IN THIS ISSUE

Rhythms is WYSO's monthly electronic newsletter, sent on Tuesday before the first rehearsal of each month. Rhythms is a critical communication link containing important news, updates, volunteer opportunities, and the monthly schedule. You may also view current and archived Rhythms on the WYSO website: http://wyso.music.wisc.edu/Rhythms.html

Please help keep our e-mail list updated! Inform the WYSO office directly of any address changes.

WYSO’s Youth Orchestra is honored to be the featured opening concert for the 2009 Wisconsin State Music Conference. Youth Orchestra will perform on Wednesday evening, October 28 at 7:00 pm at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The concert is free and open to the public. Please join us! Youth Orchestra’s 97 members will perform the world premiere of the third movement from Symphony No. 1, by Joel Weng, a 13-year-old violinist in the orchestra. Also included in the program will be Adagio by UW Madison tuba and euphonium professor John Stevens, Lutoslawski’s Mala Suita, Schubert’s Symphony No. 7, and Symphony No. 2 (Sinfonia India) by Carlos Chavez.

Thirteen Youth Orchestra members have also successfully auditioned into the WI School Music Association Honors Program, with orchestra and band performances during the conference on Thursday. Hattie Bestul, Nellie Black, Stephanie Copp, Emma Downing, Tristan Frank, Isis Leonard, Emily O’Leary, Kajsa Schneider, Emily Severson, Rosie Veith and Megan Whip will perform with the Honors Orchestra. Heath Hill, Sarah Prescott and Heath Ugoretz will perform with the Honors Band. Congratulations!

WMEA Opening Concert featuring WYSO’s Youth Orchestra

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 ~~ 7:00 pm

Monona Terrace Convention Center ~~ Grand Ballroom

Free Admission

Art of Note, the annual fundraising project by the WYSO Board of Directors, has begun! The Art of Note website has pictures of all the violins. Raffle tickets for the decorated violins are $10 each or 6 for $50. Members are welcome to pick up a packet of 20 tickets to sell. With each $50 worth of tickets sold, members receive one chance to win an iPod Shuffle.

The violins are on display at local galleries through October. The website (http://artofnote.org) has a listing with locations. There are also many wonderful items in the Silent Auction. Bidding is now open on auction items through the Art of Note website: http://artofnote.org

ART OF NOTE GALA

Friday, November 13, 2009

5:30 - 9:30 p.m.

FIRST UNITARIAN SOCIETY

New Atrium Auditorium

900 University Bay Drive

Madison, Wisconsin

Tickets are $75 per person, $100 at the door

A table for 8 is $750

Glorious music, delicious food and beautiful art

combined with fantastic architecture! Come and fill your cultural senses and support the young musicians of the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras.

Featuring internationally renowned soprano Kitt Foss

Acclaimed saxophonist & jazz artist Les Thimmig

Featuring WYSO’s Percussion and Chamber Ensembles

and WPR host Norman Gilliland as MC

What is a Conductor Hearing? Mr. Smith (Youth Orchestra), Mr. Buchhauser (Philharmonia Orchestra), and Mrs. Eckel (Concert Orchestra) hold "conductor hearings" every fall for string players who would like to be heard individually by their conductor. The hearing is not mandatory, but an opportunity for string players to display leadership skills as well as musicality and technique. Required excerpts always come from the music currently being rehearsed. A list of excerpts were distributed on the first rehearsal day. Hearings take place after rehearsal on the dates listed below. Sign-up sheets have been posted on rehearsal room doors, or members may e-mail Joe (jbernstein@wyso.music.wisc.edu) to be assigned a time. Sign up will end one week before each hearing date.

Upcoming Conductor Hearings
October 3 Philharmonia Violin 2/ Bass, Concert Cello
October 10 Philharmonia Viola/Cello

WYSO Percussion Ensemble is seeking a pianist from Philharmonia Orchestra to perform on this season’s Percussion Extravaganza on Saturday, February 20. Percussion Ensemble rehearses from 7:45am-9:30am every Saturday, although the pianist will likely only rehearse with the ensemble from 9:00-9:30. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Mrs. Jenks at @ drumcats@centurytel.net or call (920) 622-3152 or (608) 577-9507 for more information.

