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3/9/10: Hello BCO -

This week's rehearsal will consist of two sectionals.
7:30-8:30 Brass
8:30-9:30 strings
This means woodwinds have the week off! (practice the last movement on your own...;)

Strings please arrive a few minutes early to get your instruments out and ready to play while the brass is finishing up.

Rehearsal is at BHS again this week.
Best,
Cayenna

3/1/10: Hello BCO -

This Thursday we begin our voyage with Karl Jenkins and his "Mass for Peace." To get a sense of the overall work, we will be reading through the entire composition. It is approximately a 70 minute work (at tempo), so we will make our way through as best as possible and finish up next week if we need to.

Rehearsal this week is at Binghamton High School in the Band Room - do bring a Music Stand if you can - there is a limited number in the band room.

For those of folks that do not have music yet, I will be emailing the rest out tonight and will have some hard copies for strings and all hard copies for winds and brass on Thursday. As I have mentioned before - The rental parts need to be returned in good order, so if it is possible to make your marks on the "rehearsal copies" that you might print out, that would be super.

See you all at 7:30 on Thursday.
Best,
Cayenna.

2/25/10: Hello BCO -

REHEARSAL IS CANCELLED TONIGHT due to hazardous weather conditions. Good
thing this didn't come over the weekend eh?!

By and large the music is in fine shape (still could use a bit of individual practice
tonight:), but we will need to spend some extra time on the Bartok Saturday and it
will be our one and only shot with the Violin soloist who is playing the Bruch. We are
looking into the possibility of staying just a little later on Saturday in case there are
things we want to work on a bit more. IF POSSIBLE PLEASE PLAN TO STAY UP TO AN
EXTRA HOUR ON SATURDAY. REMEMBER, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REHEARSAL
TIME ON SUNDAY. Please see the revised rehearsal order below. Exact times will be
based on need.

SATURDAY'S REHEARSAL IS AT SARAH JANE JOHNSON METHODIST CHURCH IN
JOHNSON CITY. Park behind the church and come in the center door, just up the
stairs. We will be setting up in the sanctuary.

2:00 Call
2:30 Rehearsal Starts
DeAngelo
Bruch
Schubert
Bartok

Hope you get to enjoy the snow!
Warmly,
Cayenna.

2/23/10: Hello BCO -
Now for our concert this coming weekend!

1.) Rehearsal this coming Thursday is scheduled for Maine-Endwell High School. I know that it is under construction, but I have never been there myself. We will have directions and parking information for you before Thursday. Stay tuned. Please bring music stands as I do not know what they will have there.

Schedule:
7:30 Bruch
8:00 DeAngelo
8:15 Bartok
8:45 break
9:00 Schubert

2.) Jeffrey Lu, Jordan and I will be interviewed by Bill Snyder on WSKG radio at 11am this coming Thursday, so tune in and hear all about these guys!

3.) Rehearal at Sarah Jane Johnson on Saturday, February 27th
- Everyone arrives at 2:00 to help set-up and warm-up
- Rehearsal commences promptly at 2:30 and ends at 4:30
- Everyone stays to clean-up/put away and re-set the sanctuary for Sunday Morning Service
Rehearsal Order
2:30 Bruch
2:50 DeAngelo
3:05 break
3:15 Bartok
4:00 Schubert

4.) Concert at Sarah Jane Johnson on Sunday, February 28th
- Everyone Arrives NO LATER THAN 1:00pm to warm-up and set-up
- House opens at 1:30pm
- Concert starts at 2:00pm
- We must be completely gone by 4:00pm so everyone stays to help clean-up and put away.

Concert order(there is no intermission)
DeAngelo
Bruch
Bartok
Schubert

Thanks all! I will be in touch about Maine Endwell directions.

Best,
Cayenna.

2/22/10: Hello BCO -

Please note the following regarding our Spring Concert on April 25th:

1.) The concert has been scheduled at Vestal Middle School in their brand new state-of-the-art auditorium.

2.) By request of the collaborating group, we have added a Saturday rehearsal on April 24th (time TBA). I think by the time we all get to that point we will actually be very relieved to have the extra time. This date wasn't originally on the schedule, so be sure to make note on the Attendance Log if you already know you cannot make it. Time is still TBA.

