The Young Artist Orchestra's 2008-2009 Calendar

EVENT CALENDAR FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON, “DESTNATION: VIENNA”
Locations:
FAC = Fine Arts Center
DGT = Dorothy Gunter Theater, Peace Center for the Performing Arts
WHHS = Wade Hampton High School
CHS = Carolina High School




YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT #1
Day – Date – Time – Location – Event
Tues., Aug. 19, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – Opening Cluster #1
6:30-7:45: Sectional #1
7:45-8:00: Intermission
8:00-9:30: Rehearsal #1: Massenet, Wroten
Thur., Aug. 21, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM – FAC – Opening Cluster #2
6:30-7:45: Sectional #2
7:45-8:00: Intermission
8:00-9:30: Rehearsal #2: Mendelssohn
Fri., Aug. 22, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM – FAC – Opening Cluster #3
4:15-6:30: Rehearsal #3: Massenet, Wroten
ACHIEVEMENT/SEATING AUDITIONS
6:30-7:30: Banquet, Wade Hampton High School Auditorium
7:30-10:00: Rehearsal #4: Mendelssohn
Sat., Aug. 23, 2008 – 10:00 AM-Noon – Miniature Golf Fund Raising Event
Tues., Aug. 26, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #1
Tues., Sep. 2, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #2
Tues., Sep. 9, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #3
Tues., Sep. 16, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #4
Tues., Sep. 23, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #5
Tues., Sep. 30, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #6
Tues., Oct. 7, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #7
Tues., Oct. 14, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC1 Rehearsal #8
Wed.. Oct. 15, 2008 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM – DGT – Dress Rehearsal
Thur., Oct. 16, 2008 – 7:30 PM – DGT – CONCERT

Violin Concerto in e, Op. 64
MENDELSSOHN, FELIX 1809 - 1847
Kevin Tompkins, violin
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2222/2200, timp, str, Duration: 29:00

World Premier Composition
Alex Wroten (b. 1986)
Style: Contemporary
Instrumentation: 3222/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 8:00

Scenes Alsaciennes (7th Suite)
MASSENET, JULES 1842 - 1912
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 1+1,2,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR BUGLES; Duration: 20:00

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT NO.2: SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER (& related events)
Tues., Oct. 21, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #1
Tues., Oct. 28, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #2
Thur., Oct. 30, 2008 – 6:00 PM-9:00 PM – FAC/WHHS – MS Orchestra Festival
Sat., Nov. 1, 2008 – 9:00 AM-5:00 PM – FAC/WHHS – MS Orchestra Festival
Tues., Nov. 4, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #3
Tues., Nov. 11, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #4
Tues., Nov. 18, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #5
Tues., Nov. 25, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #6
Tues., Dec. 2, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #7
Tues., Dec. 9, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #8
Tues., Dec. 16, 2008 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #9
Tues., Jan. 6, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #10
Tues., Jan. 13, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC2 Rehearsal #11
Tues., Jan. 20, 2009 – 7:30 PM – WHHS – WINTER ORCHESTRAS CONCERT

Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16: 1st Movement Only
GRIEG, EDVARD 1843 - 1907
Lydia Minnick, piano
Instrumentation: 2D1,2,2,2/4230, timp, str; Duration: 28:00

Tues., Jan. 27, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM – FAC – Rehearsal with GSO members
Wed., Jan. 28, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM – DGT – Dress Rehearsal
Thur., Jan. 29, 2009 – 7:30 PM – DGT – CONCERT

Piano Concerto in a, Op. 16
GRIEG, EDVARD 1843 - 1907
Style: Romantic
Lydia Minnick, piano
Instrumentation: 2D1,2,2,2/4230, timp, str; Duration: 28:00

SYMPHONY No. 8 (4), in G, Op. 88
DVORAK, ANTONIN 1841 - 1904
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2d1.2d1.2.2/4231, timp, str; Duration: 35:00

