Kyle's Program Love?

Well, after long hours of discussion and an arm wrestling tournament, OI did the impossible: we picked a program for our fall concert:

Mendelssohn Midsummer Nights Dream Overture

CPE Bach Flute Concerto

Stravinsky Symphonies of Wind Instruments

Mozart Marriage of Figaro Overture

Prokofiev Classical Symphony

Great program. Everyone gets to show off what they can do on their instrument. Yes folks, there's even some timpani and tuba!

These meetings have been great because they bring everyone together. It's a great way to get to know people. For instance, I met a nice girl whose name is Shelly...or...wait...is it Sharon? Well, anyway, she's an oboist - errr, hold on, bassoon? Anyways, these meetings have been a great way to get to know people.

Just wait til rehearsals begin.

Kyle, percussion

Potential Programs from the Program Committee

Hi everyone,

The program committee wanted to send out four different programs that we put together this afternoon, which tomorrow we will discuss. Everyone take a look at them and come tomorrow prepared to share what you think. Many of the programs contain pieces that can be swapped out with pieces from other programs and the Mozart and Beethoven concerts have two symphonies listed to be voted on, so keep that in mind as well. It might also help to listen to some of the pieces you are not as familiar with. You can do that by using Naxos, which is available through the MSM music library website.

Weber: Overture to Oberon (10')

CPE Bach: Flute Concerto (22')

BREAK

Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 (35') OR Symphony No. 8 (27')

Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments (9') Winds and Perc. ONLY

CPE Bach: Flute Concerto (22')

BREAK

Takemitsu: (10') Strings ONLY

Mozart: Symphony No. 35 (18') OR Symphony No. 39 (29')

Mendelssohn Midsummer Nights Dream Overture (12')

CPE Bach: Flute Concerto (22')

BREAK

Prokofiev: Summer Suite (13')

Kodaly: Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (25')

Verdi: Nabucco Overture (8')

CPE Bach: Flute Concerto (22')

BREAK

Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe (5')

Debussy: Three Nocturnes (25')

See you tomorrow morning!

Madison

Welcome back!

Welcome back! OIMSM is about to start its 2009 season! We are joined this year by the incoming class for the Orchestral Performance program and promising new talent means a promising new season. In addition to our final performance on Friday, November 6, we will have several runout concerts this series. Stay posted for more information.

Thus far, we have had an introductory meeting where Alan Kay, clarinetist from the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra gave us an overview of the project. Mr. Kay, along with several other Orpheus members, will help oversee the OIMSM. We look forward to working with Mr. Kay and his colleagues.

In addition to Mr. Kay's speech, we picked the members of each OIMSM committee. The committees this year are the same as last year. For the upcoming OIMSM series, we hope to post various entries from members of these committees to give our readers a chance to get a better look at how this unique ensemble is run.

Tomorrow marks our second meeting of the series. We hope to decide on a program. Please read the upcoming post by Madison, one of our french horn players and member of the Programming Committee.