Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra

Quick reminder that TODAY is the last day to enroll for the Community Music School Summer Strings Camp! Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to learn under UA School of Music Faculty and to play fun and diverse orchestra repertoire!!

Happy Friday, TYO!

Monday, October 4: STRINGS SECTIONALS!

Strings, you’ll meet in the IRR first and go your separate ways from there. Winds, brass, and percussion, you’re off this week!

Strings, we’ll see you Monday! Winda, brass, and percussion, we’ll see you the week after!

Have a nice weekend!!

Good afternoon everyone!

Monday’s (9/13) TYO rehearsal will be STRINGS ONLY. Winds, brass, and percussion will meet at a later date.

Enjoy your Friday afternoon and weekend, and we will see STRINGS PLAYERS on Monday!

Good afternoon everyone!

We are excited to start a brand new season of TYO, and it all begins TOMORROW!

Rehearsal will begin at 5:30 in room 204 (also known as the IRR) of the Moody Music Building. We will be having full orchestra rehearsal and we will do some sightreading and also go over concert repertoire for the fall semester.

See you soon!

Hello TYO Students and Friends,

We miss you at Moody Music Building and hope you are keeping your practice routine going. We look forward to being back in-person (hopefully Spring, 2020) with you.

There is a great opportunity for you to engage with UA School of Music faculty coming up: the Huxford Symphony Orchestra High School String Orchestra Workshop. This event will take place over Zoom on October 22-24 and is open to all high school string students. Spread the word to your string friends. This event is FREE. More information may be found at https://orchestra.music.ua.edu/string-workshop/

All the best to you – stay healthy!

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Hello everyone,

We hope that everyone has been continuing to stay safe and healthy throughout our unfortunate break. We understand that this is an extremely frustrating and discouraging time, and we genuinely miss making music with all of you.

If any of you wish to get in touch with any questions, comments,or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us via this page or by email.

We look forward to seeing you in the spring!

Hello Youth Orchestra Students, Parents, and Friends;

I regret to inform you that, in accordance with the statements made by the Director of the School of Music, no ensembles will be allowed to meet in the Moody Music Building this fall semester.


This includes all School of Music ensembles and Community Music Ensembles. CMS lessons will continue via distance methods this fall, but distance is simply not the best option for large ensembles such as TYO. I know you are as disappointed as Prof. Gregoire, and Dr. Zaheri with this necessary but frustrating extension of our break.


We will remain in touch via email and this page. You all are in our thoughts – we miss your energy, your humor, and your collective musicianship. You are simply an excellent group of people!


Stay healthy – we look forward to seeing you on campus again in January.

Hello Everyone,

I hope all of you are staying in good health. This post contains some updates to our fall plan for TYO. Please read all of it and let me know if you have any questions about the plan. Due to the size of the full TYO ensemble, we are not able to rehearse as a full group this fall. Available rehearsal space and distancing mandate requires us to split into two rehearsals: Strings and Wind/Brass. A schedule of rehearsals will be forthcoming as soon as we have the dates from the School of Music and hear back from some band directors.



STRINGS: We have decided to have the seating audition via Zoom the week of August 17-21. Returning Strings: you will be asked to sign up for a day/time in advance of that week and Prof. Gregoire will be hearing you and seating you. If you know a string player who wants to join TYO, please give them Dr. Weigel's email ([email protected]) so she can assist them with the audition sign-up process. The first rehearsal (Strings only) will be on MONDAY, August 24 from 5:30- 7:00 p.m. on the Concert Hall stage – distanced appropriately apart. You will need to wear a mask. We won’t be in the IRR (204) at all this fall – only on the concert hall stage. Audition Information and excerpts: https://cms.music.ua.edu/tuscaloosa-youth-orchestra/



WINDS/BRASS: We are going to program Gounod’s Petite Symphonie this fall. If you were playing on this piece spring 2020, then you will be assigned same part this fall. We will also add another work for this group (FALL = 1-2 fl, 2 ob, 2 bssn, 2 cl, 2 hn). Those assigned to the Gounod last spring DO NOT have to re-audition. The wind/brass weekly rehearsal will be on TUESDAYS from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. (not on Mondays) on the Concert Hall stage. Your first rehearsal will be August 25. Masks must be worn until we are in chairs and begin rehearsal and back on before leaving. With a smaller number of wind/brass we will be able to be 10 feet+ apart from each other.