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT No. 3 (& related events)
Tues., Feb. 3, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #1
Tues., Feb. 10, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #2
Tues., Feb. 17, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #3
Tues., Feb. 24, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #4
Tues., March 3, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #5
Fri., March 6, 2009 – 4:30 PM-9:00 PM – FAC – General Auditions #1 and Soloist Auditions
Sat., March 7, 2009 – 9:30 AM-Noon – FAC –YAC3 Rehearsal #5a
Sat., March 7, 2009 – 1:00 PM-4:00 PM – FAC – General Auditions #2
Tues., March 10, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #6
Tues., March 17, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #7
Tues., March 24, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #8
Thur., March 26, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM – FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #8a
Tues., March 31, 2009 – 6:30 PM-9:30 PM– FAC – YAC3 Rehearsal #9
Mon., April 13, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM – DGT – Dress Rehearsal
Tues., April 14, 2009 – 7:30 PM – DGT – CONCERT

Cello Concerto in C (HVIIb/1)
HAYDN, FRANZ J. 1732 - 1809
Sam Johnson, cello
Style: Classical
Instrumentation: 0200/2000, strings; Duration: 24:00

SYMPHONY No. 2 in c, Op. 17 (Little Russian)
TSCHAIKOWSKY, PETER ILLICH 1840 - 1893
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 33:00

Sat., April 18, 2009 – Time TBA – FAC – General Auditions #3
Tues., April 21, 2009 – 7:30 PM – CHS – SPRING ORCHESTRAS CONCERT

SYMPHONY No. 2 in c, Op. 17 (Little Russian): 4th Movement Only
TSCHAIKOWSKY, PETER ILLICH 1840 - 1893
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 33:00

Tues., April 28, 2009 – 6:30 PM – Brickstreet Café – AWARDS DINNER

YOUNG ARTIST CONCERT NO. 4: DESTINATION: VIENNA
Tues., June 9, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM: FAC – Vienna Rehearsal #1
Tues., June 16, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM: FAC – Vienna Rehearsal #2
Wed., June 17, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM: FAC – Vienna Rehearsal #3
Thur., June 18, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM: FAC – Vienna Rehearsal #4
Fri., June 19, 2009 – 7:00 PM-9:30 PM: FAC – Vienna Rehearsal #5
Tues., June 23, 2009 – Time TBA – FAC – Vienna Dress Rehearsal
Wed., June 24 through Sunday, June 28: Vienna trip & CONCERT

Cello Concerto in C (HVIIb/1)
HAYDN, FRANZ J. 1732 - 1809
Sam Johnson, cello
Style: Classical
Instrumentation: 0200/2000, strings; Duration: 24:00

SYMPHONY No. 2 in c, Op. 17 (Little Russian)
TSCHAIKOWSKY, PETER ILLICH 1840 - 1893
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 33:00

FAC Winds, Brass, and Percussion Final Recital

Students in Gary Robnson’s percussion and Winds & Brass Chamber Music classes performed their fourth and final recital of the 07-08 academic year on Wednesday, May the 7th. Congratulations to my students on one of the most exciting years ever of music making at the Fine Arts Center! (Image taken at the May 16 Honors Showcase and show members of the Advanced Percussion Class with intern David Katilius performing a double marimba version of Rich O’Meara’s “Puzzle Piece.”)

PERFORMED IN THE RECITAL HALL

Composures (.Jon Jeffrey Grier)
II. Consultation
Fiona Aldrich, Hunter Goldsmith, Lindsay Quackenbush, and Faith Russell, flutes; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet; Jay Balanger, horn; Chris Askew, bassoon

Legend of the Two-Eyed Soldier (Edward Freytag)
African Welcome (Siegfried Fink)
Tyler Cope, Laura Hill, Christian Johnson; Brian Shepherd,
Andrew Strain, Camden Tomlinson, and Chet Young, Percussion I

Tornado (Mitch Markovich)
Discussion for Percussion Ensemble (Dale Rauschenberg)
Jaron Ferrer, Robert Mullis, Andrew Smith,
Zach Perdun, percussionists

Andantoni from Oboe Sonata (Camille Saint-Saens/arr. Bussick)
Faith Russell, flute; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet;
Jay Balanger, horn; Chris Askew, bassoon

Toccata for Percussion Instruments (Carlos Chávez)
Allegro, sempre giusto
Largo
Allegro un poco marziale
Josh Caprell, Peter DiLeo, David Katilius, Jacob Lawler, Rebacca Schillizzi, and Wesley Strasser, percussionists; Gary Robinson, conductor

PERFORMED BY THE SCULPTURE

Air from BWV 1068 (JS Bach/arr. Robinson)
Fiona Aldrich, Hunter Goldsmith, Lindsay Quackenbush, and Faith Russell, flutes; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet; Chris Askew, bassoon

