- Music is now available! Click the following link to download and print your music: Fall Quarter 2023 Music. The password was sent at to all enrolled families in the newsletter on September 21, 2023 at 4:00 pm.
- 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 2023 DETAILS
The Fall 2023 Parents Meeting will be held on Monday, September 18. More details will be emailed to all enrolled families in September, along with full calendar dates and venue locations.
| Rehearsals | Fall Quarter Dates |
| Mondays from 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Rehearsals begin on Monday, September 25 |
| Rehearsal Location | Drop Off/ Pick Up |
| Bellevue Children’s Academy | Please plan on prompt drop off and pick up to |
| 14640 NE 24th St | avoid congestion, as the parking lot is small. No |
| Bellevue, WA 98007 | idling or parking in front of the entrance. |
| Retreat | Retreat Location |
| Saturday, October 14 | Odle Middle School |
| 9:30 am to 12:30 pm | 502 143 Ave NE |
| Bellevue, WA 98007 | |
| Fall Concerts | Time & Date |
| Meydenbauer Theatre | Saturday, November 18 @ 3:00pm & 7:00pm |
| 11100 NE 6th St | Sunday, November 19 @ 7:00pm |
| Call time and more info will be posted here | |
| closer to the concert. | |
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!
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
Religious head coverings: plain black
