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4/24/08: Hello BCO -
Tonight we will not be running straight through the Dvorak, but will
touch a few spots in each moment
and then run each movement in order.
7:00 Set-up risers
7:30 Dvorak I-IV
8:45 Grainger (with piano)
9:00 Rachmaninoff
Looking forward to it!
CP
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4/21/08: Hello Folks -
Just a reminder that we have rehearsal tomorrow, Tuesday April 22nd at
West Middle School.
Rehearsal order:
7:30 Straight run of Dvorak in order
8:20 break
8:30 hit trouble spots in Dvorak
8:45 Grainger
9:00 Rachmaninoff
Loren, please come to rehearsal tomorrow and Thursday (and of course
this sunday for the concert:)
See you all tomorrow!
Best,
Cayenna.
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4/15/08: Hello Folks -
REHEARSAL THIS WEEK WILL BE AT VESTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (same
location as two weeks ago). PLEASE BRING A STAND.
Rehearsal schedule is as follows:
7:30 String sectional
8:00 Dvorak mvt. 3
8:30 break
8:40 Dvorak mvt. 1
9:00 Dvorak mvt. 4
9:20 Dvorak mvt. 2
Best,
Cayenna.
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4/7/08: Hello folks -
Thank you for a productive rehearsal last week, so sorry I was a few
minutes late.
THIS WEEK WE ARE REHEARSING IN THE BAND ROOM AT Binghamton High School.
No need to bring stands. Please go in the back door as usual I will
be there early to track down a janitor to get the elevator working.
There are timpani and mallet keyboard instruments there and we will be
rehearsing the Grainger. Loren, plan on coming to the second half of
rehearsal this week.
NO STRING SECTIONAL
Rehearsal schedule:
7:30 Dvorak mvt. 3
7:50 Dvorak mvt. 1
8:10 Dvorak mvt. 4
8:30 Break
8:40 Grainger
9:00 Rachmaninoff with Soloist
See you then!
Best,
Cayenna.
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4/1/08: Hello BCO -
PLEASE NOTE: REHEARSAL THIS WEEK IS AT VESTAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
328 Main St Vestal, NY 13850. IT IS THE SAME LOCATION THAT WE HAVE
REHEARSED AT IN THE PAST.
PLEASE BRING A MUSIC STAND.
Thank you all for participating in the orchestra discussion last
Thursday. Please be prepared to give Mary Diegert your "Nomination/Volunteer
Form" this Thursday evening.
Rehearsal schedule for this Thursday is:
7:30 String Sectional
8:00 Dvorak Mvt. 4
8:30 break
8:40 Dvorak mvt. 1
9:10 Dvorak mvt. 2
9:20 Dvorak mvt. 3 (run through)
Brendon (Bring good reading material - need to have you for the 3rd
movement run through thanks!)
Best,
Cayenna.
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3/26/08: Hello Folks -
I have many of our older programs now, but I am still missing seasons
from 1995-96 through 2003-2004.
If you have these and will let me borrow them or make photo copies to
give to me that would be great. I
am also looking for someone who might be interested in putting all of
the programs together into a book
that could be browsed at our concerts during our 25th Anniversary
Season next year. We would probably
just want to do photocopy reproductions so that individuals' program
archives do not get damaged.
Thanks!
b
best,
Cayenna.
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3/26/08: Hello Orchestra Members -
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
As for rehearsal tomorrow evening. Please be prepared with the
following:
7:30 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto, mvt. 1
8:00 Grainger
8:20 Dvorak Mvt. 3 - hit a couple of spots and then straight through
8:35 Dvorak Mvt. 2 (rehearse)
8:50 Dvorak Mvt. 4 (run)
9:00 Orchestra Meeting.
REHEARSAL IS AT WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING A MUSIC
STAND.
As many of you know, we are holding an orchestra meeting this Thursday
to discuss the need for board
involvement and volunteer support.
An overview of the sequence of events is as follows:
3.27.08
~ Orchestra meeting. Nomination/Volunteer forms distributed.
4.3.08
~ Nomination/Volunteer forms submitted.