PERCUSSION: There are percussion parts that go with some of the string works. If you were in TYO in the spring please let me know if you are planning on returning this fall so I can get you the parts.



If you have any questions please send an email, comment on this post, or direct message through messenger. Certainly COVID-19 concerns may impact further UA decisions regarding fall session and as we will learn more we will email you and/or post on the Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra page. Keep in touch and stay safe and healthy! Dr. Zaheri and I will be very happy to see you all again!

Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra – Community Music School Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra Audition Date: Monday, August 24. See requirements below. In order to follow COVID mandated distancing for this ensemble size, the TYO will rehearse on the stage of the Concert Hall where we can spread out appropriately. Audition Date: August 24, sign-in starts at 5:00 p.m...

Hello TYO members and parents;

This is a reminder that TYO students are now shifted to School of Music studio class attendance for the remainder of the semester instead of meeting as a group on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. with Dr. Zaheri. Attending studio classes is not mandatory, but UA faculty sincerely WANT you to join their sessions. We are excited for this opportunity for the TYO students to hear highly accomplished performers on their instrument and have access to UA faculty members’ teaching. We hope all of the TYO students will take advantage of this opportunity to the degree that they are comfortable – they can simply observe the classes and be inspired (!). Each studio class format and content may be different so please email with the professors for more information about participation and day/time of your class. They welcome you!



VIOLIN: Prof. Jenny Gregoire [email protected]

VIOLA: Prof. Jacob Adams [email protected]

CELLO: Prof. Moisis Molina [email protected]

BASS: Prof. Benjamin Crofut [email protected]

FLUTE: Prof. Diane Schultz [email protected]

OBOE: Prof. Mary Bailey [email protected]

CLARINET: Prof. Osiris Molina [email protected]

BASSOON: Prof. Jenny Mann [email protected]

HORN: Prof. Skip Snead [email protected]

PERCUSSION: Prof. Andrew Lynge [email protected]



EARLY COLLEGE ENROLLED STUDENTS FOR TYO CREDIT: Your attendance in studio classes IS mandatory. Be sure to check your email (from me and/or Prof. Gregoire).

Hello Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra Students, Parents, and Friends;



The purpose of this post is to touch base with regard to the TYO path forward this spring. As you read this, please know that this is an evolving situation and we may have slight adjustments as time goes on, but for now, we act on what we know today. As we move into the mandated shift from in-person to alternative methods of instruction, I wanted to remind you that TYO does NOT meet on March 23. AGAIN, TYO WILL NOT BE MEETING ON MARCH 23. Our next meeting will be via Zoom on Monday, March 30. Join Dr. Zaheri at your regular time, 5:30 p.m. You’ll get a link sent from Dr. Zaheri directly. You simply select the link to “join the meeting” via Zoom using your phone, laptop, or desk top computer. You do not need to have a Zoom account.

We’re looking forward to seeing and working with you again on Monday, March 30 at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Look for the emailed link to be sent from Dr. Zaheri. At our meeting we to go over how Zoom works and how we plan to go forward.



Thank you and take care.

TYO Members! Please read:

Weather Advisory: Although there is a weather advisory, UA is still open. TYO WILL have rehearsal tonight unless a closure is announced. Please go to prepare.ua.edu OR watch your local news to find out if UA announces a closure.

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Hello TYO members and friends;

We have some great music to sight read this coming Monday, January 27 at 5:30 p.m. – full orchestra! We need all of you. We’ll be reading arrangements of Smetana’s The Moldau, Dvorak’s 8th Symphony Finale Mvt and Dvorak’s Slavonic Dance No. 1; and Selections from Les Miserables (At the End of the Day – I Dreamed a Dream – Master of the House – On My Own – Do you Hear the People Sing?)

