Dear Roosevelt Orchestra Students and Parents,
It is hard to believe that it is already August. However, I hope you all have had a relaxing summer break and are enthusiastically looking forward to making some great music this year!
I am very excited about this year and am still soaring from my fabulous summer back east at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. I have been inspired by so many gifted professionals and look forward to sharing this all with you. We have many terrific opportunities for our Roosevelt students. We start off the year with our annual Symphony and Chamber Orchestra retreat on September 10th at Pack Forest. This is for all Symphony and Chamber music students. Concert Orchestra students will have a retreat later on in the year. All-State/All-Northwest auditions will take place in late September or early October. Please check out the www.wmea.org website to find out audition material, dates, and general information. The fall Pumpkinseed Concert is Thursday, October 28th. The Hollyberry Concert takes place Thursday, December 16th. Solo & Ensemble and Gresham will be held in March. The year will end with the Senior Concerto concert June 9th. I will have ALL dates for students on the 1st day of school. At that time, please put these dates in your family calendars. We also have all dates on the Roosevelt Symphony website www.rooseveltorchestra.org.
This year, we will have some casual evening chamber music concerts for students who are interested in performing chamber music. These concerts will mostly occur on the last Wednesday of each month. Students will be performing in different venues around the Roosevelt neighborhood. We will also be playing in the Handel festival this year. Please plan to come and watch these concerts - they will be great!
It will be a fabulous music filled year. I hope you all have had a restful summer and I look forward to seeing you all at the Orchestra Potluck on September 1st from 6:30 - 8:00.
Anna Edwards
Orchestra Director
Updated 8/10/2010