November 12, 1997

Today II 7:00 - 7:45, III 7:45 - 8:30, I 8:45 - 9:30, IV 9:30 - 10:00

November 19
Spots in various movements, then runthrough

Saturday, November 22
Dress Rehearsal
10:00 - 1:30 P.M.

Sunday, November 23
Concert 3:00 P.M., 2:30 P.M. Call

Important Dates

Wednesday, December 3, 7:00 P.M.
Reading session. Conductors and musicians needed. Signups will be forthcoming.
Please come and participate!

Sunday, March 22, 10:00 A.M.
RWS Concerto Competition.
See Eric for details.
Please try out!

New Comp Ticket Policy

One free comp per member
Unlimited tickets at $8.

The Chamber Music Concert

We still need musicians for Appalachian Spring. This is not the well-known orchestral version; it is the original version for only 13 instruments. We still could use violins, violas, a bass, a flute and a piano. Rehearsals will probably be Saturday mornings in January, but Eric remains flexible on that issue.

Since Appalachian Spring is mainly for strings, we want to spotlight other sections of the orchestra in other pieces. Woodwinds and horns should speak to Patti Harrell (flute) about playing in Janacek's Mladi for woodwind quintet plus bass clarinet. Brass players should speak to Steve Ruppenthal about a brass work. We would also like a percussion ensemble piece, perhaps with keyboard and/or harp.

Non-Redwood Symphony members will not used, unless a spot cannot be filled any other way.

Except for the Copland, all groups will be responsible for scheduling rehearsals. This concert cannot interfere with the rehearsals for the February 22 Ives Fourth Symphony concert; musicians who are not playing the February concert will probably not be used for the January concert either. The chamber concert is a labor of love to be undertaken in addition to regular orchestra duties, not instead of them. If successful, we look forward to featuring other groups within the orchestra in the future. We are looking forward to this seing this become an important and successful part of Redwood Symphony's seasons.

Writer Needed

Are you interested in writing program notes for our concert programs? Do you like to spend long hours in the library looking up interesting details from composer's lives? Can you type? If you answered "yes" to some of these questions, please see Claudia Herzog (violin) or Eric.

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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