A giant THANK YOU goes out to our many volunteers who assisted with the first rehearsal on September 12. Mary Jo Froden, Brian Buchanan, Nancy Hacker, Deb Kabler, Amy Cifre, Bo Liu, Charles Valmadrid, David Bicknase, Libby Bestul, Linda Yanping Qin, Lisa Biegel, Peggy Veith, Peter van Kan, Shi Jin, Susan Killips, and Yvette Cramer were a tremendous team who met the challenge of the Parent Coffee Hour and the pizza party head on. Thanks also to the parents who brought juice, muffins, and assisted new WYSO families.

Our attendance takers and hall monitors have also done a superb job keeping track of our young musicians and assisting parents new to the Saturday routine. Applause goes to Sean Patchin, Sheryl Cordell, Peter Anderson, Amy Cifre, Becky Oliva, John Walker, Mary Sewell, Andrew Sewell, Corinna Hill, Carole Trone, Fanyou Xie, Brenda Englebretsen, and Ann-Marie McNamara.

Thanks also to our newsletter folders, Debra Greane, Raelene Goodwin, Sheryl Cordell, Carole Trone and Corinna Hill who prepared the Connection mailing to music teachers.

The volunteers who helped us prepare the annual campaign, Katy LaBuda, Patty Schenk, Raelene Goodwin, and Cindy Whip, did a great job and special thanks to Carolyn Haerr and Haley Haerr Hartmann who helped us prepare the membership packets over the summer.

Our WYSO Photo Team members Jon Harlow and Graham Lee captured some great shots of young musicians in rehearsal and at the retreat. Watch for their work in the upcoming WYSO 2010 Calendar!

October 10 Board Meeting

All parents are invited to the Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, October 10 at 10:00am in Humanities room 2650. This is a regular board meeting with time in the agenda devoted to parent comments and questions. Please submit questions in advance via email or postal mail. The meeting will last until 11:30 but parents may come and go as needed. We hope to see you there.

Can you help?

The WYSO office is looking for parent volunteers to help fold Connection, a newsletter for music teachers, on October 17. E-mail Nicole at Nsparacino@wyso.music.wisc.edu if you can lend a hand.

Regular Rehearsal Times:
Youth Orchestra (YO) 9:00am - 12:00pm
Philharmonia (Phil) 9:30am - 12:30pm
Concert Orchestra (CO) 10:00am - 12:30pm
Sinfonietta (Sinf) 10:30am – 1:00pm
YO Brass Choir 7:45am - 8:30am
Phil Brass Choir 8:30am - 9:10am
CO Brass Choir 9:10am - 9:50am
Percussion Ensemble 7:30am - 9:30am

ALL ORCHESTRAS

October
3 SAT Regular Rehearsals, Chamber Program Begins, Conductor Hearings Phil 2nd violin and bass, Concert Cello

10 SAT Regular Rehearsals PLUS special Youth Rehearsal 1:15-3:30pm
Conductor’s Hearings Phil Viola/Cello, Board Meeting

17 SAT Regular Rehearsals PLUS special Youth Rehearsal 1:15-3:30pm
24 SAT Regular Rehearsals PLUS special Youth Rehearsal 1:15-3:30pm
28 WED Youth Orchestra concert at Monona Terrace, 7PM, call at 6PM
31 SAT Regular Rehearsals

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BRASS CHOIRS

October
3 SAT Regular Rehearsals
10 SAT Regular Rehearsals
17 SAT Regular Rehearsals
24 SAT Regular Rehearsals
31 SAT Regular Rehearsals

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PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
October
3 SAT Regular Rehearsal
10 SAT Regular Rehearsal
17 SAT Regular Rehearsal
24 SAT Regular Rehearsal
31 SAT Regular Rehearsal

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CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES

October
3 SAT Coachings as scheduled
10 SAT Coachings as scheduled
17 SAT Coachings as scheduled
24 SAT Coachings as scheduled
31 SAT Coachings as scheduled