A New Beginning (Peter DiLeo)
Peter DiLeo, marimba

Mexican Dance No.2 for Marimba (Gordon Stout)
Wesley Strasser, marimba

Rotation No.4 (Eric Sammut)
Josh Caprell, marimba

Sarabanda and Gavotta (Arcangelo Corelli/arr. C. Johnson)
Jaron Ferrer, Robert Mullis, Andrew Smith,
Zach Perdun, marimbas

Cripple Creek Counterpoint (Jon Jeffrey Grier)
Fiona Aldrich, Hunter Goldsmith, Lindsay Quackenbush, and Faith Russell, flutes;
Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Chris Askew, bassoon
Peter DiLeo, Wesley Strasser, Jacob Lawler, and David Katilius, marimbas

Puzzle Piece (Rich O’Meara)
Josh Caprell, Peter DiLeo, David Katilius, Jacob Lawler, Rebacca Schillizzi, and Wesley Strasser, marimbas

Outstanding Senior Awards in the Young Artist Orchestra

Andy Jacobi’s fully realized clarinet technique, his beautiful tone, his accurate tuning, his singing sense of lyricism and his inherently music approach to his instrument matched the best our woodwind section had to offer in this, a year of transitions and meeting of new standards for the Young Artist Orchestra. His prodigious talent and accomplishment, however, do not give him a larger than normal sense of entitlement nor do they increase the size of his head so that he has trouble passing through most doorways. A terrific colleague in music making, Andy is also a polite and personable young man; reasonable, patient, and measured. And as there is no institutional transportation and there numerous obstacles to meeting our Tuesday rehearsals, students from the Governor’s School have to make a special effort to be members in good standing of the Young Artist Orchestra. More than a few have fallen by the wayside while Andy has figured out how to reliable and supportive. An outstanding soloist, an outstanding orchestra member, and an exemplary young man, Andy Jacobi is GCYO’s Outstanding Woodwind Player for 2007-2008.

Regardless of who he is playing for, however, Josh Caprell is absolutely reliable: he is there when he says he is going to be there, whether it’s at the start of a rehearsal or coming in after a mind-numbingly long tacet in the music. Never revealing, if he indeed feels it, tension or nervousness, Josh exudes, from his perch as Principal Timpanist of the orchestra, a constant readiness to make music. Whoever steps into Josh’s tall chair of Timpanist of the Young Artist Orchestra will need to learn quickly how to achieve, or at least fake, this great confidence, as well as Josh’s ability to read an eyebrow and to exchange an expectant smile before a fusillade of timpani notes. That’s why, up to now, Josh has been my “Best Kid Timpanist” as well as GCYO’s Most Outstanding Timpanist for 2007-2008.

Like the other musicians I am drawn to in my job as Conductor, Pratik Desai exudes a relaxed confidence from exceptionally well practiced skill, from his extensive experience, and from what must be a positive, basic belief in himself. Soon after entering the orchestra I could count on Pratik securing a chair at or very near the front of his section. This has been luck for me. Successful conductors, and I flatter myself to include myself in this lot, make a point of learning from the skilled professionals in front of them. We learn to read our players. Many times, when looking for a sound from our violins, I will look down at Pratik’s bow and see exactly what it is I am looking for. Or, I will be looking for a sound and have to ask someone, often Pratik, to try out something with the bow or with the left hand. I can always count on him to demonstrate the technique at hand with skill and confidence. In some ways, I try to emulate the easy, constructive relationship my last conducting teacher had with his violin section. Pratik delivers the other end of this relationship. He is a fine musician, a musical colleague whom I will miss, and GCYO’s Most Outstanding Violinist for 2007-2008.

