Just a Note

 

Volume 6, No. 5                                                                                                                           1.6.17
NMYO Calendar At-A-Glance
1/8      Rehearsal - Flute Choirs

1/9      Rehearsal - Monday Ensembles
            Note new rehearsal times for W/B/P & Chamber Music
           See more info in email from Thursday, Jan. 5th
           
Prelude & Overture: 4:30 - 5:45 pm
            Intermezzo Strings: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
            Intermezzo Chamber Musicians: 6:10 - 7:15 pm
            Intermezzo Winds/Brass/Perc: 4:30 - 6:30 pm
            Wind Ensemble-Only Musicians: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
            Symphony Strings: 5:00 - 7:15 pm
            Symphony Winds/Brass/Perc: 5:00 - 7:15 pm
            Saxophone Chamber Musicians: 5:00 - 7:15 pm
 
1/15   Rehearsal - Flute Choirs

1/16   No Rehearsals - Monday Ensembles
           Martin Luther King Day

1/22   Rehearsal - Flute Choirs

1/23   Rehearsal - Monday Ensembles

1/29   Rehearsal - Flute Choirs

1/30   Rehearsal - Monday Ensembles
           Parent Coffee & Conversation: 5:00 - 6:30 pm 

PLAN NOW for Enrichment Day on Saturday, Feb. 11th
See paragraph below for exact times for your ensemble!         

NMYO NEWS
Here is what's happening at NMYO!
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Trudy Larson Instrument Fellowship  
The Trudy Larson Instrument Fellowship was awarded to Delia Zaleski and Gavin Batsimm at the Afternoon of Winter Concerts in December. The fellowship provides funds for the purchase of a musical instrument. Named for NMYO founder, Trudy Larson, this Fellowship is offered annually and made possible by a generous donor.

Delia, a member of the Select Flute Choir, will use the fellowship to purchase a piccolo. In addition to her musical pursuits, Delia is an honors student at Newburyport High School and is involved in the school's theater program. Gavin, co-concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra, is using the fellowship to help fund his new violin and bow. Outside of music, he is a member of the National Honor Society, the Andover High School Cross Country Team, and serves as Vice President of his school's Science Team.



 Delia Zaleski and Gavin Batsimm
2016-2017 Recipients of Larson Fellowship
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Join Us - Coffee and Conversation
Monday, Jan. 30, 5:00-6:30 pm  
All NMYO families are invited to drop in to join the NMYO staff and board members for coffee and cookies. Get together with other NMYO parents for some social time! Trudy Larson will speak about what skills it takes for a musician to move from one ensemble to the next and can answer your questions about our June auditions for next year. Board members will also introduce our annual Mystery Bag fundraiser planned for the spring concert. 


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Help Distribute Program Book!
Thank you to all of the families who helped procure advertisements for this year's Program Book.

We were unhappy with the first printing of the book and the printer graciously re-printed our entire run. Please pick up a brand new copy at the rehearsal desk.
If you procured an advertisement, please take books to deliver to your advertiser(s). NMYO does not mail advertisers the book due to the cost of postage. Thank you for delivering the books to your advertisers. It will help you repeat them for next year!
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In Case of Snow!

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Rehearsals will be canceled when NMYO receives notification from Masconomet High School or Trinity Episcopal Church that the facilities will be closed due to weather or other emergencies.

We will notify you in the following manner:
  • Group email will be sent first
  • Post to Facebook will be done second
  • Message on NMYO office phone, third
  • Post to www.nmyo.org homepage, fourth

Monday rehearsal musicians can also check the Masconomet Regional High School website; if the school is closed, or closing early, there are no NMYO rehearsals.

 

If necessary, make-up rehearsals for Monday ensembles will be held on Thursday, April 27th. Any make-up rehearsal will be held at the discretion of the Music Director and will be announced via email.   

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Plan Now for Enrichment Day

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The Winter Enrichment Day provides musicians with extended rehearsal, social time, guest artists, and master classes. This year's enrichment is Saturday, February 11 and all musicians are expected to attend. Attendance is absolutely mandatory for all chamber musicians.

 

The day's schedule is as follows:

 

Jr. Flutes, Flute Choir, Select Flute Choir: 10 am - noon

Prelude & Overture: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Intermezzo Strings and W/B/P: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Intermezzo Chamber Group: 12:30 pm - 3:00 pm 

Symphony Strings and W/B/P: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Symphony String Chamber Groups: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Wind Ensemble: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

W/B/P/Saxophone Chamber Groups: 2:00 - 4:00pm 

 

More detailed information to follow closer to the event. 

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Thank you to Year-End Donors
As the new year begins, NMYO wants to thank you for your recent gifts.

