4 more days until...The Holiday Concert!!!
The orchestra is sounding beautiful. We still have some "uh-oh" moments to fix. Here are some places to work on so that people will be weeping in the audience (because it's beautiful, right!)
Small Overture - 1st Violin (m. 1 - 9) and Celli (m. 9 - 16) - please work on the opening melody, keeping a steady beat and phrasing
- 2nd Violin (m. 45 - 62) and Viola (m. 43 - 62) remember to "float" the up bows so that it's light in the Upper Half of your bow
- String Bass (m. 33 - 42) memorize the (m. 33 and 34) so that you are able to look up and watch the tempo. You are so important to the orchestra. I need you to be right with me here.
Circinus - String Bass - (m. 25 - 32) listen and adjust your intonation; (m. 49 - 56) work on phrasing so you are not pulsing on every note.
- Celli - memorize the first melody at the beginning. I'd like for you to look up during that whole opening (m. 1 - 4); (m. 33) you know when we played it at the quicker tempo, you were solid. BUT when we went back to the true tempo, you fell apart. You need to count out loud for those subdivisions. 4 more days....
Santa at the Symphony -
Hallelujah Chorus -
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Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra
The Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra has continually offered robust musical training and personal development for young musicians throughout the San Gabriel Valley for over 40 years (1972). PYSO is considered among the best youth orchestras in the Southland. The PYSO is comprised of middle school students from grades six through nine. These committed young people receive advanced instruction and challenging music opportunities through a rigorous program that emphasizes ensemble playing. Members of the PYSO have performed throughout the world, including venues in Vienna, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the ASTA Conference and Competition in Santa Clara and many others. Last season, the PYSO appeared in concert with the United States Air Force Academy Band, Blue Steel at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Members of PYSO have also had many opportunities for additional performances outside the full orchestra program such chamber music at Pasadena Symphony concerts and a special guest appearance on Fox’s TV sensation, Glee. PYSO falls under the auspices of the Pasadena Symphony Association and often interacts with Pasadena Symphony and POPS conductors, guest artists, musicians and staff.
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