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reminders Dress Rehearsal November 2
November 2014 Vol. XV No. 2
Washington Center Brass Choir load-in 11:00 a.m. Brass Choir 11:20 a.m.—11:55 a.m. Debut 12:00 p.m.—12:45 p.m. Academy 12:50 p.m.—1:35 p.m. Conservatory 1:40 p.m.—3:10 p.m. Concert Call Time 3:30 p.m., Concert dress required at call time.
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SOGO audience members can now follow along as we live-tweet and post on Facebook and Twitter during the November 2 concert only in the mezz seating area. People can use their phones and tablets to post comments, photos and video clips. Performing arts groups across the country are experimenting with 'tweet seats.' The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) began using tweet seats in 2013. Attendee Jennifer Nissenbaum described the experience: '[It] was like attending a members-only social event in the midst of a traditionally formal setting. I could communicate openly about my reactions to the music, musicians and conductor — without speaking a word.' The National Endowment for the Arts and the WA State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) have awarded SOGO with an Innovations Incentive Program grant to pilot this exciting program. Mayumi Tsutakawa, ArtsWA Grants Program Manager, said the grants were awarded for 'innovative projects that will increase art participation with young adults and diverse audiences.' Tweet seats will be limited to the Washington Center's mezzanine seating area.
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Grandpa's Burning Passion Lives On 'Music needs to be thought of as more than somebody’s hobby,' says Kari Hertter, one of SOGO’s newest board members. We sat down with Kari to find out why she’s devoting so much of her time to SOGO. Do you have a musical background? My grandpa played piano the whole time I was growing up. He could have been a concert pianist. He would play anything – Beethoven, ragtime, making goofy faces at us. It was a fun time when we were kids. When grandma had ALS, he would play to get everyone ‘back on track’ as he would say – ‘we can’t be this sad.’ He smoked a pipe – I could smell it now. He’d play with a pipe in his mouth, then set the pipe on the low keys and get so lost in the music that he’d burn a hole in the key. We had that piano in our (Cont'd on p.2) home and that’s what all of us kids learned on.
Faeries, Trolls, and Concertos - Maestro John Welsh
The opening horn motive followed by muted strings will be the first thing you hear at our concert November 2. Oberon is an opera by Weber, based on the folk tale that motivated Shakespeare to write A Midsummer Night’s Dream. We work hard to evoke the picture of misty woods and Oberon and his court. The faeries are prancing around in the woods, softly and delicately. Then Oberon, the faery king, majestically arrives. (Cont'd on p.2)
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