Our annual fund donors enable us to serve 185 musicians from 40 towns in northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, provide excellent ensemble training with a superb conducting and coaching staff, and produce nine free-to-the public concerts and a weekend of outreach concerts to area nursing homes.

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift in 2017. DONATE TODAY. Thank you!



Community Music


Who:   Merrimack Repertory Theater
What:  The Making of a Great Moment
With:    Free childcare during the performance
When:
Saturday, January 21st at 4:00 pm
Where: 50 East Merrimack Street
                 Lowell, MA      
More Information
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Who:   Rockport Music Concerts
What:  Classical, Jazz, Folk
When:
Check out the website
Where: Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport
Did You Know:  If available tickets are always FREE for students ages 18 and under. $12 for college students with ID.
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Who:   Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Group
What:  Free Concert featuring Ravel and Borodin
When:
Sunday, February 5 at 3:00 pm
Where: Saltonstall School, Salem, MA
Tickets: General Admission but you must print tickets
  Select how many tickets, click "Show Seats", add to Cart, and follow instructions from there
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In This Issue
THANK YOU
Holiday Musicians!
The following NMYO musicians volunteered to perform holiday music at area banks on Saturday, December 17th:

Gavin Batsimm
Nate Brown
Ashley Cunha
Jeffrey Feng
Caleb Ginsburg
Mollie Guba
Connor Hubbard
Keigan Iwanicki
Gabriel Klein
Katie Maloney
Anna McGrath
Cameron Pagnani
Max Robinson
Julia Song
Alec Strunk
Sam Vandewalle
Samuel Zhang

Thank you for your community service and for spreading holiday cheer! And thank you to the parents who drove them through the snow to get there!

Sr. District Results
Congratulations to the following NMYO musicians who successfully auditioned for the MMEA Senior District Festivals:

Charles Abuza, string bass, orchestra
Gavin Batsimm, violin, orchestra
Olivia Blumenshine, euphonium, band
Roan Elliott-Higgins, violin, orchestra
Leah Harmon, violin, orchestra
Theodore Hsieh, violin, orchestra
Anna McCormack, clarinet, concert band
Erin McCormack, trombone, jazz band
Margaret Mikailov,  trumpet, orchestra
Cameron Pagnani, trombone, concert band
Oliver Pawelek, snare drum, orchestra
Chris Pitcher, trumpet, jazz band
Charlotte Povey, French horn, orchestra
Philip Satterthwaite, flute, band
David Shane, bass, chorus
Alec Strunk, French horn, concert band
Logan Thornton*, bassoon, concert band
Avery Wendell*, flute, orchestra
Alex Zeng, snare drum, orchestra
Samuel Zhang, viola, orchestra

* Principal Player
If you are missing from this list; please let us know and we will add you in the next Just A Note! 
Concert CDs
If you would like to order a professional recording to preserve all of the wonderful memories from the Afternoon of Winter Concerts, download an order form and mail it to the office with your payment. We will also have them at the Monday rehearsal desk.

If anyone took a good quality video and is willing to share, please let the office know. Other parents are inquiring as to whether video is available. 
Summer Music Camps


Looking for summer music camps? We will post contact information for those camps who send us literature. Because most do not send us info, the list is not complete. It is provided as a service only and is not intended to be an endorsement of any camp.

Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music: All levels, ages 12 and up in Nelson, NH.Several ten-day sessions to choose from. More information

Camp Encore Coda:
All instruments and voice for musicians finishing grades 3 through 11 in Sweden, Maine. More information

Kennedy Center Summer Music Institute:
Full scholarship orchestra program. Four weeks in Washington, DC. Apply by January 23, 2017. More information

Lyra Music Festival Workshop: Three week intensive classical chamber and solo music program for intermediate and advanced pianists and string players in middle and high school. July 2-22, Smith College, Northampton, MA. More information

For more summer camp listings, search this website
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Staff  Emails

Gerald J. Dolan, Jr.

Music Director & Intermezzo Orch. Conductor

gerald.dolan@nmyo.org

 

Trudy Larson

Strings & Chamber Music Director

larsontrudy@verizon.net

 

Dr. Walter Pavasaris

Symphony Orchestra Conductor

walter.pavasaris@gmail.com

 

Dr. David Rox

Wind Ensemble Conductor

david.rox@gordon.edu

 

Michael Coelho

Overture Conductor

michaelcoelho90@gmail.com

 

Julie Frias 

Prelude Conductor

julie.m.frias@gmail.com 

 

Trisha Craig

Flute Choirs Conductor

provinsmu@yahoo.com

 

Terri Murphy

Executive Director

terri.murphy@nmyo.org

 

Nicholas Southwick 

Music Coordinator