November 2013 Newsletter

SEASON CONCERT

Sunday, November 3, 4 p.m.

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SOGO BRASS CHOIR VICTORIAN HOLIDAY SHOW Saturday, December 14, 2013 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

First Christian Church Tickets available through SOGO

COMMUNITY MESSIAH SING-ALONG Monday, December 23, 7 p.m.

Washington Center | Free admission

SEASON CONCERT

Sunday, March 2, 4 p.m.

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INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO Saturday, April 26, 2-4 p.m.

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SEASON CONCERT

Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m.

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The Right Time for Kairos Here at SOGO, we are so excited for the world renowned Kairos String Quartet to come to Olympia and perform in our November concert. Kairos, loosely translated as the right time, is comprised of violinists Carrie Rehkopf and Denise Dillenbeck, violist Tim Betts, and cellist John Michel.

The Kairos String Quartet is recognized as one of the premier chamber ensembles in the Pacific Northwest.

Kairos String Quartet The quartet holds an endowed residency at Central Washington University—where all four members also teach—affording the group a degree of stability that is unusual in the chamber music world. (cont’d on p.3)

November 3 Dress Rehearsal Schedule à Brass Choir load-in 11:00 a.m. à Brass Choir 11:20 - 11:55 a.m. à Debut 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. à Academy 12:50 - 1:35 p.m. à Conservatory 1:40 - 3:10 p.m. à CONCERT CALL TIME 3:30 p.m.

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November 2013 | Vol. XIV No. 2

2013-2014 SEASON EVENTS

Maestro Welsh Invigorated

by Concert Preparations I know that I speak for the entire Conservatory Orchestra when I express the excitement generated by having the Kairos String Quartet from Central Washington University join us for our opening concert of the 2013-2014 Season. We have sent them some of our graduates in the past and now we will get a chance to see why those students universally praise their professors and progress so well. One can feel the dynamism Kairos produces as a quartet and the individual inspiration (cont’d on p.3) they personify.

Visions of Grandeur

SOGO’s Music Historian Anne Edge Gets Fired Up The music of Ottorino Respighi, which the Conservatory Orchestra will be performing on the November 3 concert, has long fired my imagination. I first became familiar with his music when I was 11 years old shortly after a trip to Europe. I had the luck of seeing a group of archaeologists in England uncovering part of an ancient Roman road. Later when I listened to my parents’ recording of Respighi’s Pines of Rome, particularly the final movement titled Pines of the Appian Way---which depicts Roman soldiers returning on the road home to Rome after a victorious battle---I had a very clear picture in my mind of legions of soldiers on that road appearing out of the mists of an ancient time long past.

Now here I am decades later helping students get ready to perform (Cont’d on p.2)

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Visions of Grandeur, cont’d

Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 2, a work based on 17th century lute pieces. Again I find my mind evoking images of ladies and gentlemen of some aristocratic court of the High Renaissance, wearing the heavily ornate brocade fabric fashionable at the time, and dancing to this wonderful music. Still fires the imagination!

Anne Edge is a music historian and viola teaching artist for Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia.

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Who Will You Thank When You Win Your Nobel Prize?

When Nobel Prize winner Thomas Sudhof was asked about his most influential teacher, he replied:

My bassoon teacher, Herbert Tauscher, who taught me that the only way to do something right is to practice and listen and practice and listen, hours, and hours, and hours.

Thomas Sudhof is a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine. He is the co-awardee of the 2013 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for his work on molecular and cellular physiology.

Oops! I Forgot to Get Them a Gift!

Avoid that embarrassing moment when a friend or neighbor is at your door with a plate of holiday cookies Picasso and you are caught empty handed.

Order extra poinsettias to have on hand as last minute gifts.

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Discounts and delivery are available for larger orders. Order forms are available at http://goo.gl/sL8gSV and are due by November 10.

Make Your SOGO Poinsettias Last

• Place in a well-lit area at room temperature away from drafts. Use room temperature water for watering.

