GENERAL INFO

Questions & answers about aspects of membership in GCYO as an organization and as an honors level class.

DO I HAVE TO PAY A FEE TO BE A MEMBER OF GCYO? WHAT IF I DON’T ATTEND GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOLS?

WHEN AND WHERE ARE REHEARSALS? WHEN SHOULD I ARRIVE FOR REHEARSAL?

HOW MANY REHEARSALS ARE THERE FOR EACH CONCERT? WHAT IS MY ROLE IN THESE REHEARSALS?

WHAT ABOUT MY PARTICIPATION IN GCYO CONCERTS? WHAT IF I MISS ONE?

HOW AM I “PLACED” IN MY ORCHESTRA SECTION?

I WANT TO BE “FIRST CHAIR” IN MY SECTION.  HOW DO I DO THAT? WHAT ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS “FIRST CHAIR?”

HOW SHOULD I DRESS FOR CONCERT EVENTS? DO I HAVE TO DRESS UP FOR “DRESS REHEARSAL?”

TELL ME ABOUT MY FOLDER OF MUSIC...

WHAT IS HONORS LEVEL CREDIT (HLC)? HOW DO I EARN MY GRADE IN GCYO?

HOW DO I MAINTAIN MY MEMBERSHIP IN GCYO?

NOW THAT I’M IN GCYO, SHOULD I CONTINUE MEMBERSHIP IN MY SCHOOL STRINGS AND BAND CLASSES, AND PRIVATE LESSONS?

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EXPECTATIONS

Rehearsal & Concert Attendance Policies

• You are allowed to miss a total of five (5) rehearsals per season (that is, from August to May).
• You mustnotify the orchestra’s Personnel Manager, Mr. Jeff Purtle, before you intend to miss. 
• If you miss because you become ill, your parent must call and notify us at 241-3557. 
• If you miss a rehearsal and fail to call us about it, you must bring a note, signed by your parent, to the following rehearsal.
• If missing rehearsals becomes an issue between you and GCYO, we’ll assume that you lack the necessary commitment to be a good member, and you will be dismissed from the orchestra.
• Having too much homework is not considered a valid excuse for missing a rehearsal. We also are a class, and when you are absent, it is impossible to make up the work!  Plan ahead with regard to academic responsibilities.
• You are not permitted to miss any dress rehearsals. These final rehearsals are geared toward pulling the elements of the orchestra together for the performance, and you are needed to in order to accomplish this.

For each rehearsal:

• Arrive no later than 10 minutes before the start of any rehearsal, and no more than 30 minutes before the start of any concert.  (In music, being on time is LATE.  Being early is ON TIME!)
• Bring your instrument, in good repair and ready to play
• Bring YOUR music.  (String players: don’t think you can leave your music folder home because “my stand partner will bring it.”)

Bring a pencil TO EVERY REHEARSAL!

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SCHEDULE

Greenville County Youth Orchestra 2006-2007

INSTRUMENTATION

Each repertoire item lists the wind instrumentation and the quantity of strings included with the set of parts. Woodwinds and brass instrumentation is indicated as follows: 2222/4231 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons / 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba. Principal auxiliary instruments (piccolo, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon) are linked to their respective instruments with either a 'D' if the same player doubles the auxiliary instrument, or a '+' if an extra player is required. Instruments shown in parentheses have been designated as optional, and may be omitted. Thus: 3D1.2+1.3D1(+Eb).3+1/8D4.4+2.4.2, timp, perc, 2 harp, str indicates 3 flutes with one doubling on piccolo, 2 oboes plus 1 English horn, 3 clarinets with one doubling on bass clarinet plus 1 optional Eb clarinet, 3 bassoons plus 1 contrabassoon / 8 horns with 4 doubling on Wagner tubas, 4 trumpets plus 2 cornets, 4 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani, percussion, 2 harps, and strings.

GCYO Orchestra Retreat

August 10-12, Furman University and McAlister Auditorium

Dress for all rehearsals & concert: GCYO camp shirt, slacks or long skirt

REPERTOIRE

Sinfonietta on Russian Themes, Op. 31

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, NIKOLAI    1844 - 1908  

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: 2222/4230 TIMP STR, Duration: 23:00

Comment: Please be prepared to rehearse and perform allmovements

Romances for Violin: No. 2 (F) Op. 50

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN   1770 - 1827  

Hannah Kelly, violin

Style: Classical

Instrumentation: 1202/2000, str; Duration: 9:00

Jeux D'Enfants, Op. 22 (Petite Suite)

BIZET, GEORGES   1838 - 1875  

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: 2D1,2,2,2/4200 TIMP PERC STR

Duration: 10:00

Comments: Marche (Trompette et Tambour), Berceuse (La Poupee), Impromptu (La Toupie), Duo, Galop

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE: Overture (orig Italian ed.)

ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO   1792 - 1868  

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: 2222/2210 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 7:00

GCYO Middle School Orchestra Festival (MSOF)

Special performing guests: The GCY-Philharmonic

November 3-4, Mauldin Middle School

Dress for all rehearsals & concert: GCYO camp shirt, slacks or long skirt

Note: For the Middle School Orchestra Festival, the GCYO Chamber Orchestra (CO) serves as Host Orchestra. The festival begins on Friday evening, and continues into the day on Saturday The Philharmonic, along with the GCYO Chamber Orchestra and the Middle School Festival Orchestra, performs at the concluding concert on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.  The festival schedule works as follows:

• Friday, November 3, 6:00-9:00: MSOF begins; only CO members attend
• Saturday, November 4, 9:00-3:00: MSOF continues; only CO members attend
• Saturday, November 4, 4:00 PM:  MSOF Concluding Concert

GCYO Young Artist Concert No.1 (“Fall Sampler”)

Tuesday, October 17, 2006, 8:00 P.M.

Dorothy Gunter Theater, Peace Center for the Performing Arts

Dress: Concert black

Admission: $10.00; call the Peace Center Box Office (241-3000) for tickets

REPERTOIRE

Afternoon of a Faun

DEBUSSY, CLAUDE   1862 - 1918  

Style: Impressionist

Instrumentation: 3,2+1,2,2/4000 PERC 2 HRP STR; Duration: 9:00

Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a
BRAHMS, JOHANNES   1833 - 1897  
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2+1/4200 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 17:00

Viola Concerto in b (Casadesus)

HANDEL, GEORGE F.   1685 - 1759  

DJ Cheek, viola

Style: Baroque

Instrumentation: 2 fl, 2 bsn, str, va solo; Duration: 13:00

MY COUNTRY: No. 2, The Moldau
SMETANA, BEDRICH   1824 - 1884  
Style: Romantic
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4331 TIMP PERC HRP STR: Duration: 13:00

Also:

Repertoire from the Orchestra Retreat Concert as appropriate

Chamber Orchestra and other full orchestra  selections TBA

Two or three works performed by The Philharmonic

Sample Rehearsal

6:15-6:55: Handel/Casadesus; Dvorak Serenade

7:00-7:50: Smetana

8:50-8:25: Debussy

8:25-8:40: Intermission

8:40-9:30: Brahms

MSOF/FSC Rehearsal Sequence (All rehearsals at FAC unless otherwise noted. 

Rehearsals are from 7:00 to 9:30 for Full Orchestra; 6:15 to 7:00 for Chamber Orchestra)

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #1: August 15 – small group sectionals

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #2: August 22 – small group sectionals & full orchestra

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #3: August 29 – large group sectionals

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #4: September 5 – large group sectionals

              Chair auditions take place during this rehearsal

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #5: September 13– full orchestra

Turn in Fall Scholarship applications by this rehearsal

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #6: September 19– full orchestra

              Fall Scholarship auditions held during this rehearsal

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #7: September 26– full orchestra

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #8: October 3 – full orchestra

MSOF/FSC rehearsal #9: October 10 – full orchestra

FALL SAMPLER CONCERT, Dorothy Gunter Theater

• 4:15-6:00: Dress Rehearsal
• 6:00-8:00: Dinner/rest
• 8:00: Concert

MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL, Mauldin Middle School

• Friday, November 3rd, 6:00-9:00 PM
• Saturday, Nocvember 4th, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM; 4:00 concert

GCYO Young Artist Concert No.2  (“Shoulder to Shoulder”)

Thursday, January 4, 2007, 8:00 P.M.

Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Dorothy Gunter Theater

Dress: Concert black

Admission: $10.00; call the Peace Center Box Office (241-3000) for tickets

Note: Shoulder to Shoulder is a joint concert given by GCYO and members of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  This year, the full GCYO will be paired with members of the Greenville Symphony for all rehearsals and the concert the week of January 1st.  See schedule below.

AFTER SCHOOL ORCHESTRAS Winter Orchestras Concert

Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 7:30 P.M.