Between 4.3.08 and 4.17.08
~ Nominating Committee convenes
~ Current Board of Directors reviews recommendations from the
Nominating Committee and confirms
acceptance of nominations from nominees.
4.17.08
~ Public Announcement of new Directors and Committee Chairs.
Several documents were circulated at the last rehearsal including the
2007 Annual report, a 10-year
retrospective financial statement and the Policies and Procedures
Manual, which defines the roles needed
to be filled in order to carry out the business of the orchestra. If
you were not at rehearsal or are not
playing this concert, please follow the URL's below to view and
download these papers. (The Bylaws were
not distributed at rehearsal and are only available electronically).
The URLs for the other documents passed out are:
(deleted)
The discussion will take place at 9:00pm (this is moved back a touch
from the original 8:30pm
announcement). Mary Diegert will be facilitating the discussion which
will be a venue for folks to ask
questions and receive clarification about where the orchestra is at and
what needs to be done to keep it
going in a positive and productive manner. At that time a
Nomination/Volunteer Form will be distributed.
The forms are not requested back until the following week so that
everyone has an opportunity to think
about how they might or might not be involved.
The URL to the Form is: (deleted)
A Nominating Committee selected by the current members of the board of
directors will review the
Nomination/Volunteer forms and make recommendations to the board of
directors. As soon as the
nominations have been accepted by the board and nominees, the
selections will be publicly announced.
This is a very important meeting. I look forward to seeing you all
there.
Best,
Cayenna.
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3/18/08: Hello Folks -
Tim Perry has made it possible for us to rehearse in the Music
Department room 111 at Binghamton
University. There is metered parking that will be free by 7pm right
outside the main doors and there is
parking behind the building as well. If you are unfamiliar with how to
get to the Music Department at the
University let me know and I will help as much as I can. I believe
that Room 111 is the main rehearsal
room in the corner of the first floor.
The Grainger is in and the rehearsal schedule will be as follows:
7:30 String Sectional on Dvorak Mvt. 1 and 3
8:00 Grainger - Full orchestra including percussion and tuba
8:20 Dvorak Mvt. 3
8:45 break
8:50 Dvorak mvt. 1
9:20 Dvorak mvt. 2 (rehearsal no. 3 to the end)
see you then!
Best,
Cayenna.
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3/13/08: Hello BCO -
I just received word that the Grainger will not be in until Friday. We
will read it next week. Revised
rehearsal schedule below. Tuba and percussion(except timpani) excused
from this week's rehearsal.
Rehearsal Schedule this Thursday, March 13th is as follows:
7:30 String Sectional
8:15 Dvorak Mvt 4
8:45 break
8:50 Dvorak mvt 3
9:15 Rachmaninoff
see you tomorrow!
Best,
Cayenna.
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3/12/08: Hello BCO -
Rehearsal Schedule this Thursday, March 13th is as follows:
7:30 String Sectional
8:00 Grainger (Tutti + percussion and Tuba)
8:15 Dvorak Mvt 4
8:45 break
8:50 Dvorak mvt 3 (Brendan, you do not have to stay thursday night for
this, you may leave after the Grainger - but I definately need you
there for that. Come early, there is a fair amount of percussion)
9:15 Rachmaninoff (no Tuba necessary)
March 20th rehearsal schedule TBA.
HOWEVER - March 20th is Holy Thursday and I know that some people have
other committments. I understand if you are not able to attend this
rehearsal.
ALSO - the schools will be closed and I imagine many churches will be
having functions of their own that night. We do still need a rehearsal
location, suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks all!!
Best,
Cayenna.
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3/5/08: Hello All -
So sorry for the last minute conductor switch, I am sure you had a
productive rehearsal with Tim. This week we will focus on movements I and
II of the Dvorak.
7:30 String Sectional
8:00 Movement II (no trombones or Tuba)
8:30 Break
8:40 Movement I (with Trombones and Tuba)
See ya at West!
best,
Cayenna.
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2/27/08:
Hello Folks -
Rehearsal this week will be at West Middle School. At 7:30 we will
have a string sectional and at 8:00 woodwinds and brass will join us.
See you then!
Best,
Cayenna.
