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Debut Orchestra Messages

8/18/2025, Updated 9/15/2025

Hello Debut Musicians and Families!

Welcome to the best group out there (totally biased!). I’m excited to make music with you this year. Learn “About Me” HERE!

This is where you’ll look for recordings of the songs that we’ll be playing and important rehearsal notes. Links to print your music will be sent to your parent’s email. Don’t forget to print your music before our first rehearsal, put it in a folder, and write your name on it. Also, bring a pencil to mark your music.

Songs for Fall 2025: A Musical Journey

  1. Hansel & Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck/Gruselle)
  2. Follow the Drinking Gourd (Traditional/Arranged by Carrie Lane Gruselle)
  3. Mythos (Soon Hee Newbold)

Things to think about: Have you ever been on a trip or a “journey”? What kind of journey do Hansel and Gretel go on? See if you can discover what kind of a journey Follow the Drinking Gourd is about (hint: the “drinking gourd” is another name for the Big Dipper). Have you ever read any Greek or Roman Mythology? Does Percy Jackson come to mind? Think about those journeys as we play Mythos by the one and only, Soon Hee Newbold!

Mark your calendar:

  • September 22 – First Rehearsal!
  • October 6 – Seating Audition Spots Given at Rehearsal (posted online by October 8)
  • October 18 – Fall Retreat (time to meet your peers, do some fun activities, and practice for your seating auditions)
  • October 20 – Seating Auditions at our Monday Rehearsal (no make-up auditions/videos accepted)

See you on Monday, 9/22/25!

Mrs. Ewing (You-ing)

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