you guys do, he doesn't really care what Liberty and Frisco do. He was lecturing us woodwinds how is we can't these runs right in pro bands they fire you for it, and how you guys were playing Hindemeth's A Symphonic Metamorphsis, and Nutcracker, and how we can't even do a difficult class 4 piece. Partly b/c Dr. Trent wanted to listen to us, which would have been scary and embarrasing, so yeah when is your concert

[borchnork]

actually, I think it's the same day... =[

 

I know the band and orchestra are playing together on the 4th of december. That concert includes:

 

Sleigh Ride (original)

Liebermann Flute Concerto (I'll be playing the solo!! it's killing me slowly though...)

Greensleeves

Bach Violin Concerto in A Minor

Entrance of the Queen of Sheeba

[SerialSleeper90]

Well I just like Nutcracker cuz Fantasia is one of my favorite movies ever. Although, they just had to give the mushrooms asian eyes... atleast it wasn't without reason. lol.

 

And yes, I don't know about brass, but Hindemith is the hardest thing I've ever played in my life.

[borchnork]

Hindemith is such a unique writer. There truly is no one else quite like him. I'll always love his music, even though it is quite an acquired taste.

[bossman]

I dont think creator of this thread is a true texan!

 

Title of thread, " Concert Season Programs, What are you all playing? "

 

Where's the YA'LL! LMAO!

Edited November 16, 2007 by bossman

[borchnork]

  bossman said:

I dont think creator of this thread is a true texan!

 

Title of thread, " Concert Season Programs, What are you all playing? "

 

Where's the YA'LL! LMAO!

 

 

oh... I guess that makes me a true texan, because I naturally just read it as "ya'll"... I never noticed it said "You All" until you pointed it out.

[Fata1]

  borchnork said:

oh... I guess that makes me a true texan, because I naturally just read it as "ya'll"... I never noticed it said "You All" until you pointed it out.

So did I. I was born in Pennsylvania and yet I'm so used to talking like a Texan.

[itsstephenyo]

It's spelled y'all. Notice that the apostrophe takes the place of the "ou," as is the function of an apostrophe.

[borchnork]

wow, true nerdy Texan.

 

Back on topic...

 

For our last orchestra concert of the year, we're playing with the band again, and the music includes:

 

Rhapsody in Blue (terminator, you and your Wakeland buds should come to this!)

Nimrod

and either a Copland Piece or American Salute.

[Fata1]

Nimrod. I love that piece. We played it last year with other movements from Enigma Variations.

 

I've always wanted to play with a good orchestra. Our school's orchestra is horrible though. They don't care. They got a new director this year who tried to get them to do a one hour rehearsal every Monday so that they actually have rehearsals outside of the 45 minute class periods but the kids in orchestra think the idea is ridiculous. A lot of them were talking about quitting when the new director said he's going to implement sectionals next semester.

[borchnork]

  Fata1 said:

Nimrod. I love that piece. We played it last year with other movements from Enigma Variations.

 

I've always wanted to play with a good orchestra. Our school's orchestra is horrible though. They don't care. They got a new director this year who tried to get them to do a one hour rehearsal every Monday so that they actually have rehearsals outside of the 45 minute class periods but the kids in orchestra think the idea is ridiculous. A lot of them were talking about quitting when the new director said he's going to implement sectionals next semester.

 

Our orchestra isn't amazing quite yet. But we're working on it.

 

We've had a new director every year since the school opened. We reached our highest peak my sophomore year with Mr. Nikon, who used to have Honor Orchestras almost every single year. We could have hit that level by this year, but he retired at the end of the year.

 

Our new director, Dr. Holt is AMAZING! (her husband is trumpet professor at UNT). She's a spaz and hard to follow sometimes, but she's pushing our orchestra to get to where we were 2 years ago, which I really enjoy. Her main focus right now is getting everybody to play the same volume and with the same tone, and not necessarily work on tuning. She's my favorite so far, even though she is making us do SO much more than we ever have before (I think this year we have a total of 8 or 9 concerts as opposed to the normal 3) and we also have sectionals, which we've never had before.

Edited November 17, 2007 by borchnork