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2/26/08:
To facilitate discussions on the future of the BCO board, I have added
links to the By-Laws, the Committee Handbook (called the Policies and
Procedures manual), and my Annual Report to the Board on the state of
the orchestra for 2007 to the Board of Directors webpage. Just click
the link to the left.
Jeff
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2/19/08: Hello BCO!
Congratulations on a fine Ballroom Bash! So far I have heard many
positive comments. Thank you ALL
for your contributions that made this possible. Many hands made light
work!
I am very excited about getting to work on this upcoming concert. We
are playing Dvorak, Weinberger and
Rachmaninoff and the concert will feature STMTA concerto competition
winner, Colin Lu. The repertoire
calls for full woodwinds and brass.
Rehearsal this week will be a the Methodist Church in Vestal. This is
the same location that we have had
rehearsal in the past when the Schools have been closed. The address
is: 328 Main Street, Vestal, NY
13850.
See you there!
Best,
Cayenna.
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11/4/07 (corr 11/6): Hello BCO -
I wanted to take a minute and make sure everyone is in the know about
what the orchestra is doing and
planning for the rest of this season and some into next. There is lots
of important information in this email
- please read ALL THE WAY THROUGH it is long!!!:)
Last Thursday's Impromptu Fireside Chat
Last Thursday we took part of rehearsal to discuss where the orchestra
is at and where we want to go as a
community ensemble. We discussed many possibilities of collaborations
and outreach into the Binghamton
Community and beyond. Thank you for all of you ideas. I am still very
interested in hearing from people
as you think about the ways that each of you individually might be able
to help facilitate or organize a
collaboration with the network of individuals in your lives.
I have already followed up with at least one of the suggestions: to
give a joint concert with the Youth
Symphony. Barry Peters is very excited about this possibility and we
are putting our heads together to find
a way to make it happen next year (likely during March).
Conversations with Jim Richardson who organizes Music on the Delaware
in Walton, might take us that
direction next year to collaborate with their community and students.
For those of you who are not playing in this concert - we are missing
you and are looking forward to having
you back with us. It is just not the same orchestra without the low
brass section!;)
Holiday Run-out:
There are many conflicts with a November 29th Run-out, further in
December it will become more difficult
to schedule a concert. Let's take that off our plate for this year. I
apologize if I am letting anyone down
with that decision.
HOWEVER:
December 6th Rehearsal and Ballroom Bash:
Regular Rehearsal time for a read-through of Ballroom Bash music. The
Bash music requires EVERYONE –
so brass, come in full force. The repertoire includes Strauss Waltzes,
Brahms Hungarian dances,
Smetana’s Dances (or dance) from the Bartered Bride, a Bach violin
and oboe concerto featuring our very
own Doug Diegert and Kathy Karlsen, your all time favorite
“Twentiana” and a smattering of tunes with a
jazz vocalist including All of Me and Love Is Here To Stay.
We will not rehearse on November 29th or on any other day in December.
Rehearsals for the Ballroom
Bash will start on January 3rd. The Bash is Saturday, February 9th
from 6-10pm at the Polish Community
Center, 347 Prospect Street near Route 17.
There will only be 100 tickets sold to the Ballroom Bash (as that is
all we have room for) and they will go
on sale on Nov. 18th at our concert. Tickets are $45/single and
$80/couple (if I am mistaken someone
please correct me quickly!) The dinner at the Polish Community Center
is around $20.00 a person (might
be up or down a few cents) and any orchestra members wishing to have
dinner will need to pay for their
meal (the orchestra will not be playing until around 7:30 so if people
are interested in eating before they
come that will work just as well.)
Spring Concert:
This year’s spring Concert, America: A Musical Melting Pot, will
feature our two STMTA Concerto
Competition Winners along with Dvorak Symphony No. 9, “New World.”
It will take place on Sunday, April
27th. A few of you have already told me you would not be available for
this concert, if you have not,
please let me know ASAP. This is a very large and difficult piece but
it will be our main focus in the spring
and just a ton of fun to work on and perform.
Rehearsal this Week:
Pattie Sunwoo will be with us this week.
7:30 Mozart Concerto
8:20 Break
8:30 Haydn
No Mozart Symphony
Thank you all for your dedication to the Community Orchestra. It is a
joy and an honor to be working with
you!