Then, from 6:15 – 7:00 p.m. the group will split and the strings will stay with Dr. Zaheri to read Shostakovich’s Waltz No. 2 and another arrangement of Les Miserables (just for strings).

Winds and horns will go to another room to read Gounod’s Petite Symphony. Not all winds/brass are scored for this work so if you are not playing then you are free to leave at 6:15 p.m.



CONCERT INVITATION:

There is a Quartets Plus concert this Tuesday, January 28 at 7:00 p.m. in Moody Recital Hall. It is a benefit for the Tuscaloosa City Schools string program sponsored by Chamber Music Tuscaloosa and the School of Music and is ticketed at the door. $25/adult; $10 College Student; Under 18Y Free. Come on out to support the youth of Tuscaloosa and hear some lovely music!

Hello Youth Orchestra Students, Parents and Friends;


Our first rehearsal of Spring 2020 is on Monday, January 27 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. in the IRR (room 204) of Moody Music Bldg. with Dr. Zaheri.


5:30 p.m. Sight reading of Full Orchestra works – All wind/brass/percussion/strings attend. Dvorak’s Eighth Symphony (fourth movement); The Moldau (Smetana/Meyer).


6:15 p.m. Strings remain in the IRR to read string only works: Waltz No. 2 (Shostakovich); Les Miserables. A reduced number of wind/brass go to room 1000 for reading/rehearsal of Gounod’s Petite Symphony until 7:00 p.m. If you are not participating in this work, you would be excused at 6:15 pm.


Strings attend each week of February/March/April/May 4, and Concert = MAY 11.

Winds/Brass/Percussion do not attend February but come back for all of March/April/May 4. Concert is MAY 11.

Selection of the program for our May 11 concert will be by YOUR input (and Dr. Zaheri’s). If any of you have another suggestion of a work to sight read on January 27 please send it to me as soon as possible. Since we featured a soloist on the fall concert we will not be holding another concerto competition this semester.

If you have not already done so, please use this link to enroll:

https://ua-app01.ua.edu/uaCommunityMusic/public/



Remember! May 11 is the concert.

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Hello TYO members!

Congratulations again on a concert well done! We genuinely hope you are as proud of what you all accomplished as we are. Looking ahead in SPRING 2020, our concert will be on May 11 - and we will be back in the concert hall.

We hope to see you all returning for the spring season so we can continue our growth from the fall. Many of our works will include full winds, brass, and percussion. WE WILL BEGIN WITH A NIGHT OF SIGHTREADING ON MONDAY, JANUARY 27 AT 5:30 PM IN THE IRR.

So far, we are planning on reading the fourth movement of Dvorak's 8th Symphony, Shostakovich Waltz No. 2, an arrangement of Les Miserables, and The Moldau (Smetana/arr. Meyer). Feel free to send more suggestions via Direct Message to the page or email to [email protected]. We welcome your input in deciding the May 11 program.

Thank you again for your work this fall, and we hope your travels are safe and you have a restful Winter Break.

Good afternoon TYO members!

This is just one last reminder that your dress rehearsal for tonight’s concert starts at 5:30 in Room 1000. Please arrive in your concert attire (white top, black bottoms, and shoes). We will also be providing pizza for you at 6:20, with the concert beginning at 7:00.

Best of luck to you all!

Good morning, TYO members!

This is a reminder that we do NOT have rehearsal this Monday, November 25.

Might I suggest you take a moment to listen to/watch this excellent rendition of the Haydn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3T_fDcT6GU



Please remember to look over your parts over break! We’ll next see all of you on Monday, December 2:



Monday, December 2: In room 1000 of Moody (the new wing)

5:30 p.m. *Dress rehearsal Please be on time!



6:25 pm. – CMS provides pizza for all of our musicians and support staff



6:30 p.m. CMS Adult Brass Ensemble begins pre-concert music in 1000



7:00 p.m. TYO concert begins – we expect it to conclude around 7:50 p.m.



