Fall Concert information is now posted. Scroll down for details.
Fall music is now available! Visit the Fall 2024 Music page and enter the password. The password for this page was sent out to all enrolled students via the primary email address listed on your account (typically the parent/guardian) on Thursday, September 19. Email admin@byso.org if you need the password resent.
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 REHEARSAL ON 11/18
Students absent from rehearsal on Monday, November 18 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, November 21 at 3pm. Students will receive the results of this music test by end of day Thursday, November 21.
CALL TIME | 1:15 pm All musicians should arrive promptly at 1:15 pm. Chamber group students should also arrive at 1:15 pm.
LOCATION | Bastyr University Chapel
14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore, WA 98028
DROP OFF Musicians can be dropped off via the Bastyr parking lot nearby. This lot has free parking available.
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.
VOLUNTEERS – WE NEED YOU! Volunteers will be a vital part of a successful day at Bastyr for all of our students. We need volunteers to help the check in process and supporting ensembles during their dress rehearsals. Volunteers have early access to reserve their seats in the hall. Click here to sign up now!
CONCERT TICKETS Tickets will be available to purchase for families of enrolled students starting the afternoon of Thursday, October 17. Tickets are limited to 2 per enrolled student until October 31. At that time, if any tickets remain available, they will be opened to the public, and families may purchase additional tickets. Reminder: BYSO musicians performing in the concert do not need their own ticket. For more information about concert tickets, including who qualifies for complimentary tickets, please see the Concert Ticket page.
About
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.
Your coach will be listening for: tone quality, intonation, rhythm, tempo, articulation, and style.
Please perform as close to the concert tempo as you are comfortable playing. Clean playing at a slower tempo is better than fast and inaccurate.
FLUTE
Cumberland Cross: pickup to 9-16, 37-42, pickup to 61-64
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 82-85
Firework Music: rehearsal 6-7, 8-9, 9-end
OBOE
Cumberland Cross: pickup to 9-16, 37-42, pickup to 61-64
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 82-85
Firework Music: rehearsal 6-7, 8-9, 9-end
CLARINET
Cumberland Cross: pickup to 9-16, 29-33, 33-38
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 82-85
Firework Music: rehearsal 6-7, 8-9, 9-end
BASSOON
Cumberland Cross: 29-33, 45-49, 61-64
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 82-85
Firework Music: rehearsal 8-9, 9-end
TRUMPET- all 1st trumpet parts
Cumberland Cross: 37-42, 49-52, pickup to 61-64
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 82-85
Firework Music: 1-2, 6-7, 9-end
HORN
Cumberland Cross: 17-20, 29-33, 49-52
Romeo and Juliet: 1-8, 35-42, 54-62
Firework Music: 2-3, 6-7, 8-9
TROMBONE
Cumberland Cross 29-32, 45-48, 61-64
Romeo and Juliet: 29-32, 35-42, 62-70
Firework Music: 2-3, 8-9, 9-end
VIOLIN 1 and 2
Cumberland Cross: pickup to 17-22 fermata, 33-45, 49-59
Romeo and Juliet: 59-70, 81 through the D.S. to downbeat of 37
Firework Music: Beginning-3, 8-end
VIOLA
Cumberland Cross: pickup to 17-22, 25-28, 37-40, 65-end
Romeo and Juliet: 29-44, 61-78
Firework Music: rehearsal 4-7a
CELLO and BASS
Cumberland Cross: 45-49
Romeo and Juliet: 1-11, 29-39, 46-54, 61-70
Firework Music: rehearsal 4-7
10/14/24- Rehearsal Preparation and Reminders
We are now halfway through our first quarter of music making. You are each doing great work learning your parts and understanding your notes and rhythms. The next step to this is to work with a metronome to ensure that you are able to play through all of your different rhythmic patterns in a steady tempo.
During rehearsal and your sectionals this past Monday night, the tempo fluctuated quite a bit in the transitions from one melodic idea to another or from one rhythmic pattern to another. Please practice these spots with your metronome and we will work on them during rehearsal on the 21st. Concert tempo markings are listed below for your information.
REHEARSAL PREPARATION AND ETIQUETTE REMINDERS:
We have 100 musicians in our orchestra so it is important that everyone arrives prepared with all of their equipment. Please bring a music stand and your pencil to each and every rehearsal this season. Food and gum do not belong in the rehearsal. Please consume your food and snacks before rehearsal or during breaks and get rid of any gum you are chewing before entering the rehearsal. Thank you for adhering to this.
VIOLIN PART ASSIGNMENTS FOR FALL 2024
Violin 1- Listed alphabetically
Aaron J
Aden B
Anne X
Florence P
Jasmine Z
Keshav I
Klara K
Mack H
Naveen V
Oliver C
Reina H
Rumi P
Serena L
Skyller C
Tiana Y
Vivienne S
Wen L
Yuey L
Violin 2- Listed alphabetically- Please print violin 2 music and bring it next Monday
Alisa S
Anika B
Avani A
Brooklyn R
Catherine M
Chloe K
Clara P
Elaine L
Ennie B
Helen W
Jeremy R
Kanna S
Luke H
Maia J
Shirley W
Sophie W
Steinsen Z
VIOLIN SECTION SORTING AUDITION- MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 DURING REHEARSAL
All violin players in Premiere will perform the 1st violin part to Romeo and Juliet from measures 26 to 42 at quarter note = 110. You will perform individually for your coach during rehearsal. We will show you where the auditions will be held when you arrive.
A note about violin section sorting:
I want to make clear that you have each already been placed in our orchestra based on your fall auditions this season. Being placed in this orchestra communicates that you are capable of successfully performing on either the 1st or the 2nd violin parts. This sorting audition is for our coaches to listen to each of you individually and assign two different violin sections. Since our organization is audition-based, all of our 36 violinists are performing individually at the same technical level. Your coach will listen for and score you on tone quality and technique, intonation, rhythmic accuracy and bow control, and style and articulation. You will be assigned either violin 1 or 2 and this will be posted here on Tuesday, October 8. Being assigned violin 2 does not mean that you are not capable of playing violin 1 and vice versa. Thank you for preparing this and we will see you on Monday evening!
Tempo Markings- for your home practice and seating auditions
Firework Music- quarter note = 116
Cumberland Cross
measure 1- quarter note = 60
measure 25- quarter note = 120
measure 65- quarter note = 60
measure 67- quarter note = 120
Romeo and Juliet
measure 1- quarter note = 90
measure 29- quarter note = 126
measure 87- quarter note = 72
Welcome to Fall 2024!
I am excited to welcome you all to Premiere for the 2024-2025 season! Ms. Hannah Ogden (our assistant conductor) and I are looking forward to making great music with you this season. We have a diverse set of music planned that includes music from all time periods and genres. We also take great care to find music that features all sections of the orchestra for each concert cycle.
Please print and bring your sheet music to the first rehearsal. Violinists- please print violin 1 parts for everything. We will have you sorted into violin 1 and 2 after our coaches are able to hear you during week 3 to determine the best balance for the orchestra.
Please come prepared on your part each rehearsal to the best of your abilities. Your preparation in learning the print will help us give you exciting and engaging rehearsals where we can teach you everything about the music that is not printed on your page. You will be playing music this season with 100 other musicians. Every musician in the orchestra is not only playing their part, but they are listening around to how they are fitting in, and making musical decisions based on what they hear in the moment.
FALL QUARTER MUSIC-
Please use these recordings for reference while you are working to learn your part.