Very Best,
Cayenna.
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10/23/07: Hello BCO -
Rehearsal this week:
All woodwinds, brass and string for this concert
7:30 Mozart Concerto
8:15 Mozart sym.
8:30 Break
8:40 Hadyn
I have not received confrimation on the Runout concert that I was
trying to organize in Walton. If it is not confirmed by this Thursday, we
will be planning a visit to a local nursing home in December. Please
tell me if you WOULD NOT be available for a Thursday evening runout to a
retirement community on Thursday, November 29th. This would include
some of the repertoire from our summer runout concert so full woodwinds
and brass would be needed.
The Community Orchestra Festival was a smashing success thanks to all
of you who were able to participate this year. For those that were not
able to attend, we are looking into a similar event next year.
See ya Thursday!
Best,
Cayenna.
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10/25/2007: Hello Festival Participants -
Quick reminder that you will need to bring a music stand to this weekend's event. Sorry if that was not
clear earlier.
Looking forward to seeing all of you!!!
Best,
Cayenna.
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10/24/2007: Hello All -
Just a reminder that there is NO REHEARSAL this week. Our next rehearsal is November 1st.
Very Best,
Cayenna.
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9/26/07: Hello BCO -
Here is the rehearsal schedule for the next several weeks. Please stay
tuned for further announcements as things may
need to change here and there.
Notice that there is no rehearsal on October 25th. This is the week
before the Community Orchestra Festival. There
will be a read through of the Festival music in Ithaca on the 24th if
anyone is interested in attending that before the
Festival on the 27th. You will be getting your music shortly and we
will go over some of it during our regular
rehearsal times (see below).
See you tomorrow!
Cayenna.
September 27
No Brass or Timpani
7:30 Strings
8:00 Mozart
8:30 Break
8:40 Haydn
October 4
No Brass or timpani
7:30 Strings
8:00 Mozart
8:30 Break
8:40 Haydn
October 11
No Brass or timpani
7:30 Strings Only
8:00 Mozart
8:15 Haydn
8:45 Break
8:55 Finger Lakes Community Orchestra Festival Music
October 18
Brass
7:30 Strings Only
8:00 Mozart
8:15 Haydn
8:30 Break
8:40 Beethoven
9:00 Finger Lakes Community Orchestra Festival Music
October 25
No Rehearsal
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9/19/07: Hello All -
Rehearsal order for rehearsal tomorrow is:
7:30 Mozart (strings only)
8:00 Haydn (Everyone)
8:45 Break
8:55 Beethoven mvts II and III
See you then!
Best,
Cayenna.
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9/10/07:
Hello BCO -
Just a reminder that our first rehearsal is just around the corner! We
will still be rehearsing at West Middle School and
as always rehearsals are from 7:30-9:30 on Thursday Evenings. So mark
your calendar again for September 13th.
Our Concert this Fall is "Viennese Classics" on Sunday, November 18th
at 4pm at the First Presbyterian Church in
Binghamton and will feature our favorite local soloists in the
Beethoven Triple Concerto - Pej Reitz, piano, Hakan
Hromek, cello, Patricia SunWoo, violin.
We will not need low brass for this concert although we will need a
timpanist. We WILL need low brass for First
Night(if we are choosen) and for the February Ballroom Bash (Waltz
Night) and also for the Spring concert. So keep
the BCO in your calendars!!
IMPORTANT
Tammy Nist has this year's Enjoy the City Books and will be passing
them out at the first rehearsal. We have 125 of
them to sell (just a couple per person!). We need to have all of the
money in by the first week in December.
Also - if you are interested in participating in the Fingerlakes
Community Orchestra Festival I have attached a
registration sheet. I will have more at rehearsal for people who would
rather fillout a hard copy. Please get these to
me ASAP so that we can get music out to people.
Looking forward to seeing all of you then!
Very best,
Cayenna
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7/12/07: Hello BCO!
Hope this summer has been treating you well. The weather has been
lovely and mild and we are continuing to work
on the house.
Each summer we have a reading rehearsal or two and sometimes a concert.
