- Spring Quarter music will be available via PDF download by Thursday, March 21. Instructions on how to download music will be sent via email to all enrolled BYSO students.
- 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.
SPRING QUARTER 2024 DETAILS
| Rehearsals | Spring Quarter Dates |
| Mondays from 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Rehearsals begin on Monday, March 25 |
| No Rehearsal on April 8 (Spring Break) | |
| 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. |
| Saturday Rehearsal | Retreat Location |
| Saturday, April 20 | Lake Washington High School |
| 9:30 am to 11:30 am | 12033 NE 80th St |
| Kirkland, WA 98033 | |
| Spring Concert | Time & Date* |
| Benaroya Concert Hall 200 University Street Seattle, WA 98101 |
Saturday, May 11 @ 3:00pm ∙ Arrive by: 9:45am ∙ BYSO will be providing lunch ∙ Students will not be permitted to leave Benaroya until after the concert has finished. |
| Spring Bookend Concert | Time & Date* |
| Meydenbauer Theatre 11100 NE 6th St Bellevue, WA 98004 |
Sunday, May 19 @ 2:30pm & 4:30pm ∙ Check-In 1:00 pm |
*** Check with your conductor to confirm which call times apply to you***
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!
BENAROYA CONCERT DETAILS FOR SATURDAY, MAY 11 AT 3:00 PM
CALL TIME | 9:45 am
All musicians should arrive promptly 9:45 am. Please account for possible traffic delays.
DROP OFF
All musicians should be dropped off in the Benaroya Hall parking garage on 2nd Avenue near Union Street. DO NOT drop off musicians on the street, as this will cause severe traffic. The parking garage has free parking for 30 minutes. Volunteers will direct students towards the Artist Entrance inside the parking garage. Only BYSO musicians, staff, and volunteers are allowed backstage.
CHECK IN
All students will check in with BYSO Staff upon arrival at the Artist’s Entrance, accessed through the parking garage.
PICK UP
Students will not be permitted to leave Benaroya until the concert is complete. Pick up will be in the Grand Lobby.
CONCERT ATTIRE
Be sure to check your ensemble’s concert attire requirements. Students must arrive wearing their concert clothing. They will not have a place to change later.
PREPARE FOR A LONG DAY
Students will stay in Benaroya’s back stage facility the entire time from check in to end of concert. Be sure to send your student with a water bottle, snack, and a book (or similar activity) for breaks between rehearsals and concert.
MUSICIAN LUNCH AT BENAROYA
Students will stay in Benaroya’s back stage facility the entire time from check in to end of concert. BYSO will be providing lunch for musicians. Students may bring their own lunch but there will be no refrigerator available for food storage.
VOLUNTEERS – WE NEED YOU!
Volunteers will be a vital part of a successful day at Benaroya for all of our students. We need volunteers to help the check in process and supporting ensembles during their dress rehearsals. You will be able to get to know the students, see their dress rehearsal process, see the incredible Benaroya Hall from a musician’s perspective, and get a free concert ticket! Click here to sign up now!
CONCERT TICKETS
Concert tickets are available on Benaroya’s website here: Benaroya Concert Tickets. Reminder: BYSO musicians performing in the concert do not need their own ticket.
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
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