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Student
Orchestras of Greater Olympia
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March 28, 4 P.M.
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Conservatory Orchestra
John Welsh, Music Director & Conductor
MOZART, Impresario Overture
CHAUSSON, Poeme, featuring Dillon Welch, violin soloist
STRAUSS, Der Rosenkavalier Suite
Also appearing: Brass Choir, Academy
and Debut Orchestras
Guests Include: Charles Schooler, conductor
and trumpet performers
Keith Holder, Dan Lundberg, and Scott Pierson
Sponsor
Olympia Federal Savings
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Center Box Office:
360.753.8586
Reserve tickets:
$4.50 - $16. 50*
Children 8 and under free*
with an adult
* plus Center surcharge
FEEDING AMERICA
- please bring non-perishable food items to the concert. SOGO is
participating in a national orchestral campaign to fight hunger. All
cash and food donations will be given to the Thurston County Food Bank.
For more information...
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2009-2010
Season at a Glance
SUNDAY @ 4 P.M.
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Center Box Office: 360.753.8586
Reserve tickets: $4.50 - $16. 50*
Children 8 and under free* with an adult
* plus Center surcharge
November 8, March 28, May 16
Conservatory Orchestra
John Welsh, Music Director & Conductor
Also appearing: Brass Choir, Academy
and Debut Orchestras
Sponsors
Construct, Inc.
Olympic Dermatology & Laser Clinic
Olympia Federal Savings
R. L. Ray Violin Shop
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
WA State Arts Commission
Alan Wertjes & Mike Morgan, Attorneys at Law
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BRASS CHOIR OFF TO ITALY!
This is SOGO's 10th anniversary season and 45 of us will be celebrating it
in Italy! The decision was made last summer to invite current and past
SOGO Brass Choir members, family and friends to take a musical tour of
Italy, including Venice, Milan, Florence, and Rome. The Brass Choir
will be performing in beautiful churches and cathedrals, while taking in the
beauty of the country. The home of traditional brass music and
performance, the 10 day tour will take us to a legendary glass-making
factory, the Baptistery of St. John, the spa town of Montecatini Terme,
Michelangelo's David in the Accademia Museum, the birth place of
Galileo in Pisa, the Uffizi Museum to see famous works by da Vinci, Raphael,
Boticelli, and a stop in Assisi, birthplace of St. Francis. the founder of
the Franciscan order.
Rehearsals begin in July and departure from Seatac is scheduled for Tuesday,
July 13, 2010. The Brass Choir along with an adult woodwind quintet will be
performing music by American composers: Bernstein, Copland, Gershwin,
Sousa, Joplin, sprinkled with a few familiar Italian works.
Audiences in Olympia will hear some of the programming intended for Italy
during the March 28 and May 17 concerts.
If you would like more information about the tour, please contact Greg
Allison, Artistic Director, at
studentorchestras@gmail.com
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AUDITIONS...Would you like to join SOGO?
Call
to inquire about openings at at 360.352.1438 or 360.561.2080
Musician are asked to prepare and perform a
solo or etude of their choice. Students are
encouraged to work with their
private instructor to
determine appropriate audition material for the solo
or etude. The live audition will conclude
with a sight reading piece to
determine each
musician’s skill in counting, key signature, technique and
musicianship. After the audition, musicians
are given a theory examination
that will
last approximately 20 minutes. A $25.00
non-refundable
audition fee will be charged.
Music Theory Test -
Download Here!
Only prepare the portion of the
test required of you noted bellow.
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Debut
(entry level) study page one of the test
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Academy
(intermediate level) study page one and page two of the test
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Conservatory (advanced level) study all three pages of the test
 Conservatory Orchestra - Sunday 5 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
The Conservatory Orchestra personnel are at the advanced high
school/collegiate ability level and focus on
artistic
performance of the standard repertoire.
Academy Orchestra - Sunday 3 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
The Academy Orchestra personnel are at the advanced middle
school/intermediate high school ability level
and focus
on leadership, training, education and preparatory work.
Debut Orchestra - Sunday 3 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
The Debut Orchestra personnel are at the advanced elementary/intermediate
middle school ability level
and focus
on training, education and preparatory work.
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SOGO HISTORY
In August of 2000 two ambitious local high school music students, with the
help of other young musicians, their families and music teachers, created
SOGO. Ample energy and a fresh vision for building a student-led
organization make SOGO unique.
The first season, two orchestras were created and performed three concerts
each. Other performances
included the sold out SOGO HO HO Brass Choir holiday concert, a
free-to-the-public Messiah Sing-Along,
a Children’s Concert tour to local schools, and small ensembles performing
at the spring Arts Walk in
downtown Olympia.
SOGO PRESENT
Now in our tenth season, SOGO has over 150 young musicians from over 20
different schools in the
South Sound area. The concert season includes three performances in the
Washington Center, two
holiday
concerts, a Children's Concert, and
the Instrument Petting Zoo during the annual Olympia Spring
Arts
Walk.
SOGO members are involved in weekly full orchestra rehearsals
including, string and wind ensembles, brass choir, chamber music,
sectionals, music
history, theory and composition.
SOGO
PROGRAM
SOGO features a comprehensive and sequential program designed to grow
student abilities in sight-reading, basic to advanced instrument
pedagogy and musical artistry. These goals are achieved by playing
selections from the standard orchestral repertoire. Music is selected to
represent various genres, cultures and historical periods. Using this
quality literature, we focus on technique, rhythm, intonation, ensemble and
listening skills along with individual, section and orchestral sound
development. Music selections generally increase in difficulty as the
season
progresses and the foundations for good orchestral playing develop within
the individual and ensemble.
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BULLETIN BOARD
WHAT'S
HAPPENING
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Conservatory Orchestras
rehearsal schedule for March/May 2010
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Interested
in AUDITIONING? Call 561-2080 for an audition time.
Click here for audition information.
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Newsletter online -
click here to read current SOGO news
SMALL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES
Ensembles
are available for performance at functions in the community.
Please call the SOGO office
at
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