This year, as with last, we will have a
private (not open) rehearsal followed by a concert at a local
retirement home. Please let me know if you will be
attending or not so that I can have a better shot a picking appropriate
literature.
If anyone has suggestions for a rehearsal and/or potluck location
please drop me a line. As for the potluck, if people
can tell me what they are planning to bring (roughly) when they RSVP
then we can plan on filling holes. I am
volunteering to bring paper plates, forks, knives, spoons, napkins and
cups. (If anyone is planning to bring soup let
me know so I can bring bowls!)
The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, August 9th
6:00 Potluck
7:30 Rehearsal
Location: TBA
Monday, August 13th
7:00 call
7:30 Concert
St. Louise Manor
Looking forward to seeing all of you again!
Very best,
Cayenna.
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4/30/07: Good Morning Binghamton Community Orchestra -
Congratulations on a fine concert! EVERYONE contributed greatly to
making our final performance of this season a
tremendous success. The attention, focus and committment that this
music required was met by our ensemble in a
beautiful way. It was a joy and a treat to be a part of such wonderful
music making with all of you. Thanks for a
rewarding season!
As the summer progresses I will send out an email regarding the summer
reading rehearsal/retirement center
performance(s). Enjoy your summer Thursday evenings off:)
Very best,
Cayenna.
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2/24/07:
The Board of Directors approved the Draft
Revised Bylaws (in PDF format) on January 9, 2007. Day-to-day
operation of the orchestra is to be carried out by several committees.
A draft Policies and Procedures Manual
(in Word format) is intended to guide these committees. Updates and
modifications to this manual are encouraged and expected.
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11/10/06:
The Board of Directors will discuss and vote on revised By-Laws
for the BCO at its December 5 meeting. Since this effects all members
of the orchestra, please take the time to look over the Draft
Bylaws (in PDF format) and send any concerns or suggestions to any
Board member. The list of Board members may be found under a button
to the left.
To summarize the major changes, the new Board of Directors will
concentrate on fundraising and promotion, and will delegate the day-to-day,
behind-the-scenes operation of the orchestra to a set of "Orchestra Committees".
These committees will carry out most of the tasks done in the past by the
Board. These committees will probably not be comprised of board members,
but rather by the same volunteers who have done the work in the past.
This should free the Board to cultivate and pursue corporate sponsors and large
donors. A Policies and Procedures Manual will be developed for Orchestra
Committees, and should be expected to change through time. Therefore, this Manual
should not be part of the By-Laws. A very-rough
Draft version of such
a manual can be found here (again in PDF format). This is really just a
placeholder to give you and idea of the sort of Orchestra Committees envisioned.
Some will come and go. For example, the Waltz Night committee is currently
meeting, gathering information and making plans. When the next Waltz Night
is planned a couple of years from now, that committee can benefit from
the guidelines written up by the current committee in this Manual.
The proposed Board of Directors would consist of 11-15 members,
five of whom are elected by the Player Members of the orchestra. The
responsibilities and expectations of Board members is spelled out in the
By-Laws and Board members may be removed for failing to carry out these
responsibilites. It is also
possible in very extreme circumstances for the Player Members to vote to
dissolve the Board of Directors. For these reasons it is necessary to
specify who are active Player Members. Basically, new members are admitted
at the discretion of the Music Director. A member can take a leave of absense
for up to a year (e.g. if you won't be able to play the next concert),
but a player who fails to attend rehearsals or concerts for a period of
a year will automatically become inactive, and therefore ineligible to vote.
Players may be removed only by agreement between the Music Director and the
majority of the Board. A manual of expectations and responsibilities of
Player Members will be developed, and a Player Personnel Committee will
facilitate communication between players and the Music Director.
Officers are elected by the Board and consist of President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer. The President forms and coordinates the work
of the Orchestra Committees, so it will be important for the President
to function well with the Player members of those committees.
If you would like any further information on these revised
By-Laws, the discussions and process leading up to them, or the anticipated
transition from one operating model to the other, please email me at
jbarker@binghamton.edu. Again, you
may give your comments or concerns to any Board member. If you have
any suggestions of good, potential new Board members, please let me
know.
Jeff
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