October 1, 1997

Today Berlioz spots, in order 7:00 - 8:00 (Mvt. IV and V people at 7:30),
Bartók spots in order 8:15 - 9:30, Smetana 9:30 - 10:00

Saturday, October 4
Dress Rehearsal (Concert order)
Smetana 10:00 - 10:30, Bartók 10:30 - 12:00, Berlioz 12:00 - 1:30

Sunday October 5
Concert 3:00 P.M., 2:30 P.M. Call

Norway Day Festival

Members of the orchestra have voted to accept an invitation to play at the Norway Day Festival in San Francisco on Saturday, May 2, 1998. The Festival, in its fourth year, is expected to draw nearly 3,000 people over its two-day run. Held at Fort Mason Pavilion, the festival consists of craft and food booths offering exclusively Norwegian wares, and an auditorium with a professional stage, lighting and sound system.

Redwood Symphony has been invited to play processional music at the 10:00 A.M. Opening Ceremonies, which will be attended by the Norwegian Consul General. Following that we will play Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite.

In all likelihood we'll be done playing by noon.

The schedule (tentative) is as follows:

Thursday, April 30: 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M., Rehearsal, Cañada Band Room
Saturday, May 2: 8:00 A.M. Bus leaves Cañada for Fort Mason. If you aren't taking the bus, make sure you're at Fort Mason by 9:00.; 9:00 A.M. Set up on stage; 10:00 A.M. Opening Ceremonies; 10:45 A.M. Speech on Norwegian High Art (Ibsen, Grieg, etc.); 11:00 A.M. Play Peer Gynt Suite; 11:30 A.M. Free to browse and eat lefse & herring; 1:00 P.M. Bus leaves Fort Mason for Cañada; 2:00 P.M. Arrive at Cañada College

Saturday Traffic

The Stanford - Notre Dame game starts at 12:30 P.M. this Saturday, so traffic may be an issue on the way to our dress rehearsal. They are expecting a crowd in excess of 70,000, with lots of tailgating all morning.

No Friday Rehearsals!

From Cañada College Admissions and Records:

Please note that there is an error in the 1997/98 Academic Calendar. Please change the date on your copy for Spring 1998 Commencement. Commencement will be on Thursday, June 4, 1998.

Oops--due to this administrative error, we believed the stage and band room would be unavailable on Wednesday, June 3; so we were forced to schedule that week's rehearsal for Friday, June 5. That's what your printed calendars say. As you can see, rehearsal space will be available for us on June 3. So we are moving the rehearsal that week back to the usual Wednesday, June 3, 1998.

Phi Theta Kappa

If you've been in Redwood Symphony for a number of years, you may have accumulated 12 or more hours of course credit at Cañada College. If so, and your grades have been good, you may be receiving an invitation to join Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society of the Two-Year College. Famous members of Phi Theta Kappa include former UN ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, news anchor Jim Lehrer, astronaut Fred Haise, and entrepreneur Ross Perot. Fast company indeed.

A little research reveals that you may well be eligible, even with only Redwood Symphony in your curriculum. The Cañada College chapter is just getting off the ground. If you're interested, contact Paul Roschelli at Cañada, through the college office.

Sell Season Tickets

--Peter Stahl

Redwood Symphony is a terrific musical ensemble and deserves to play to full houses. We need you to make that happen. Bring your friends, co-workers, etc. into the Redwood Symphony family with season tickets.

They'll get:

Six varied and outstanding musical experiences, including chamber music, grand opera, Mahler, Ives and Brahms. [Ed. note: Don't tell them about Ives .]
Internationally acclaimed soloists like Karen Bentley, Thomas Hansen, and Stephen Harrison & Susan Freier.
Free coffee (caf or decaf) at intermissions.
Invitations to our grand reception, to be held in the Spring of 1998.
The knowledge that they're supporting a great and growing arts organization.
All for only $40.

You'll get:

A larger, more loyal audience at every concert.

The thanks of everyone else in the orchestra.

The gratitude of your associates for turning them on to such a superb musical group.

A chance to win either:

Three 49er tickets for the 12/7 game against the Vikings (thanks to Ken Laxer!).

An hour of theraputic massage from Claudia Herzog Theraputic Massage.

A gift certificate to Tower Records.

So see Diane Honda (violin) and check out some season passes. Do it today!

HPSO On Mercury Front Page

--George Yefchak

I can't pass up the opportunty to advertise that the Hewlett-Packard Symphony Orchestra was featured in a front-page story in the San Jose Mercury News on Monday, September 22. This story, describing company-supported musical groups, featured three photos of the HPSO and mentioned the HP Choir.

The HPSO includes several members who play with RWS, including Doug McCracken (bassoon), Doug Perry (violin), Annette Grot (violin), Claudia Zornow (tuba!), and me (principal conductor / oboe). You can see a copy of the article online at here.

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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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