January 31, 1996

THE SCHEDULE

Always subject to change. . .

Jan. 31: Barber 7:00-7:30,
Ives (in order) 7:15-9:00, Adams 9:00-10:00
Friday Feb. 2: Strings Only
Feb. 7: Foss 7:00-7:30, Ives 7:30-9:00
Adams 9:00-??? (Barber if time allows)
Saturday Feb. 10: Dress Rehearsal
Barber, 10:00-10:30; Ives, 10:30-11:30;
Adams 12:00-1:30; Foss 1:30-???.
Sunday Feb. 11: Concert
3:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m. Call

Bill O'Connell

The narrator for our Carmen performance will be Bill O'Connell.

No Nina

Unfortunately, Nina Postolovskaya will be unable to perform will us as scheduled on March 24th. Arrangements for a substitute pianist are being developed.

Strings, We Need You!

We have a reasonable number of volunteer players from most of the wind sections for the upcoming Viennese Ball orchestra, but almost no strings. We really don't want to present a Viennese Ball Band!

The event will be on the evening of February 17, which is the weekend after our upcoming concert.

Rehearsals: Thursday, Feb. 15 at Cañada (no RWS rehearsal that week, by the way) and the morning of Feb. 17 (10:00 a.m. at Ralston Mansion).

Strings Needed: 3 1st violins, 2 2nd violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos

Winds (many already accounted for): 2 flutes, 1 oboe, 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 2 trumpets, 1 tuba, 1 percussionist, keyboard.

Also welcome: Electrified bass, extra clarinet, horn(s).

Web Site Spotted

Something called The McKinley Group has discovered the RWS web site, approved it (along with zillions of others) and awarded us a "Reviewed by Magellan" logo.

Other Web Sites Feature CD Ads

Peter Stahl spotted ads for our Clarity CDs at the Clarity web site.

VOLUNTEER UPDATE

We have one person who has volunteered to be a liaison to the music teacher's community, but we still need others to work with:

1. The College

Student Body
Faculty
Special Programs (Summer Concert/Summer Camp for Kids)

2. Local Media

Liaison to Special Interest Editors
Liaison to Music Critics
Publicity followthrough

3. Local Government

Liaison to Redwood City, Woodside, Atherton, Palo Alto, etc.

4. Corporate Liaison

Contacting local companie support RWS (funding, sponsoring concerts, supporting special outreach projects, etc.)

5. Special Events Coordinator

Master Class
Corporate Visits
Pumpkin Festival?

Please Sell Tickets

With an "All-American Theme" and a great soloist, we should all be able to sell lots of tickets for this concert. Please try!

This is a Web version of text from the newsletter "Redwood Symphony Notepad" which is distributed to members of the Redwood Symphony at rehearsals. The newsletter and this online version are edited by George Yefchak.

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