*Students should arrive wearing their concert clothing. White top, black pants or skirt (should cover knees when seated), black shoes.



The concert is free and very child friendly. Invite your friends and family members. If they want, children can sit in front of the ensemble on the floor – bring pillows!

There are two concerts going on at Moody on December 2. Remind anyone who will attend to allow extra time for parking and the parking deck across from Moody is your best option for parking.

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Good afternoon, TYO members! Below you will find information pertaining to rehearsals for the rest of the month and our concert night. Feel free to comment or send a message if you have any questions. We’ve come so far in rehearsals, and we appreciate all of your efforts towards practicing and being attentive in rehearsals.

Monday, November 18: In our regular rehearsal room, IRR.

5:30 p.m. Jazz/Pop works FULL ensemble with soloists – strings, percussion, Jazz faculty soloists

6:10 p.m. Mozart – strings, oboe, horns, and piano soloist Hendrix Bailey



Monday, November 25 No rehearsal



Monday, December 2: In room 1000 of Moody (the new wing)

5:30 p.m. *Dress rehearsal Please be on time!

6:25 pm. – CMS provides pizza for the performers

6:30 p.m. CMS Adult Brass Ensemble begins pre-concert music in 1000

7:00 p.m. TYO concert begins – we expect it to conclude around 7:50 p.m.



The concert is free and very child friendly. Invite your friends and family members.

*Students should arrive wearing their concert clothing. White top, black pants or skirt (should cover knees when seated), black shoes.

Good afternoon TYO members!

You are all invited to attend a recital held by Prof. Gregoire and Dr. Robert Holm. They will be performing works by French composers Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, and César Franck. It will be taking place in the concert hall of the Moody Music Building on Thursday at 7:30 pm. We hope to see you all there!

Hello TYO members!

Below you will find a quick overview of the remaining Youth Orchestra rehearsals this month and the concert night format. Please let me know if you have any questions. We’re really getting down to the end – we really need everyone at rehearsal. Thank you for your continued work on individual parts!



Monday, November 11: In our regular rehearsal room, IRR.

5:30 p.m. Haydn FULL ensemble – strings, percussion, flute, recorder, trumpet.

6:10 p.m. Mozart - strings, oboes, horns, and piano soloist Hendrix Bailey



Monday, November 18: In our regular rehearsal room, IRR.

5:30 p.m. Jazz/Pop works FULL ensemble with soloists – strings, percussion, Jazz faculty soloists

6:10 p.m. Mozart – strings, oboes, horns, and piano soloist Hendrix Bailey



Monday, November 25 NO REHEARSAL



Monday, December 2: In room 1000 of Moody (the new wing)

5:30 p.m. *Dress rehearsal Please be on time!

6:25 pm. – CMS provides pizza for the performers

6:30 p.m. CMS Adult Brass Ensemble begins pre-concert music in 1000

7:00 p.m. TYO concert begins – we expect it to conclude around 7:50 p.m.



The concert is free and very child friendly. Invite your friends and family members.

*Students should arrive wearing their concert clothing. White top, black pants or skirt (should cover knees when seated), black shoes.

Good morning TYO members:

Excellent work in rehearsal this week! The challenging rhythms in Little One have improved and the Haydn was a delight with the new sounds added into the mix.

OPEN INVITATION FOR REPERTOIRE SUGGESTIONS:

Dr. Zaheri would like your input on what we should program for our spring session. Please feel free to send suggestions in a message through our page or in an email to Dr. Weigel ([email protected]). We may be able to sight read some of your suggested works (movements?) this fall and then have the whole group vote.



Here is the rehearsal order for this coming week, Monday, October 28:



5:30 p.m. The “Jazz/Pop” pieces. We would like the vibes/marimba players to attend. NO drum set and Jazz soloists this week.

6:00 p.m. Haydn! Full group – everyone who was there this week should attend.

After Haydn if time …. Mozart with Strings Only. Our soloist and horns/oboes will join the group soon.



LINK to Little One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-GUj2Ir0Po

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Good afternoon TYO Strings!

