- Fall music links are now available! Instructions on how to access and print your music was sent out via the weekly newsletter on Thursday, September 18 at 4:00 pm. Check your spam/junk folder if you don’t see it. If you still don’t see it, email admin@byso.org for instructions.
- Click here for Conductor’s Messages
Rehearsals will be held on Monday evenings from 6:30pm – 8:30 pm. Musicians are expected to arrive and be prepared to rehearse 15 minutes prior to start time.
FALL QUARTER 2025 DETAILS
IMPORTANT VENUE UPDATES FOR FALL QUARTER
Percussion Ensemble’s normal rehearsal location (BCA) recently experienced a small electrical fire that triggered the sprinkler system, resulting in extensive water damage in some areas. They are undergoing emergency repairs that have made our rehearsal spaces there unusable for the next few weeks. So, to make sure Percussion Ensemble does not lose any rehearsal time this quarter, the first rehearsal location has changed. The schedule is as follows:
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September 29, October 6, October 13, October 20
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Location: Bellevue Children’s Academy, South Campus (14640 NE 24th St, Bellevue, WA 98007)
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Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
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November 3 and November 17
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On these dates, students assigned to Premiere, Sinfonia, or Youth Symphony will rehearse at those locations, rather than at BCA. A full schedule for these two dates will be posted on the Percussion Ensemble page.
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| Rehearsals | Fall Quarter Dates |
| Mondays from 6:30 – 8:30 pm | 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/17 |
| There is no rehearsal on 11/10 (Veteran’s Day). | |
| Rehearsal Location | Drop Off/ Pick Up |
| Multiple venues. See above. | Plan on prompt drop off and pick up to avoid |
| congestion. | |
| Retreat | Time & Date |
| Lake Washington High School | Saturday, October 11 |
| 12033 NE 80th St | 10:00 am – 1:00 pm |
| Kirkland, WA 98033 | |
| Concert | Time & Date |
| Benaroya Hall | Sunday, November 23 @ 3:00 pm |
| 200 University St. | ALL DAY. Exact details will be posted here |
| Seattle, WA 98101 | at a later date. |
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
When BYSO musicians miss a dress rehearsal, it creates challenges for the larger ensemble that may compromise the performance. At the conductor’s discretion, if a percussionist is not present at a dress rehearsal (including Percussion Ensemble and the orchestras), their assigned part may be given to another percussionist who is present at the dress rehearsal.
For more details about the absence policy, please see the BYSO Student Handbook.
About
Percussion Ensemble is an ensemble for percussionists in the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra organization. The typical Percussion Ensemble student has had some private instruction and school ensemble experience, has good snare drum and mallet technique, and reads music well.
Percussion Ensemble consists of all BYSO percussionists who were placed at the Philharmonia or Youth Symphony level after auditioning. Percussion Ensemble students provide percussion as needed for these two orchestras in addition to practicing and performing in their own ensemble, where they focus on interesting and challenging percussion-only pieces. Past ensemble works performed include Cirone’s 4/4 for Four, Spears’s Polyphonies, and an arrangement of Rossini’s William Tell Overture.
Recent Percussion Ensemble Performance
Looking forward to an exciting fall quarter 2025! Please print ALL percussion ensemble parts along with ALL Youth, Philharmonia, Sinfonia, and Premiere percussion/timpani parts and have them in a folder or binder at the first rehearsal. I will be assigning parts at that rehearsal. Please remember your pencils and music stands.