Seth Russell was the only GCYO musician whose colleagues came to me in my office to urge that I present him with a significant award at this event. I thanked them for coming forward and told them that major awards generally went to soloists, to section principals, and, this year, to graduating seniors, so there was a good chance Seth might be in line for some sort of recognition. I had, in fact, already decided that Seth would be getting an award, and appreciated knowing that Seth’s peers felt about him the way I did. As Principal of his section for nearly two years straight and as soloist in the orchestra program three times, tagging Seth as outstanding was, well, obvious. As the orchestra’s Principal Cello, he has been perfect, having the notes completely tamed under his nimble left hand and parrying the bow in his right with effortless elegance. By way of a compliment, musicians have sometimes been called athletes of the small muscles; Seth’s hand might better be called ballet dancers of the small muscles. And like beautifully glass artwork, his sound, at once, possesses translucency, weight, and spectrums of color. He is prompt, reliable, and consistent, and the exemplary orchestral musician. Were he such a beautiful cellist and solid section leader but a rake, I would still award him Outstanding Cellist for this season. But, as all of his peers know, Seth is more than that. He is measured, good-humored, considerate, and fair. Seth offers some facet of quality as a person for anyone to emulate. His parents have done a really good job. Take all of this, package it in a frame of John Boy Walton good looks with a chiseled frame and an affable countenance, and you have our Outstanding Musician of the Year, Seth Orland Russell.

Young Artist Orchestra (GCYO) Concludes 2007-2008 Season

(Image by Bill Kendig.) The Fine Arts Center's Orchestra-in-Residence, Greenville County Youth Orchestra, completed its first year of having a new rehearsal structure, a new concert season, new performance goals, a first-time Executive Director, and much more. Growing easily into its new moniker – Young Artist Orchestra – the ensemble rounded out an eventful year with a bevy of concerts, auditions, and fund raising activity.

CONCERTS

On Thursday, April 17th, the Young Artist Orchestra, under the direction of Fine Arts Center music faculty member Dr. Gary A. Robinson, gave its third and final Young Artist Concert at the Peace Center's Dorothy Gunter Theater. The program consisted of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, and Carl Maria von Weber's Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat, featuring Principal Clarinetist Andy Jacobi (pictured) as soloist. The Liszt was repeated on Tuesday, April 22nd at the School District's Spring Orchestras Concert, given at Wade Hampton High School.

NEW MEMBER AND SOLOIST AUDITIONS

On April 4th, 5th, and 12th, the combined staffs of The Young Artist Orchestra and The Philharmonic listened to the auditions of some eighty plus student musicians hope to fill openings in the orchestras for next year. Eighteen musicians were added to the roster of the Young Artist Orchestra and 28 to The Philharmonic. (Pictured: new YAO horn player Colin Johnson, Riverside HS.)

During this same time, current members of the YAO competed for positions as featured soloists for both orchestras in their upcoming seasons. A panel including Greenville Symphony Orchestra Education Coordinator Braxton Ballew and GSO Personnel Manager & Timpanist Sherwood Mobley selected violinist Kevin Tompkins (pictured, Fine Arts Center, Wade Hampton HS) performing the Mendelssohn violin concerto, Lydia Minnick (home school) performing Grieg's piano concerto, and Sam Johnson (also pictured, Fine Arts Center, Wade Hampton HS) performing Haydn's Cello Concerto in C major as soloists for the Young Artist Orchestra in 2008-2009. Additionally, violinists Sarah Rogers and Sarah Leonard (Fine Arts Center, WHHS), Valerie Hsu (Bob Jones Academy) and Josh Dieringer (Governors School for the Arts and Humanities) were selected to serve as soloists with The Philharmonic.







GOLF CLASSIC AND AWARDS BANQUET

The Young Artist Orchestra is one of eight youth orchestras from the United States selected to participate in the "Celebrate Haydn Orchestra Festival," which will beheld in Vienna, Austria in June of 2009. The orchestra's parent support group, the GCYO Association (Susan Askew, President), has planned a series of fund-raising events to defray the significant operational costs of this trip, as well as the nearly $3000-pre-person needed to transport and house participating orchestra members, staff, and chaperones. The first such event was held on Thursday, April 24th, at the Summersett Golf Course, where the Association's "GCYO 1st Annual Golf Classic" raised close to $5000. A repeat of this benefit tournament in 2009 will be one of many GCYO Association fundraising events in the coming year.

Staff members and volunteers know that the closing down of one orchestra season overlaps with ground preparation for the next, making for a seamless continuum of orchestral activity. The official end of Greenville County Youth Orchestra's 2007-2008 season, however, was celebrated at its Annual Awards Banquet, held on Tuesday, April 29th at the Brick Street Cafe on Augusta Road in downtown Greenville. Among the many awards that were made, these orchestra members received special recognition:

To be continued!

