SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FALL 2025

announcements:

Tickets for Dec 6th Concert now available for purchase!

https://www.scvyo.org/purchase-concert-tickets/

Practice Assignment for 11/16/25:

Hi Everyone!

Great job in rehearsal today! It's amazing how much progress we've made this semester, in terms of skill, musicality, emotion, and commitment!

Next week we will do run throughs of all of our pieces with a special twist: Winds and Brass will be upfront and strings will be behind them! This will be to help our winds/brass understand how their parts fit into the greater context of the piece, and hopefully help with our overall cohesion.

Announcements:

As you may have seen in a separate email, it's our last day to sign up for Disneyland for Symphony and Preludes! Please see that email for more info!

We only have two remaining Rehearsals! 11/16 and 11/30. We have 11/23 off for thanksgiving break.

Our Concert is December 6th at 4pm at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center.

Practice:

Brahms

Feeling internal pulse m. 1-12. Practice with metronome, and then without. See how well you kept the tempo.
Winds: mm. 36-58 need a lot of love!!
Everyone mm. 72-end
Everyone mm. 40-44. We know this but it always feels sloppy! Let's tighten it up.

Danse

Violin 1s and flute: Counting correctly at all passages like mm. 57-58. We need to feel the second beat rest and cut off together.
Everyone m. 89-100 needs work AND we need to practice returning to the D.S. at measure 5 WITHOUT STOPPING
Clarinet 2, Violin 2s and 3s. Keep shedding m. 29-41
Trumpet entrance at m. 14 and m. 25
SELF-DIAGNOSE what passages y'all need to be work.

In the Hall

Just practice the melody faster and faster! Make it a game with you metronome. See how fast you can get it!
According to Rachel, the piece will start at 90bpm get as fast as 160Bpm. That's almost double the speed!

Thanks everyone!

Coach Mark

Fall 2025 Repertoire

Brahms Symphony No. 1

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) (arr. richard meyer)

parts

Student Orchestra playing our arrangement:

Professional Orchestra playing original version:

Danse des Ghazies

Anton arensky (1861-1906) (arr. victor lopez)

Parts

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite

edvard grieg (1843-1907)

Parts

ATTENDANCE POLICY

As an orchestra, our collective sound is determined by the effort of every individual in the ensemble, and our ability to prepare a wonderful concert relies on the presence in rehearsal of every musician.

We have a lot of music to learn in a short amount of time, which means each week we are making changes to timing, bowings, articulation and more. When we are missing section members or individual parts, it’s difficult to progress as a group, because we end up spending a large portion of rehearsal time re-learning things we covered in previous rehearsals.

For this reason, we are clarifying our policies around tardiness and attendance.

TARDINESS:

Rehearsals will always begin on time - this means you should plan to arrive with ample time to unpack, warm up, and be in your seats ready to play at least 5 minutes BEFORE the start of rehearsal. (We recommend arriving at COC at least 15 minutes before the start of rehearsal).

In order to avoid unnecessary disruptions to rehearsal, moving forward we will close the door at the start of rehearsal. Late arrivals will be asked to wait outside for the first 10 minutes of rehearsal, during which time they can unpack their instruments, and get their music, stand and pencil ready to go. 10 minutes after the start of rehearsal, all latecomers will be admitted at once and ask to quickly and quietly take their seats.

ABSENCES:

Students are allowed a maximum of 3 excused absences per semester. After this point, ensemble directors will initiate a conversation with the student and parents to determine if the student will realistically be prepared to perform in the final concert.

If you plan to be absent, or have to miss a portion of rehearsal, please submit the ONLINE ABSENCE NOTIFICATION FORM at least 24 hours in advance, whenever possible.