• March: Cut old flowering stems back.

• October: Plants need 14 hours of darkness per day to prepare for flowering.

• Keep away from pets and small children.

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How Your SOGO Dollars are Spent

Read below to learn where we receive income and how your contributions are put to use in support of SOGO’s mission to provide a challenging, fully integrated music experience for the young musician.

Expenses

Income Contributions, 16%

Teaching Artists, 16% Artistic Staff, 29%

Grants, 1%

Concert Expenses, 2%

Miscellaneous, 3%

Rental Expenses, 11% Music Expenses, 4%

Fund Raising Income, 11%

Other Musician Fees, 1%

Program Advertising, 3%

Office Expenses, 15%

Ticket Sales, 15%

Miscellaneous, 6% Administrative Staff, 16%

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Get Out Your Fancy Duds Concert Dress Reminder • Check the concert dress requirements in your Musician Handbook online at studentorchestras.org.

• Street clothes are only permitted at dress rehearsal. You must arrive at the Washington Center by 3:30 p.m. in full concert dress on the day of the concert (Nov. 3).

Kairos, cont’d In addition to traditional concert performances, Kairos is committed to educational outreach and to performing in unlikely venues in which they seek to break down the barriers between audience and performers.

Kairos provides a 10-day, Kairos String Quartet rehearses with SOGO musicians intensive summer institute, named the Kairos Lyceum, for advanced high school and college-aged string players from around the Pacific Northwest. During the course, Kairos Quartet members mentor a number of ensembles as they take up rewarding, yet challenging, masterworks of the string quartet repertoire.

“A string quartet is a democracy. Part of the performance is the intensity of the interpersonal relationships required to make the music happen.”

- Tim Betts, Kairos Quartet violist Students focus on the technical issues of musical performance—things like pitch, rhythmic “groove,” beauty of tone, and expressive and inspired interpretation— while learning how to work together, as four individuals with diverse personalities, in a small group.

“A string quartet is a democracy,” said Kairos violist Tim Betts. “Part of the performance is the intensity of the interpersonal relationships required to make the music happen.”

Learn more about the Kairos Lyceum at kairosfestival.org.

Maestro Welsh, cont’d Our program begins with the Overture to Prince Igor, the opera, by the Russian composer Alexander Borodin. After that we will be treated to a concerto by Louis Spohr with the Kairos String Quartet. Our program ends with the Ancient Airs and Dance Suite No. 2 by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.

The Overture to Prince Igor tells the story of a Russian ruler who goes off to war despite the bad omen of a solar eclipse. While he and his sons are held prisoner, his son Vladimir falls in love and eventually marries his enemy’s daughter. Igor escapes and returns home to the sounds of rejoicing townspeople.

There are only a handful of concertos for string quartet and orchestra. Most of them are contemporary, late 20th century works. We found one from the mid-19th century by composer Louis Spohr. Spohr was a violinist and knew the medium quite well.

“I’m not a fan of Spohr, so I was reticent when I heard we would be playing one of his pieces. But I absolutely loved it when I heard the quartet rehearsing. And then when you add our orchestra it sounds so lush and full.”

-Krina Allison, clarinetist and SOGO Executive Director Now that our rehearsals have begun it has been quite revealing to hear the piece performed with such understanding. One of the phenomenon about the Kairos String Quartet that interests me so much and why I think they will be such a good influence on our students is their expressive and outgoing music making.

Ancient Airs is an incredible work that personifies the brilliant orchestration for which Respighi is so famous.

This is just the work that Kairos can help move our music making to another level. So, I asked them to participate in our rehearsals and performance.

Kairos will be sitting with our principal string players! And they will be commenting and demonstrating during rehearsals.

They were quick to remind me that they usually only visit an organization a couple of times.

We are so grateful.

I am looking so forward to this Sydney, SOGO bassoonist, rehearses with the performance. What a way to Conservatory Orchestra kick off our 2013-2014 Season!

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