3.) Rehearsal dates and locations:
March 4th - Binghamton High School
March 11th - Binghamton High School
March 18th - Binghamton High School
March 25th - TBA
April 1st - NO REHEARSAL
April 8th - TBA(7:30-9:30) (with extra players)
April 15th - Binghmton High School (7:30-9:30) (with the Choir and extra players)

April 20th - Vestal Middle School (7:30-9:30) (with the Choir and the extra players)
April 22nd - Vestal Middle School (7:30-9:30) (with the Choir and the extra players)
April 24th - Vestal Middle School (time TBA) (with the Choir and the extra players)
April 25th - Vestal Middle School (3:00pm Concert)

Rehearsal schedule for this Thursday along shortly.

Best,
Cayenna.

2/16/10: Hello BCO and Jeffrey,

Our rehearsal will be at Binghamton High School in the Band Room tomorrow. Please circulate around to people you know don't regularly check their email.

Park in the garage and go in the back loading dock as we did when we rehearsed there. Please let me know immediately if you are unfamiliar with the venue or need directions.

It will be a relief to have light and some space!! :)
See you soon.
Cayenna.

2/15/10: Hello BCO -

The rehearsal location for this Thursday has not yet been resolved. If we can find a more managable place we will change locations and an email will be sent by late Wednesday evening if not earlier(meaning if you check your email Thursday anytime before rehearsal you will know where it is being held). Otherwise we will be meeting at West Middle School as scheduled. There are a few people who have offered to bring work flood lights and the more lamps and lights we have the more pleasant the exerience will be.

With this extra set up it takes a few minutes for eveyone to get settled. Even when one or two people are just coming in late or getting set up at 7:35, it makes it difficult to start focused rehearsal and we need every minute, so I am just asking that folks plan ahead a little.

Rehearsal Schedule:
7:30 Bartok with Jordan Caroompas
8:15 Fantasy Overture
8:30 break
8:40 Mendelssohn (all 4 horns if possible)
9:00 Schubert

Many thanks to those folks who were able to come out to the Firehouse Stage concert last night! It was a treat to perform for you.

All the best,
Cayenna.

2/8/10: Hello BCO -
I would like to propose that we swap our Tuesday, February 23rd rehesarsal the week of the concert for Saturday, Febrary 27th from 2-5pm.

I have only heard a couple of absolute conflicts, and although it is not ideal to rehearse without everyone, I don't think that can be helped. I am still checking with our soloists to be sure that they too can make these changes. Please pencil it in your calendars and we will confirm ASAP.

Thanks all!!!
Best,
Cayenna.

2/8/10: Hello BCO -

Rehearsal schedule this week is as follows:

6:30 Brass Sectional (Mike and Jeff Barker to lead sectional - Carol Smith to help with conducting)
Meet in Laura's Orchestra Room focus on DeAngelo

REHEARSAL ON STAGE - Bring Stand Lights AND Stands!

7:30 DeAngelo
7:50 Schubert (with Trombones)
8:20 Bartok (just the ending with Trombones)
8:30 Break (Brass Leaves)
8:40 Bruch (Strings and winds)
9:00 Bartok (Strings and winds)

See you Thursday!
Best
Cayenna.

2/01/10: Hello BCO -
It was good to see you last week! Tomorrow night we have rehearsal in exchange for Thursday this week. Please note the schedule below.

TROMBONES - You are excused from this week's rehearsal since two of you are missing anyway.

ALL BRASS - Next Week, Thursday, FEBRUARY 11th, I am scheduling Brass Sectional from 6:30-7:20pm, in exchange you will be let go between 8:30 and 8:45pm when we have a strings only part of the rehearsal. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY IF YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS SECTIONAL. I think it will help us greatly to have some focus time on the Diangelo. You will be on your own from 6:30-7:00(Mike and Beth-or-Jeff will lead) I will join you at 7:00 after my 6:30 meeting with the violin soloist.

Rehearsal Schedule, Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 2nd
7:30 Diangelo
8:00 Schubert
8:20 break
8:30 Bruch
8:45 Bartok

See you Tuesday!
Best,
Cayenna.

1/26/10: Hello BCO -

Costa Rica was great, a tremendously worthwhile trip. We visited five relatively new rural and urban music schools that provide instruments, lessons and ensembles to students between the ages of about 5 to 18. In addition to giving concerts for and with the students, we taught lessons and even found a few hours to go to the beach:) I have to admit though, that the weather here is a relief!

Please remember that next week we have rehearsal on Tuesday, February 2nd and NO rehearsal on Thursday.

Rehearsal for this Thursday is:
7:30 Diangelo
8:00 Schubert
8:20 break
8:30 Bruch
8:45 Bartok

See ya' Thursday!

1/13/10: Hello BCO -
Just a reminder that rehearsal tomorrow is STRINGS ONLY with Diana Geiger.

