Winter Quarter music was sent out via the newsletter on January 3rd. The newsletter was sent via email to the primary email address we have on file for each enrolled student. To download music, click the following link and enter the password found in that newsletter: Winter Quarter 2025 Music.
Rehearsals will be held on Monday evenings from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Musicians are expected to arrive and be prepared to rehearse 15 minutes prior to start time.
WINTER QUARTER 2025 DETAILS
Rehearsals
Winter Quarter Dates
Mondays from 6:30 – 8:30 pm
1/6, 1/13, 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10
Rehearsal Location
Drop Off/ Pick Up
Odle Middle School
Plan on prompt drop off and pick up to
502 143rd Ave NE
avoid congestion.
Bellevue, WA 98007
Special Tuesday Rehearsal
Time & Date
Location TBD
January 14 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Retreat
Time & Date
Odle Middle School
Saturday, January 11 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
502 143rd Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98007
Concert
Time & Date
Meydenbauer Theater
Sunday, March 16 at 3:00 pm
11100 NE 6th St
Bellevue, WA 98004
Student Checklist
Bring a music stand
Bring a pencil
Print your sheet music prior to first rehearsal (using link at top of this page) and bring with you to rehearsal
Arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of rehearsal to ensure you are in your chair and ready to play at the start of rehearsal
Have fun!
ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR LAST REHEARSAL BEFORE THE CONCERT
If a Flute Orchestra student misses the final Monday night rehearsal before the concert, their participation in the upcoming concert will be contingent on a music test. They will be required to submit a video of their performance of excerpts (details provided by the conductor) no later than Wednesday at midnight. The conductor will then make a decision whether the student can participate in the upcoming concert. This decision will be communicated by Thursday.
Flute Orchestra is an advanced ensemble for flutes. Flute Orchestra consists of BYSO flutists who were placed at the Philharmonia level after auditioning. Because orchestras need only a few flutes at a time, some of these students may take turns playing in Philharmonia during the year while also practicing and performing in the Flute Orchestra ensemble. The typical Flute Orchestra student has had several years of private instruction and substantial ensemble experience and is highly skilled on his or her instrument.
Flute Orchestra students prepare challenging music encompassing the entire flute family: piccolo, traditional C flute, alto, and bass. Flute Orchestra is a dynamic group where students can develop ensemble and specific flute-related skills in an enjoyable and rewarding setting. Past works performed include Camuglia’s La Danse de la Nuit, De Bosismortier’s Concerto in A for Five Flutes, and Bozza’s Jour d’été à la Montagne.
Recent Flute Orchestra Performance
Conductor: Dr. Sandra Saathoff
Dr. Sandra Saathoff is a freelance flutist, clinician, and principal flute of the Seattle Philharmonic. She helped launch a nonprofit organization, Silver Flight Ensembles and Foundation, dedicated to helping student flutists, and currently conducts the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra's flute ensemble. A published author and music arranger, she has also performed and taught throughout the United States and Europe. Dr. Saathoff has served as Assistant Program Chair, Secretary, Convention Manager, and on the Long-Range Strategic Planning Committee for the National Flute Association; as well as President, VP, and Newsletter Editor for the Seattle Flute Society. Learn more.
Write in the counting to each measure, showing 1 + 2 + 3 + … for EVERY measure. For measures that have dotted 8th notes, you need to show the 1 e + a subdivisions
Practice your Sam Barron Low Note Exercise and your flutter tonguing!
Pictures – write in trill fingerings! add grace notes – be able to play with metronome/
Cross the Wide Missouri – pick some hard sections to practice
Juba – concentrate on the 2 sections – getting up to tempo with all articulations / dynamics / good counting / in tune / etc.
Continue: Concerto on 1 Note / Scenes from a Hat – Round 3/Story (on a single note, and-or use any notes you want) (Shiho, Varshini, Yuko, Ari)
Thankfully, the extreme dilation has worn off – and I can see again! Thanks for your concern and helpfulness yesterday! 🙂
NEW PART ASSIGNMENTS:
PART ASSIGNMENTS
Flute 1
Flute 2
Flute 3
Flute 4
Alto
Bass
Flute 5
Flute 6
Piccolo
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lahima, Kayla, Isabelle
Mathilde, Shiho, Hannah
Shachar, Varshini, Eunice
Suri, Matthew, Julinna
Yuko, Chloe
Arnav, Ella
Ari
Cross the Wide Missouri
Suri, Eunice, Shiho, Julinna
Varshini, Ari, Matthew
Lahima, Mathilde, Isabelle
Kayla, Hannah, Shachar
Yuko, Chloe
Arnav, Ella
Juba
Hannah, Mathilde
Shachar, Suri
Julinna, Shino
Lahima, Varshini, Eunice
Yuko, Chloe
Arnav, Ella
Kayla
Matthew
Ari & Isabelle
***THANKS to Ari (2), Chloe (2), Kayla, Hannah, Isabelle (2), Julinna, Matilde (2), Matthew (3), Shachar (3), Shiho (2), and Varshini (3) for their timely arrivals! 🙂 *** Prizes to be awarded! ***
Happy Fluting!
~Dr. Sandy
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Link of the week: Some things to think about (Bulletproof Musician site also has articles about practicing / performing / reducing anxiety / etc.):
