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.
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.
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
Students absent from rehearsal on the last Monday rehearsal before the concert are required to send Mr. Drassal a link to an unlisted YouTube video demonstrating their performance of their part. Mr. Drassal will email them measure numbers and tempo markings. This video is due no later than Thursday at 3pm. Students will receive the results of this music test by end of day Thursday.
Premiere Orchestra is an intermediate orchestra in the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra organization. The typical Premiere Orchestra student has had some private instruction and school ensemble experience and is working to improve technical proficiency.
Premiere Orchestra introduces young musicians to full orchestral instrumentation (strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion) with repertoire that appropriately challenges their experience level. Past works performed include Brahms’s Hungarian Dances 5 & 6, Vaughan Williams’s Rhosymedre, and Mendelssohn’s Sinfonia No. 7 in D minor.
Recent Premiere Orchestra Performance
Conductor: David Drassal
David Drassal is a Tri-Cities area native, where he attended Southridge High School, playing trumpet in the bands and violin in the orchestra. He began Suzuki violin lessons at age 7 with Melvina Romanelli in Richland, WA and went on to receive a B.M. and M.A. in Music Education from Central Washington University. Mr. Drassal started with BYSO in 2007 as a violin coach for Premiere and has been the director for the Premiere Orchestra since 2013. Mr. Drassal also teaches orchestra at Tyee Middle School in Bellevue. Learn more.
We are looking forward to meeting all of you soon and making great music with you throughout the season. We will post important updates and information periodically throughout the quarter to help you prepare for our rehearsals and seating auditions.
PROGRAM FOR FALL 2025
Mozart Symphony No. 36, The “Linz”, 1st movement
Upon Mozart’s arrival in Linz on October 31, 1783, Count Thun asked him to write a new symphony for a private concert planned for five days later. Mozart completed this entire symphony in four days and the work was premiered on November 5, 1783. This pace of composing was pretty typical for Mozart as he already had all of the music in his head before he began writing.
Mendelssohn was commissioned by the King of Prussia in 1843 to write incidental music to Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Today, much of this music is enjoyed as stand-alone concert music as well as music for events like weddings.
Snow Maiden is one of Rimsky-Korsakoff’s many operas based on folk tunes and fairy tales. This opera depicts the everlasting opposition of forces between King Frost of winter and the Sun God of spring. The Dance of the Tumblers depicts the boundless energy and talent of the Russian street performers.
Seating Auditions- At Retreat on Saturday, October 26
We will hold seating auditions during the first half of our retreat. Please plan to attend so that our coaches can hear you play. If you are unable to attend the retreat, we will place you at the end of your section for this concert. We will have another seating audition during our Winter concert cycle- also at the retreat.
Please prepare these sections of your music and pay careful attention to the tempo, bowing directions, style, articulations, and dynamics. Your coach will listen for all of these elements during your audition. You will learn all of these things during your sectional times this quarter with your coach. Please prepare all assigned spots and be ready to play any of them for your audition. You will be asked to play one or two of the spots for each piece. If you have any questions about this, ask your coach or send me an email. Thank you!
FLUTE
Mozart- 13-29, 45-58, 60-76
Medelssohn- 16-27, 42-63
Rimsky-Korsakoff- 2 before D-D, E-F, H-J, N-O,
OBOE
Mozart- 11-29, 48-58, 60-76
Medelssohn- 16-27, 43-63
Rimsky-Korsakoff- C-D, E-J, N-O
CLARINET
Mozart- 11-29, 48-58, 60-76
Medelssohn- 1-17, 43-58
Rimsky-Korsakoff- C-D, E-F, J-K, N-O
BASSOON and BASS CLARINET
Mozart- 11-29, 27-34
Medelssohn- 1-17, 49-67
Rimsky-Korsakoff- B-D, E-F, N-O
TRUMPET
Mozart- 11-29, 45-58, 60-86
Medelssohn- 1-17, 49-67
Rimsky-Korsakoff- E-F, 1 before H-J, N-O, P-R
HORN
Mozart- 11-29, 64-86
Medelssohn- 1-17, 43-58
Rimsky-Korsakoff- C-D, E-F, 1 before H-J, N-O, P-R
TROMBONE and EUPHONIUM
Mozart- 11-29, 64-86
Medelssohn- 1-17, 49-67
Rimsky-Korsakoff- C-D, E-F, N-O, P-R
VIOLIN 1
Mozart- 11-23, 24-43, 58-76, 76-87
Medelssohn- 16-26, 68-80, 83-end
Rimsky-Korsakoff- Beginning-B, C-D, E-G, N-P
VIOLIN 2
Mozart- 11-23, 24-43, 58-76, 76-87
Medelssohn- 16-26, 43-50, 68-80, 83-end
Rimsky-Korsakoff- Beginning-B, C-D, H-J, N-P
VIOLA
Mozart- 11-23, 24-43, 58-76, 76-87
Medelssohn- 16-26, 68-80, 83-end
Rimsky-Korsakoff- Beginning-D, D-F,K-N
CELLO and BASS
Mozart- 23-43, 47-76
Medelssohn- 48-54
Rimsky-Korsakoff- Beginning-D, K-M, N-O, 2 after P-R (bass start at Q)
