Premiere Orchestra Messages

Winter Seating Audition Spots

Seating Auditions will take place at retreat on Saturday, January 25

Coaches will listen to you perform individually. Please prepare your part as close to concert tempo as you are able to while demonstrating good tone quality, intonation, rhythmic accuracy, articulation, style, and phrasing. Please prepare and be ready to perform all of the spots.

• FLUTE
  • The Moldau- 14-27, 46-57, pickup to 75-86
  • How Lovely- flute 1- pickup to 5-20, flute 2- 53-67
  • Warrior Legacy- flute 1- 88-99, flute 2- pickup to 23-36
• OBOE
  • The Moldau- 14-27, 46-57, pickup to 75-86
  • How Lovely- pickup to 5-20, 53-67
  • Warrior Legacy- pickup to 23-36, 88-99
• CLARINET 1
  • The Moldau- 1-12
  • How Lovely- 53-63
  • Warrior Legacy- 23-34
• CLARINET 2
  • The Moldau- 46-57, 75-86
  • How Lovely- 1-19
  • Warrior Legacy- 86-96
• BASSOON
  • The Moldau- 14-27, 38-56, 66-73
  • How Lovely- 12-19, 53-63
  • Warrior Legacy- 16-35, 104-114
• TRUMPET 1
  • The Moldau- 75-84
  • How Lovely- 40-51
  • Warrior Legacy- 31-46
• TRUMPET 2
  • The Moldau- 14-29, 52-64
  • How Lovely- 53-63
  • Warrior Legacy- 31-46, 64-68
• HORN
  • The Moldau- 14-25, 52-64, 75-84
  • How Lovely- pickup to 9-19, 53-63
  • Warrior Legacy- 41-49, 104-112
• TROMBONE
  • The Moldau- 22-32, 38-47, 75-84
  • How Lovely- pickup to 37-50, 53-63
  • Warrior Legacy- 11-23, 41-49
• VIOLIN 1
  • The Moldau- 66-95
  • How Lovely- pickup to 20-39
  • Warrior Legacy- 30-40, 68-106
• VIOLIN 2
  • The Moldau- 66-95
  • How Lovely- pickup to 20-39
  • Warrior Legacy- 37-50, 92-106
• VIOLA
  • The Moldau- 52-93 (no repeats or first endings)
  • How Lovely- 39-59
  • Warrior Legacy- 1-22, 52-64, 76-80
• CELLO and BASS
  • The Moldau- 1-5, 52-64
  • How Lovely- 9-20, pickup to 29-45
  • Warrior Legacy- 1-7, 80-88

Winter Quarter 2025

Welcome to our Winter 2025 concert cycle! Ms. Ogden and I are excited to work with you on all of our new music. Please print and bring the same part assignment (1st or 2nd) that you performed in November. If any part assignments change, those will be communicated directly to you by your coach.

Monday, January 6- we will be reading through all of the new music with coaches embedded to help you learn the music. They will lead you in sectional practices on Monday, January 13. Be prepared to mark in any new bowings or fingerings that they share with you then. January 13 is also the perfect time to ask your coach questions about your part and anything that you need help with (notes, rhythms, shifting, etc.)

Music for Winter 2025-

The Moldau by Bedrich Smetana, arranged by Richard Meyer. Smetana was a Czechoslovakian composer and is commonly known as “The father of Czech music”. In 1874 he composed this tone poem, The Moldau- a single-movement symphonic work depicting the beauty of the Czech countryside. When he published the work, he wrote an outline of what the music was intended to depict: “A forest brook, rushing on, becomes the River Moldau. Coursing through Bohemia’s valleys, it grows into a mighty stream. If flows through dense woods for which come joyous hunting sounds, and the notes of the hunter’s horn drawing ever nearer and nearer. If flows through emerald meadows and lowlands, where a wedding feast is being celebrated with songs and dancing.”

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place by Johannes Brahms, arranged by Jack Bullock. Brahms composed this German Requiem not to be a song for the dead, as is traditional in the Roman Catholic liturgy, but as a song for the living to help us cope with the ideas of suffering and loss. This is the 4th movement from that work and is considered by many to be the most peaceful high point of the entire work. You will notice in your parts that the notes and rhythms are not the same technical challenge as the other two pieces on this concert. The challenge in music such as this chorale lies in creating a warm, beautiful, balanced tone throughout the ensemble where the melody shines through.

Warrior Legacy by Soon Hee Newbold. Newbold is one of the most prolific current composers of music for young orchestras. She began studying piano at age 5 and violin at age 7. She lives in southern California and works as a producer, actress, and composer for film, television, and commercials. Warrior Legacy was written for the town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts. Warrior Legacy commemorates the rich past events that have not only shaped this area, but also continue to influence the pioneers of the future.

Recordings for context– These were just a few of the many great recordings that are easily available by doing a search on YouTube. Please find other recordings on you own as well. These can help you understand the music and the style better as you see what other orchestras have done with the music.

The Moldau

How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

Warrior Legacy with score

Tempo Markings-

• The Moldau
  • Measure 1- 80
  • Measure 64- 126
  • Measure 96- 100
• How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
  • Quarter note = 84
• Warrior Legacy
  • Measure 1- 92
  • Measure 72- 116