Strings will rehearse with Dr. Zaheri this coming Monday, October 7. Although Tuscaloosa City Schools are on break, TYO follows the UA calendar.

This is the last string-only rehearsal so we must make the most of it! After this Monday, the Jazz guest artists, our piano soloist, Haydn percussionists, and wind/brass players begin to attend.

Happy practicing and we'll see you Monday.

Hello Youth Orchestra String Students and Parents;

We will all meet in the IRR (204) this Monday, September 30 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. with Dr. Zaheri. You did some great work on the Mozart in sectionals so we will definitely work on that piece on Monday.

Mozart Concerto Mvt I = Please make this your priority to practice!

Haydn Kinder-Sinfonie (“Toy” Symphony)

Take Five

Little One

Yesterday

We will be joined by School of Music Jazz faculty members on Take Five and on Little One – on October 14.

I encourage you to keep up individual practice (Mozart!!) so that as soloists add into rehearsals Dr. Zaheri will not have to stop rehearsal to chase notes.


We meet every Monday in October, and November!

Concert Date: Monday, November 25.

If you have yet to enroll for this class (and are not taking it for UA Early College Credit) – please use this link to enroll for “Youth Orchestra (strings)”:

https://ua-app01.ua.edu/uaCommunityMusic/public/

The University of Alabama About the CMS Program: The Community Music School (CMS) is a non-degree granting outreach program for the School of Music which serves interested students of all ages and levels of ability. An accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education, the 60-member CMS faculty is comprise...

TYO strings,

The following links are to help those of you who will audition for Alabama All-State. Here are the excerpts performed by UA Prof. of Viola, Dr. Jacob Adams and Prof. of Cello, Dr. Moises Molina:



Viola:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DiQDGWA6Wk&feature=youtu.be



Cello:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7j29AtPoE&feature=youtu.be

2019-2020 Alabama All-State Orchestra Viola Excerpts (Festival and Sinfonia) In this video, Dr. Jacob Adams, professor of viola at the University of Alabama School of Music, performs the 2019-2020 Alabama All-State Orchestra viola exc...

Hello Youth Orchestra String Students and Parents;

We will meet for sectionals this Monday, September 13 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Your sectional will focus mostly on the Mozart and Haydn, but may also include the other works you have in your folder:

Mozart Concerto Mvt I = Please make this your priority to practice!

Haydn Kinder-Sinfonie (“Toy” Symphony)

Take Five

Little One

Yesterday



LOCATIONS FOR SECTIONALS – go directly to these rooms on Monday

Violin I – ROOM 1000 with Prof. Jenny Gregoire and Doctoral Student, Silvia Suarez

Violin II – RECITAL HAL with Doctoral Student, Silvia Suarez and with Prof. Gregoire

Viola – ROOM 181 with Doctoral Student Lane Perkins

Cello – IRR with Prof. Moisis Molina

Bass – ROOM 258 with Prof. Ben Crofut

Looking further ahead this semester:

We will be joined by School of Music Jazz faculty members on Take Five and on Little One – they join you in a rehearsal (tba) in a few weeks.

Our piano soloist for the Mozart is Hendrix Bailey. His teacher, School of Music Piano Professor, Dr. Kevin Chance, will also begin attending rehearsals (tba) in October. TYO percussionists and our oboes/horns (Mozart) and trumpet/flute (Haydn) will also begin attending in October.

I encourage you to keep up individual practice (Mozart!!) so that as soloists add into rehearsals Dr. Zaheri will not have to stop rehearsal to chase notes.


We meet every Monday in September, October, and November!

Concert Date: Monday, November 25.

If you have yet to enroll for this class (and are not taking it for UA Early College Credit) – please use this link to enroll for “Youth Orchestra (strings)”:

https://ua-app01.ua.edu/uaCommunityMusic/public/

The University of Alabama About the CMS Program: The Community Music School (CMS) is a non-degree granting outreach program for the School of Music which serves interested students of all ages and levels of ability. An accredited member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education, the 60-member CMS faculty is comprise...