Welcome to a new season of Philharmonia!
Our Fall Quarter starts on Monday, September 28th, and our Fall Retreat is Saturday, October 3 from 9am to 12pm (see location details for rehearsals and retreat at the top of this page).
One important detail about our Fall Retreat (10/3): This is where we will have Seating Auditions for each section. If you have a conflict or are unable to attend our Fall Retreat, you will not be able to do your audition – and that is ok. You will be seated at the end of your section for this Fall Concert, but we have seating auditions at the start of each rehearsal cycle.
- The Winter Concert seating auditions will take place at our Winter Retreat on Saturday, January 9 (also in the morning).
- Our Spring Concert seating auditions will take place during one of our regular Monday night rehearsals likely on Monday, March 29 (this will be confirmed later).
I will post the seating audition spots for all instruments on this page the week of our first rehearsal. Everyone will prepare the first part of their instrument (if more than one). Information will be shared via email from our BYSO office with a link to your parts the week before our first rehearsal.
For those instruments that have multiple parts (Woodwinds, most Brass, Violin): For our first rehearsal, there are no part assignments. We will alternate parts throughout that rehearsal, so be sure to print all your parts once they are posted (sometimes you will play 1st part, sometimes 2nd part, etc.). Part assignments will be made after our 10/3 Fall Retreat based on the seating auditions.
One request: Each season, I like to include pieces that are suggested by our Philharmonia musicians. If you have a piece and/or composer in mind that you would like me to consider, please email that to me at philharmonia@byso.org
Looking forward to a great season!
Mr. Kempisty, Philharmonia Conductor
As an example for our new Philharmonia musicians and families, below are pieces we performed last season which includes four requested by our musicians. Philharmonia typically performs the professional-level, original work as written by the composer.
Leonard Bernstein’s Overture to Candide
Gustav Holst’s The Planets (Mars and Jupiter)
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton (Highlights from the musical, arranged by Jerry Brubaker)
Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (Selections from Ravel’s version)
Soon Hee Newbold’s The Iliad
Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, Finale (Fourth Movement)