Full Orchestra Repertoire for 2008-2009

Hi, Young Artist Orchestra members. The staff, the Association, Mrs. Caprell and I will soon be finished with general auditions for the coming seasons. Soloist auditions for the upcoming have been completed, and we are narrowing down the list of candidates. Our dates are set for next year:

• Young Artist Concert No. 1 (Theme TBA): October 16th, 2008
(Dress rehearsal on the 10/15)
• Young Artist Concert No. 2 ("Shoulder-to-Shoulder"): January 29th, 2009
(Dress rehearsal on the 1/28)
• Young Artist Concert No. 3 ("Vienna Bound"): April 16th, 2009
(Dress rehearsal on the 4/15)
• April-Early May: Special rehearsals for Vienna Trip

All concerts and dress rehearsals take place at the Peace Center's Dorothy Gunter Theater.

As these endeavors are completed, the task of selecting music begins. I would like you, dear orchestra members, to assist by giving me your suggestions in the comment section below. Please, however, do so from an informed perspective by reading this piece I have composed for you. Selecting repertoire is the most important duty I undertake as Music Director. Sometimes I am more successful than other, but, the act of picking music always involves my having to consider the following:

INSTRUMENTATION
To the best of my abilities, I try to select works that will engage every member of the orchestra. Our instrumentation for 09-08 will be similar to the current YAO, and conforms to the general description of a "full" symphony orchestra:

3 flutes (2 flutes and piccolo)
2 oboes (we will probably not have an in-house English horn player)
2 clarinets
2 bassoons
4 horns
3 trumpets
3 trombones
1 tuba
Harp (probably)
Keyboard (if needed)
Timpani & 3 percussionists
Violin I (up to 10)
Violin II (up to 10)
Viola (probably 6)
Cello (up to 8)
Double Bass (up to 2)

With the addition of 13 musicians from the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, the YAO's January 2009 "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" concert will feature a larger orchestra with expanded winds and brass sections, as well as supporting string players.

LENGTH & PLAYABILITY
This caption is very important. Our full orchestra repertoire should constitute somewhere between 30 and 40 minutes of program time. This may be one long work or, as we have favored in the current season, an overture and another substantial composition. As you may have noticed, we have devoted between between 135 to 150 minutes of each rehearsal to non-concerto repertoire. As a rule of thumb, the orchestra should be able to rehearse and "run" its entire repertoire for a particular rehearsal cycle in an evening rehearsal.

The orchestral repertoire you enjoy listening to, or as listed in tomes like David Daniel's , Orchestral Music – A Handbook , or as catalogued by Luck's Music Library , was composed for fully-trained and experienced professional musicians. Thus, even considering our accomplished membership, much of the canon of orchestral standards is best approached in college and beyond.

Larger-scale works, like those we may consider for "Shoulder-to-Shoulder," are often more difficult as well. Composers utilizing the complete spectrum of orchestral resources will often exploit them to their fullest. Put simply, bigger works are, as a rule, harder to play. When examining socres for possible inclusion in a given season, manageable is a major consideration.

INTEREST TO ORCHESTRA MEMBERS
Will a given work be challenging enough to hold the interest of the YAO's endeavoring teen musicians for a nine-week rehearsal cycle? Will this work "peak" before concert time? Is this a great work, like our current Beethoven Symphony No. 8 that will bear up and indeed improve as we rehearse it over the weeks?

IMPORTANCE OF WORK
In addition to other goals, the Young Artist Orchestra hopes to give aspiring young musicians a boost and an advantage on their way to college and professional careers. Whereas any quality work (such as Saint-Saéns' rare but exceptional "The Youth of Hercules") will add to this platform, learning staples of the repertoire like Haydn's Symphony 104 or Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" give our members distinct advantages.

BALANCE WITH SOLOIST WORK
The relative complexity of the concerto we rehearse plays a large determinate role in the non-accompanimental works we are able to perform. Our concerti this year have occupied a middle ground between expeditiously learned, strings-only Baroque works and full-scale orchestrations like Tschaikovsky and Brahms concerti. In sum, the more involved and time-consuming a concerto for a given rehearsal cycle is, the less time and resources we will have for orchestral features. This is why it so so critical (and such a headache!) for me to choose the right soloist playing the right concerto.

