Westchester Elementary Strings Orchestra

General Information

Arrival Time: Arrival, check-in and setup: 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm

Please head for Entrance Door A: Fellowship Hall.

Rehearsal Time: 4:50 PM - 6:30 PM

What to bring to In-person rehearsals: chair with protected feet, folding music stand, music folder (supplied) containing ALL the music, sharpened pencil, cellos and bassists - rubber tips installed on both their end pin and rock stop.

All musicians and parent volunteers must come to rehearsal wearing a mask that will be worn throughout rehearsal.

Parent Volunteers:

Parents will be given a list of volunteer dates at the first rehearsal for: assisting the conductor with setting up the rehearsal room before rehearsal, monitoring behavior during rehearsal, and restoring room to original setup and condition after the rehearsal. Parents will be asked to volunteer once or twice per season, if you have a conflict on an assigned date, you may swap dates with another parent. Please arrive by 4:30 pm on your assigned date.

Rehearsal Notes

2/1/21:

Dear Elementary Strings Musicians,

Please refer to the email and Word document, which you received. They contain practicing suggestions and instrument care information. If you have not received the email, please contact your conductor or liaisons.

- Mr. Klinger

10/26/20:

Dear Elementary Strings Musicians,

This week we worked on specific measures that we found needed work last week. I was pleased to hear that we are making progress, but we still need to go over these spots to be accurate.

Schubert Symphony No. 5.

We will start the rehearsal on the Schubert. Please continue to listen to a Youtube recording of the 1st movement.

Tempo: The suggested tempo is a half note = 92. Don't go any faster----this is a goal. We will see where it works for us next week.

Telemann Concerto Grosso

• Cellos: Measure 21: Fingerings: (1) in measure 21, (2) in measure 23, (3) measure 24.

PLEASE: Pencil in the fingerings that work for you. Get help to find the best possible fingering. This should be starting to sound better. Let's see how great we can make this spot sound next week.

• Everyone: We will start at measure 32 next week.

• First Violins: Finger measures 44, 45, 47, and 48. Use a 4th finger extension for the high E's.

Please make this perfect. I want to hear you all play this brilliant spot proudly.

• Firsts and Seconds: Measure 56! We worked on it; now make it "yours."

• Cellos: Measure 60: Do you have a good fingering here? Hint: It uses extensions..

Blue Rhythmico

We will start at Measure 25. Remember the repeat coming up!

MR. KLINGER'S OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS:

1. Bathroom: Our rehearsal is only 1 and a half hours, with so much to do; PLEASE use the bathroom BEFORE REHEARSAL, so that we all can make the most of the time that we have together. Because of covid 19, we need to keep such trips to a minimum.

2. Remembering all of our "stuff." (bows, folders, rockstops, pencils, music, etc.) We each must take the responsibility of being sure that our pencils are sharpened and functional.

3. Tuning: Thank you, everyone, for such a great job in getting your instruments tuned! I'm very impressed!

Have a happy, healthy HALLOWEEN! 👻😈👹 BE SAFE! - Mr. Klinger