Orchestra Notes
Newsletter of the
Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra
September 2000
Parent’s Meeting Sunday, September 10th - 1:00 p.m.
at Dunkirk Conference Center.
Please plan on attending the Parent’s
meeting planned for 1:00 p.m.. Sunday, Sept. 10. Learn more about
our upcoming season and the New York City Tour that is being planned
for February 2001. Following the meeting, you are invited to attend
the open rehearsal in Mother’s Memorial Auditorium at 1:45
p.m.
GBYO TEE SHIRTS
Only $10
GBYO Tee shirts will be available at camp the weekend of September 9
and 10.
Look for the display at registration.
Parent Helpers Always Welcome!
If you are one of the parents that drop your child off on Monday
nights and have to “kill time” till 9:30, please
consider stopping in! I’ll put you to work. My goal is to
organize all the music GBYO has collected over the years and I could
use your help sorting and filing music, etc. Just meet me by the
auditorium and we’ll get started! Thanks.
Mary Handley
General Manager
President’s Message....
from the Youth Orchestra Board President
As the new president of the Youth Orchestra I would like to take
the time to welcome the musicians, staff, and parents to the 42nd
season of the GBYO and the 18th season of the GBYSO. This wonderful
organization has, for all these years, strived to provide a place
where some of the finest musicians of Western New York can hone their
skills and grow as both musicians and individuals.
Our season will kick off with a weekend of music camp in Dunkirk,
the weekend following Labor Day. This is always a great time for our
young musicians to renew friendships from previous seasons and
develop new friendships which,. hopefully, will last for years.
Also, I am looking forward to meeting you at our Annual Meeting which
is held the last day of Camp. This year we will once again play side
by side with the Buffalo Philharmonic during November concerts
conducted jointly by Ms. JoAnn Faletta and Dr. Gerard Floriano.
In February our tour schedule will resume with a trip to New York
City to play with the Hudson Valley Youth Symphony over the Patriot's
Day weekend. We will also attend a performance of the New York
Philharmonic. We will again be selling Entertainment Books in October
as a fundraiser for the NYC tour.
A President's Message would not be complete without a plea for help
from our parents. We need help with ticket sales, baking goodies for
the post concert receptions, and selling T-shirts and CD's at the
concerts. I know I can count on your support again this year. If
you can help us in any way please contact one of the Board members to
let us know.
If you have any questions and concerns about the upcoming season
don't hesitate to call me.
Norma Fletcher
GBYO Board President 2000-2001
Parents:
Please ask your musician if there were any
handouts at the rehearsal that you need to see.
Quite often important messages are given to your
child at rehearsal, so get in the habit of checking with them or
checking their music folder.
Program Ad Campaign Continues
It’s not too late to show your support of the
Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra by advertising in this year’s
concert programs. If you are a small business owner or in a position
to approach your employer regarding the possibility of advertising
with us, your support would be greatly appreciated.
Rates start as low as $50. Extra benefits: 1/4 page gives you 1
ticket to each of the three concerts, 1/2 page gives you 2 tickets to
each of the three concerts, and a full page gives you 4 tickets to
each of the three concerts.
Please print this page, fill in the order form and bring it with you
to camp or mail to the address given by September 22, 2000.
If you have any further questions contact Roselyn Laub at 688-6566
PROGRAM ADVERTISEMENT AGREEMENT
Enclosed please find my check in the amount of $____ made payable
to the Youth Orchestra Foundation of Buffalo, Inc.
I am also enclosing a copy of my advertisement as it will appear in
the three Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra 2000-2001 concert season
programs. I understand that business cards may be reduced or
enlarged for 1/8, 1/4, or 1/2 page ads. I am also aware that
camera-ready material may be reduced or enlarged, but should have
approximately the same proportions as the space into which it is to
fit.
Business Name
Signature Date
Please circle your choice below:
Portion of Page Dimensions Rate
Width x Height
1/8 2 3/8” x 1 7/8” $50.00
1/4 4 3/4” x 1 7/8” or
2 3/8” x 3 7/8” 90.00
1/2 4 3/4” x 3 7/8” 150.00
Full Page 4 3/4” x 7 3/4” 250.00
(Inside covers $25.00 extra; Back cover $50.00 extra)
Deadline is September 22, 2000
K. Roselyn Laub
GBYO Advertising Committee
67 Heritage Road East
Williamsville, NY 14221
688-6566
C o n c e rt Receptions
After every concert, it is customary to have a small reception
with refreshments. Each section of the orchestra is responsible to
help by providing refreshments and setting up. Sections will be
notified prior to concert dates.
