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Interested in Joining the Orchestra? We have openings for the following instruments...

Violin
Viola
Double Bass
Oboe and/or English Horn
Clarinet and/or Bass Clarinet
Bassoon and/or Contrabassoon
French Horn
Bass Trombone
Keyboard
Harp

All 2011-12 SAUCSO members are automatically members of the orchestra for the current season and do not need to audition for the new Music Director/Conductor. Members new to the orchestra must schedule an audition with the Music Director prior attending rehearsals.

Contact Music Director, Kevin Price-Brenner, to schedule an audition time.

PriceBrennerKevinM@sau.edu

The Symphony rehearses Wednesdays 7:00-9:00pm in Madsen Hall, Galvin Fine Arts Building on the campus of St. Ambrose University (Davenport, IA) while fall/spring classes are in session.

Friday, January 27, 2012

Feb 1, Wednesday, 7-9pm
SECTIONALS




Rehearsal order for Feb 8, Weds 7-9pm

7:00         Tchaikovsky Polonaise

7:15         Tchaikovsky Waltz

7:30     Gounod- “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette

7:45     C. Chaminade Flute Concerto, op. 107 movement I.

8:00      --------Break--------

8:10     “Prelude” from Act III, La Traviata- Giuseppe Verdi

8:20    Mozart- “Hai gia vinta la causa? ... Vedrai mentrio sospiro” from Le     nozze di Figaro (the Marriage of Figaro)

8:35    Mozart- “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from Don Giovanni

8:50    Mozart- “Ach, ich fuhls” from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)


*Orchestra Board Meeting After rehearsal

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Weds Jan 25, rehearsal

Rehearsal order for Jan 25, Weds 7-9pm readings

7:00        Light Calvary Overture—Franz von Suppe (1819-1895) 8’

7:10        Gounod- “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette 

7:20        C. Chaminade Flute Concerto, op. 107 movement I. 

7:30        Bizet- “Habanera” from Carmen 

7:40        Tchaikovsky- Russian Aria from Eugene Onegin 

7:50    “Prelude” from Act III, La Traviata- Giuseppe Verdi (1813- 1901) 4’

8:00     --------Break--------

8:10    G. F. Haydn Trumpet Concerto movement I. 

8:20    Mozart- “Hai gia vinta la causa? ... Vedrai mentrio sospiro” from Le     nozze di Figaro (the Marriage of Figaro) 

8:30    Mozart- “Madamina, il catalogo è questo” from Don Giovanni

8:40    G.F. Haydn Oboe Concerto movement II, Andante                  
                                     
8:50    Mozart- “Ach, ich fuhls” from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

2012 first rehearsal, Jan 18, weds 7-9pm

Hello Everyone and Happy New Years!

Hope you had a great holidays and joyous ring into 2012! 
Just a quick reminder that rehearsals for St. Ambrose Orchestra start back up next weds (January 18) and I cannot wait to see all your faces! I'm very excited about the music for the spring as well as sharing each Wednesday evening with you all again.

Our two concerts this semester are on Wednesdays March 7 and May 2 at 7:30pm. Please mark on your calendars.  Our first concert consists of vocal opera soloists as well as 3 soloists from the St. Ambrose Orchestra.  The 2nd concert includes a premier piece specifically written for the orchestra along with Joan Trapp on the Shostakovich Piano Concerto.

Finally If you know of any percussion players or trombone players please invite them to the orchestra! We will need as many as we can get for these spring concerts.

Have a great week. See you next weds at 7pm, we'll begin with announcements.
-Kira 

Jan 18 rehearsal, Weds 7-9pm Madsen Hall                                   7:00pm Welcome/Announcements
Read: 7:10pm
Light Calvary Overture—Franz von Suppe (1819-1895)    8’
2[1+1] 2 2 2—4 2 3 0—tmp+per—str (hp plays perc)

7:25
Overture and “Can Can” from Orpheus and the Underworld—Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) 3[2D1] 2 2 2 –4 2 3 1—tmp+perc—hp/pf—str   (May concert)

7:40
Guillaume Tell (William Tell) Overture—Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) 3’
2[1+1] 3[2D1] 2 2—4 2 3 0—perc—str      (May Concert)

7:50
Petite Suite—Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
3[2d1] 3[2d1] 2 2—2 2 0 0—tmp+perc—hp—str 
III.Menuet       IV. Ballet            (May Concert)

---8:00  BREAK  ---

8:10
 “Waltz” from Eugene Onegin—Peter Illich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) 7’
3[2+1] 2 2 2—4 2 3 0—tmp—str

8:25
“Polonaise” from Eugene OneginPeter Illich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) 5’
2 2 2 2—4 2 3 0—tmp—str

8:35
 “Prelude” from Act III, La Traviata- Giuseppe Verdi (1813- 1901) 4’
1 1 1 2—4 0 0 0—str

8:45
Gluck- Che Faro Senza Euridice?" from Orfeo ed Euridice (strings only)

9:00 END