INTEREST TO AUDIENCE
Another goal of the Young Artist Orchestra is to contribute to the musical culture of the Upstate. Put simply, we want for our audience to attend our concerts to have a rewarding musical experience, and not just to see family members and friends on the Peace Center stage. The 2007-2008 season has been particularly successful in providing our audience with a balanced and rewarding menu of orchestral music, played successfully (most of the time!) by our aspiring orchestra.

AVAILABILITY AND COST
Finally, if it cannot be sourced from our own respectably-sized library, all of the music we perform must be either purchased or rented. The extensive canon of works in the public domain can be purchased relatively inexpensively: generally, $150-$200 for a full set of parts from vendors like Luck's Music Library. The rental of works still under copyright incur many layers of additional cost. It is ironic and regrettable that the orchestral music of most major American composers is still copyrighted, and rental of these works can run easily between $400-$700. Under special circumstances, Greenville County Youth Orchestra will obtain sponsorship for the rental of a particular work, such as its recent performance of Stephen Paulus's Divertimento for Harp and Chamber Orchestra. Otherwise, however, I must make repertoire choices that, while meet ing the above specifications, deal in a responsible way with the orchestra's budget.

Would you like to peruse the catalogue of Luck's Music Library? By doing so, you will get an idea of what I look at almost every day when considering music for you as well as the other orchestra I conduct. Click here to bring up Luck's catalogue form. Type a composer's last name on the first field, click Submit, and a list of his/her works will come up. Click on any of these to look at instrumentation, duration, and cost.

Images from Recital Rehearsal

Hard Working FAC Winds, Brass, and Percussion Musicians Stage 3rd Recital!

Join us for a moveable feast on Thursday, March 20th beginning at 7:30 P.M.!

MUSIC PERFORMED IN THE RECITAL HALL

Draggin’ the Sevens (Edward Freytag)
Rock ‘n Roll Blow-Out (after John Pickering)
Percussion I: Tyler Cope, Laura Hill, Christian Johnson; Brian Shepherd, Andrew Strain, Camden Tomlinson, Chet Young, practice pads and drum sets

Lyric Waltz Suite (Charles Jones)
Allegro
Andante
Fiona Aldrich, flute; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet; Chris Askew, bassoon

Etude No. 1 from “The Solo Timpanist” (Vic Firth)
Jacob Lawler, timpani

Etude No. 2 from “The Solo Timpanist” (Vic Firth)
Wesley Strasser, timpani

Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (Elliott Carter)
Improvisation
David Katilius, timpani

Chorale Prelude in G minor (Johann Sebastian Bach; arr. Mordechai Rechtmann)
Violin Concerto in A minor (Antonio Vivaldi; arr. Mordechai Rechtmann)
Allegro
Fiona Aldrich, Hunter Goldsmith, Lindsay Quackenbush, and Faith Russell, flutes; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet; Jay Belanger, horn; Chris Askew, bassoon

Quartet for Four Snare Drums (Kevin Bobo)
Percussion II: Jaron Ferrer, Robert Mullis, Andrew Smith, Zach Perdun, snare drums


MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE SCULPTURE

Chorale in 7/4 (Keith Larsen)
Percussion II: Jaron Ferrer, Robert Mullis, Andrew Smith,
Zach Perdun, marimbas

Two Pieces for Marimba Solo (Murray Houllif)
Mountain Song
Peter DiLeo, marimba

Clowns (Earl Hatch)
Rebecca Schillizzi, marimba; Michael Rice, piano

Three Encores for Woodwind Quintet (arr. Henry Aaron)
Capriccio (Franz Josef Haydn)
Girl With the Flaxen Hair (Debussy)
Norwegian Dance (Edvard Grieg)
Faith Russell, flute; Sara Hoggatt, oboe; Blake Dutcher, clarinet; Jay Belanger, horn; Chris Askew, bassoon

Impressions on Wood (Julie Davila)
Full Moon rising
Ritual Fire Dance
Jacob Lawler and Rebecca Schillizzi, marimba

Sonata in D Major (George Frederic Handel)
Adagio, Allegro
David Katilius, marimba; Michael Rice, piano

Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra (Paul Creston)
Vigorous
Wesley Strasser, marimba

Chromatic Fox Trot (George Hamilton Green)
Josh Caprell, Marimba, assisted by Michael Rice, piano; Peter DiLeo, double bass, David Katilius, drum set