Strings, this is an important opportunity to really dig into some of the more difficult passages for us. Please be on time and make all efforts to attend.

Band is fun and Costa Rica is bautiful, but I miss you guys!!
Best,
Cayenna.

1/3/10: Hello BCO! Welcome to 2010!!!

I am so excited about our programs this spring, I hope you will be too. I am attaching the official rehearsal schedule for this spring (as I did in December - it hasn't changed), but do print it out or copy the information down. The pink binder with the Attendance Log will be at rehearsal this Thursday, so check your calendars and fill out the log as completely as possible. I leave for Costa Rica on Saturday, January 9th to tour with the Cornell Wind Ensemble as Assistant Conductor and performing in the percussion section. I will likely be out of email contact for most of that time and will be back late on Janury 21st.

I will have printed music for the Bruch Violin Concerto and the Bartok Piano concerto on Thursday. Santino Diangelo is just finishing the parts for his Overture and those will be to you by January 21st. If you want a head start this week on the Bruch - go to: cayennaponchione.com and click on Orchestra Member Resources and then click on Sheet Music Resources and follow the directions, you should be able to down load a part - we are only playing the 1st movement of the Bruch. The Schubert is there as well if you are missing that part or want a page turn.

REHEARSAL SCHEDULES FOR THE NEXT THREE WEEKS:

Thursday, January 7th (with me)
7:30 Schubert (Yes, Trombones)
8:00 Bartok (Yes, Trombones)
8:45 Break
9:00 Bruch (No Trombones)

Hello BCO -
We may switch the Bruch and the Bartok tomorrow in the rehearsal order. Trombones, please plan on being flexible and bring something to do during the down time.
Many thanks in advance for your patience.
Best,
Cayenna.

Thursday, January 14th (with Diana)
STRINGS ONLY
Diana will set exact schedule

Thursday, January 21st (with Diana)
7:30 Diangelo (Yes, Trombones)
8:00 Bartok (Yes, Trombones)
8:45 break
9:00 Bruch (No Trombones)

Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday!!!
All the best,
Cayenna.

12/18/09: Hello BCO!

Hope this finds people well and warm...:)

SCHEDULE
Please see the Winter and Spring rehearsal schedule below (and attached). Notice
that our venue for the February 28th concert is TBA. We are currently working on finding another location since the lighting at West is not expected to be fixed by our concert date. As soon as we have a location finalized I will let you know.

Please also notice that there is a Tuesday rehearsal at the beginning of February - this is in exchange for the Thursday rehearsal that week. I am fortunate enough to have been asked to conduct the Otsego All-County Band that Thursday, but want to insure that we have adequate rehearsals together for this concert.

MUSIC
Most of you have the Schubert, but if anyone is interested in getting a peek at the Bruch violin concerto, it is posted (along with some U-tube videos/recordings of the Bartok) on the site as well. Go to: Cayennaponchione.com, click on "Orchestra Member Resources", find "Binghamton" under "Sheet Music Resources" and follow the directions. I will have hard copy parts at the first rehearsal as well. The Bartok is a rental and I will be bringing that to the first rehearsal along with Santio Diangelo's new piece.

Have warm and safe Holidays!!
All the best,
Cayenna

Binghamton Community Orchestra Winter/Spring 2010
Rehearsal and Concert Schedule

Winter 2010: The Three B’s
Diangelo: Fantay Overture to the Trojan War (world premiere)
Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, mvt.1, STMTA Winner
Bartok: Piano Concerto No.3, mvt.3, STMTA Winner
Schubert: Symphony No.8, in B minor, “Unfinished”

1 January 7
2 January 14 (substitute conductor)
3 January 21 (substitute conductor)
4 January 28
5 February 2 TUESDAY
6 February 11
7 February 18
8 February 23 TUESDAY
9 February 25
10 February 28 SUNDAY CONCERT 3:00PM - Location TBA
(No week off after the concert.)

Spring 2010: A Mass For Peace
Karl Jenikins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
In Collaboration with the Madrigal Choir of Binghamton

1 March 4
2 March 11
3 March 18
4 March 26
* No rehearsal Holy Week
5 April 8
6 April 15
7 April 20 TUESDAY
8 April 22
April 25 SUNDAY CONCERT 3:00PM - (WMS)

Schedules for this season:
Rehearsal Schedule
Season Lineup
Spring Rehearsal Schedule

For Information:

Phone: (607) 759-9004

E-mail: conductor@bcorchestra.com

Binghamton Community Orchestra

P.O. Box 1901 ▪ Binghamton, NY 13902