Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, We are three rehearsals into the new cycle (including a sight reading kick-off) and are ready for serious sectional work! MYSO has arranged for an excellent team of clinicians to come in next week to help you work through the most challenging passages of our music. They will also help to
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, Thank you for a demanding, but productive, rehearsal this week. We appreciate that this type of detailed work isn’t always “fun,” but we need to plow through the early stages of work on our music before we can have more expressive, higher-level rehearsals down the road. Please don’t get discouraged! We
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, Our first “real” rehearsal this week demonstrated a big step forward with our new music. We appreciate your attendance. If you were not present, be sure to look at and listen to your music before our next rehearsal. We don’t want anyone to fall behind and become discouraged as a result.
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, It was great getting back to work on new music this past Monday. We appreciate your effort and undaunted energy as we jumped into the new challenges (and rewards!) our repertoire will present. Even though our sounds weren’t always ‘beautiful’ during our reading rehearsal, we were glad for your positive and
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, We are so PROUD of your performance this past Sunday! Your focus, appearance, energy, and musicianship were all very evident to us on the podium, and to the large and enthusiastic audience enjoying the concert. We know this first performance will serve as a fantastic foundation from which to grow over
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, It’s CONCERT WEEK! Congratulations on another productive and engaging rehearsal on Monday evening. If you missed rehearsal, please spend the extra time needed to practice in preparation for this Friday’s dress rehearsal and, especially, for our performance on Sunday, October 30, 2:10-2:40 pm (call time 1:20 pm, no warm-up rehearsal) at
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, As we noted towards the end of our rehearsal with you last night, this orchestra is in great shape for a very impressive “Play Your Part” performance on Sunday, October 30, at 2:10 pm (musician call time 1:25 pm) at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield). We
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, The Orchestra is showing very nice musical growth every week–even during rehearsal! Congratulations on taking several more steps forward on our “Play Your Part” repertoire. With your ongoing work, you and your family will be very proud of our first performance on Sunday, October 30, at 2:10 pm at the Sharon
Dear Metropolitan Symphony Musicians, Nice work this week! We could tell that you learned a lot during your special sectional session. Please continue your tremendous progress from our reading rehearsal by following up on the spots that you still don’t have under your fingers, or in your ear. Listening to the YouTube links we have been sending you (with