GBYSO News
The Greater Buffalo Youth String Orchestra will begin its 17th
season this fall with rehearsals starting on Monday, September 11th.
Rehearsals will be held at the Mill Middle School on Mill Street in
Williamsville from 7 to 9 PM. This year's String Orchestra is made
up of 38 string players in grades 4 through 11 from 16 different
public, private and parochial schools in Erie County.
The GBYSO, under the direction of its conductor Dennis Lell, will
be preparing an interesting variety of music for its first concert in
November at Mill Middle School. In observance of the 250th
anniversary of the death of Johann Sebastian Bach, the ensemble will
perform the German master's Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G. Next will
be Mozart's Divertimento #3 for strings written by the Austrian
composer when he was only a teenager. A suite of three compositions
by the gifted Irish cellist and composer Victor Herbert including
pieces entitled "Air De Ballet," "Forget-Me-Not,"
and "Sunset" will be performed. Lastly, the much loved
Capriol Suite by the 20th Century English composer Peter Warlock will
complete the program.
Please come out to support our young string players and attend
our free concerts this season. Our concerts are usually about an
hour in length and feature interesting spoken commentary by our
conductor and, of course, great music from the string orchestra
repertoire.
GBYO To Tour NYC in
February
The New York City Tour plans are progressing
nicely. We will depart early Friday, Feb. 16th, for a rehearsal and
concert with the Hudson Valley Youth Orchestra. We will be staying
in Tarrytown, NY both nights. Saturday, we will go into the city for
a walking tour around lunch, then travel to Lincoln Center for a
back-stage tour, private concert talk with one of the musicians of
the N.Y. Philharmonic, and dinner at the Juilliard cafeteria,
followed by the New York Philharmonic Concert. Dr. Floriano is
arranging a concert in Utica on the way home Sunday, Feb. 18th. More
detailed information will be forthcoming. Fund-raising is available
to the students through the sale of Entertainment Books.
Janice Jones
Fall 2000
Concert Dates
Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra
Sunday, November 5, 2000
3:00 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
724 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY
Side By Side Concert
Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra
with the Buffalo Philharmonic
Wednesday, November 15, 2000
7:30 p.m.
Kleinhans Music Hall
Symphony Circle
Buffalo, NY
Greater Buffalo Youth String
Orchestra
Monday, November 27, 2000
8:00 p.m.
Mill Middle School Auditorium
505 Mill Road
Williamsville, NY
September Calendar
September 9 - 10: Fall Camp - Dunkirk Conference Center
Parents Meeting 9/10 - 1:00 p.m.
11: No GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
18: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
Board Meeting
Announce YO Seating Auditions
25: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
Announce SO Seating Auditions
October Calendar
October 2: 6:30 p.m. Board Meeting
GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
9: GBYO Rehearsal
No SO Rehearsal
16: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
20, 21, 22: GBYO Seating auditions - Lyon’s Hall, Canisius College
23: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
SO Seating Auditions at Mill Middle School
30: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
SO Seating Auditions at Mill Middle School
November Calendar
November 4: YO Dress Rehearsal
Westminster Presbyterian Church
5: GBYO Concert
1 PM Rehearsal
3 PM Concert at
Westminster Presbyterian Church
6: 7:15 Board Meeting
GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
12: Concerto Competition
First Presbyterian Church
13: SO Rehearsal
GBYO - 7-10 PM Rehearsal at
Kleinhans Music Hall with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
15: 6:30 - Rehearsal at Kleinhans
7:30 - GBYO Concert with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
20: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
27: SO Concert - Mill Middle School - 8 PM
GBYO - No Rehearsal
December Calendar
December 4: 6:30 Board Meeting
GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
11: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
18: GBYO Rehearsal
SO Rehearsal
25: Happy Holidays
No GBYO Rehearsal
No SO Rehearsal