Boulder Symphony Orchestra

General Rehearsal Info (September 9, 16, & 23 in Sanctuary)

Peter — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:45:12 +0000

Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule (in sanctuary)

9/9    6:30  Reh #5 Start Michael (with Composer), Brahms 2nd mvt, Beethoven mvts 1 & 2
9/16   6:30  Reh #6 Start Brahms 3rd mvt, Beethoven mvts 3 & 4, Haydn mvt 1
9/23   6:30  Reh #7 Start Brahms 4th mvt, Mozart 32, Haydn mvts 2, 3, 4

Regular rehearsals are held Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 9:00pm
Please Bring Stands
Please arrive a few minutes early to warm-up
You are expected to have practiced and prepared parts outside of normal rehearsal time
All concerts and rehearsals are at the First Presbyterian Church unless otherwise noted
To participate in any given concert, players may not miss more than one rehearsal for that concert

First Presbyterian Church

1820 15th Street,

Boulder, CO, 80302

Parking Map

tl — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:40:12 +0000

Click HERE for a map (PDF format) of parking lots available to orchestra members for parking without needing to use meters. The areas are: Wells Fargo Bank, Taggert Insurance, the dentist in the building with Taggert Insurance and in the west lot of First Presbyterian Church. Wells Fargo Bank, Taggert Insurance and the dentist offices are diagonally (kitty corner) across Canyon from the church.

Musicians Needed

Peter — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:05:39 +0000

The BSO currently has the following opportunities for musicians:

All strings
Principal Trombone
Principal Percussion
percussionists

Please email Jeanne Phipps at personnel@bouldersymphony.org if interested in any positions.

Orchestra Player’s Handbook

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:13:59 +0000

The following is the current Symphony Players Guidance Document:

NTSOPlayersHandbook

Audition Repertoire for Violin 2

tl — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:10:05 +0000

Audition Repertoire for Violin 2

Beethoven Symphony no. 9
Mvmt 4: 187 beat 2- 203; 463-L

Brahms Symphony no. 1
Mvmt 2: 32 beat 2-B

Beethoven Symphony no. 1
Mvmt 1: Pickup to C- D
Mvmt 2: Beginning until mm 17
Mvmt 4: Measure 123-140

Haydn Symphony no. 90
Mvmt 1: 32-50
Mvmt 4: 89-111

Beethoven 9 and Brahms 1 excerpts should be learned by everyone, whereas Beethoven 1 and Haydn 90 excerpts will be learned by the respective players.

Audition Repertoire for Cello

tl — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:05:23 +0000

Audition Repertoire for Cello

Beethoven 9:
- 2nd mvmt, mm. 17 – 57
- 4th mvmt, pick up to m. 9 – 99 (omit rests)
and mm. 543 – 594

Brahms 1:
- 1st mvmt, opening to downbeat of mm. 9
- 4th mvmt, mm. 94 – 111 and mm. 186 – 204

Scheherazade
- 3rd mvmt, pickups to A to 20 after A
- 4th mvmt, piu stretto to W

Audition Repertoire for Violin 1

tl — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:02:21 +0000

Audition Repertoire for Violin 1
Beethoven 1
I half note=100 12-45
III dotted half=108 Trio
IV half note=72 1-22

Haydn 90
II eighth note=108 pickup to 71-78
IV quarter note=132 1-21

OpusColorado Lauds the New Boulder Symphony Orchestra!

pjm — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:15:31 +0000

“The “New” Boulder Symphony is the “Old” Niwot-Timberline: What a difference!” says Robin McNeil.

“The former Niwot Timberline orchestra, under the leadership of conductor Devin Hughes, is going through some big changes. They have changed their name to the Boulder Symphony Orchestra, and they have changed their venue from Niwot High School to the First Presbyterian Church in Boulder. I have heard the Niwot Timberline Orchestra perform before, but it was nothing like the performance I heard Saturday night in Boulder. True, the performance on Saturday was not the full orchestra. It was the woodwinds, horns, and contrabass performing a concert of all woodwind ensemble music. Even so, I do not remember the woodwinds section of the old Niwot orchestra performing so well. The move to the First Presbyterian Church in Boulder will certainly have a profound influence on the orchestra. If for nothing else, it will make them much more accessible than they were in Niwot. And I am certainly eager to hear the entire orchestra now after hearing such vast improvement in the woodwinds. ”

Read the entire review!

Congratulations to all who participated in our summer concert!

Violin:
Rebekah Durham*

Contra-bass:
Dale Day*

Flutes:
Ginger Hedrick
Kristin Stordahl-Kanda

Oboes:
Alexis Junker
Max Soto

Clarinets:
Jack Chen
Chelle Limon
Randy Matsushima
Katie Vedder*

Bassoons:
Michael Christoph
Kent Hurd
Brian Jack*

Horns:
John Limon
Bryant Pool
Barry Schwartz
Al Weissberg

Trumpet:
Dan Smathers*

Trombone:
Mike Roper*

Percussion
Tracy Fielder*

*players for The Soldier’s Tale

Brian Jack – principal bassoonist

pjm — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:00:39 +0000

As a highly regarded bassoonist, Brian Jack has performed with ensembles such as the Colorado Ballet, Colorado Music Festival, MahlerFest Symphony Orchestra, Wyoming Symphony, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. He is an avid chamber musician, having formed the Boulder Bassoon Quartet and played with the award-winning Antero Wind Quintet.

After earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance and Education at Ithaca College, he earned both his Master’s Degree and DMA in Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy at the University of Colorado. Throughout his studies, Brian performed as principal bassoonist with school ensembles and recorded with the CU Wind Symphony under the baton of Allan McMurray (A Tent for the Sun, available on Amazon and iTunes), In addition to his studies with Dr. Lee Goodhew-Romm, Dr. Yoshiyuki Ishikawa, and Glenn Einschlag, Brian has performed in masterclasses and studied with Michael Sweeney, Christopher Millard, Peter Kolkay, and Kim Walker.

Apart from performing as a bassoonist, Dr. Jack is the Executive Director of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this non-profit youth orchestra is under the musical leadership of Gary Lewis, the Director of Orchestral Studies at the CU College of Music.

Rebekah Durham

Peter — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:58:19 +0000

Rebekah Durham began studying violin at the age of four. She received her Artist Diploma as well as her Bachelors of Music degree Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. She has studied primarily with Linda Wang, James Maurer, and William Preucil. Currently, she is a graduate student at the Juilliard School under the instruction of Hyo Kang.

Ms. Durham has performed widely throughout Colorado, as well as much of the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan.

This summer, she is performing at the Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea. She has given solo performances with the National Repertory Orchestra, Niwot Timberline Symphony Orchestra, Denver Philharmonic, and the Lamont Symphony Orchestra.

Rebekah was the 2007 winner of the Lamont Solo Honors Competition as well as a prizewinner in the Aurora Symphony Young Artist Concerto Competition. She was a 2004 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Young Artist Program, and she has been a participant in numerous summer festivals including Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, and Cascade Festival of Music. As a member of the Playground Ensemble, she was active in Colorado’s new music scene, premiering new works at events such as the International Society of Improvised Music Conference, Colorado Music Educators Association Conference, and Aurora Music Teachers Association Conference.

She performed in Juilliard’s 2010 Focus Festival and continues to play new music with the New Juilliard Ensemble and AXIOM in venues such as Avery Fisher Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City.