Wade Hampton High School Auditorium

Dress: Concert black

Admission: $5:00 adult; all students are free; tickets are available at the door the evening of the concert

REPERTOIRE

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 107 (movement I only)

SHOSTAKOVICH, D.   1906 - 1975  

Seth Russell, cello

Style: 20th Century

Instrumentation: 2D1,2,2,2D1/1000 TIMP CEL STR; Duration of first movement: 6:00

Lt. Kije Suite, Op. 60
PROKOFIEFF, SERGEI   1891 - 1953  
Style: 20th Century
Instrumentation: 2+1,2,2,2/4,2+1,3,1 SAX 3PERC PF CEL HRP STR OPT BAR.
Duration: 18:00
Comments: Birth of Kije, Romance, Kije's Wedding, Troika, Burial of Kije

Skylife
BALAKRISHNAN, DAVID (1954? - )
instrumentation: strings only

Rhapsody in Blue, Piano & Orchestra

GERSHWIN, GEORGE   1898 - 1937  

Soloist: Carolyn Carrier (graduate of Furman University)

Style: 20th Century

Instrumentation: 2232/3331 3SAX (optional) TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 20:00

Sample Rehearsal:

6:15-6:55: Chamber Strings: Balakrishnan

7:00-8:00: Prokofieff

8:00-8:30: Shostakovich

8:30-8:45: Intermission

8:45-9:30: Gershwin

S2S/WOC Rehearsal Sequence (All rehearsals at FAC unless otherwise noted. 

Rehearsals are from 7:00 to 9:30 for Full Orchestra; 6:15 to7:00 for Chamber Orchestra)

S2S/WOC rehearsal #1: October 24 – small group sectionals

S2S/WOC rehearsal #2: October 31 – small group sectionals

S2S/WOC rehearsal #3: November 7 – large group sectionals

S2S/WOC rehearsal #4: November 14 – large group sectionals & full orchestra

              Chair auditions take place during this rehearsal

S2S/WOC rehearsal #5: November 21 – full orchestra

S2S/WOC rehearsal #6: November 28 – full orchestra

S2S/WOC rehearsal #7: December 5 – full orchestra

S2S/WOC rehearsal #8: December 12 – full orchestra

S2S/WOC rehearsal #9: December 19 – full orchestra

S2S Final Rehearsal Sequence

Tuesday, January 2, 2007, Fine Arts Center

• 6:15-6:55: GCYO only rehearsal
• 7:00-9:30: Combined GCYO/ GSO rehearsal

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, Dorothy Gunter Theater

• 7:00-9:30: Combined GCYO/ GSO rehearsal

Thursday, January 4, 2007, Dorothy Gunter Theater

• 5:00-6:00: OPTIONAL rehearsal for GCYO
• 8:00: CONCERT

SFC/WOC rehearsal #a: January 9 – small group sectionals and full orchestra (begin new repertoire)

             Applications for soloist audition 2006-2007 available at this rehearsal

SFC/WOC rehearsal #b: January 16 – small group sectionals and full orchestra

SFC/WOC rehearsal #c: January 23 – large group sectionals and full orchestra

              Applications for soloist audition 2006-2007 due at this rehearsal

Monday, January 29: OPTIONAL REHEARSAL at WHHS auditorium, later afternoon or evening TBA

January 30: WINTER ORCHESTRAS CONCERT, Wade Hampton High School Auditorium

• 4:30-5:30: Dress Rehearsal (we will cancel this rehearsal and dinner if we rehearse Monday, 1/30
• 5:30-7:30: Dinner/Rest
• 7:30 Concert

GCYO Chamber Orchestra: Generation-to-Generation Concert

Thursday, April 19, 2007, 7:00 P.M.

Dress: Concert black

Fine Arts Center Theater – Admission: Free

Generation to Generation is a combined art gallery opening and concert event at the Fine Arts Center.  The GCYO Chamber Orchestra, as well as soloists and small ensembles from the Fine Arts Center, participate in this concert. 

REPERTOIRE

Saxophone Concerto, E Flat

GLAZOUNOW, ALEXANDER   1865 - 1936 

Soloist: Matthew Hayes

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: STRINGS ALT SAX SOLO; Duration: 13:00

The Number of Things (1999)

GRIER, JON JEFFREY (1953 - )

Style: 20th Century

Instrumentation: Alto saxophone OR clarinet; 1 percussionist, strings; Duration: 11:00

Note: Matthew Hayes or current GCYO Principal Clarinet and Ben Tomlinson participating

GCYO Young Artist Concert No.3 (“Spring Finale”)

Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 8:00 PM

Peace Center for the Performing Arts, Dorothy Gunter Theater

Dress: Concert black

Admission: $10.00; call the Peace Center Box Office (241-3000) for tickets

Repertoire will include current full and Chamber Orchestra repertoire.

AFTER SCHOOLS ORCHESTRAS Spring Orchestras Concert

Tuesday, April 24, 2007; 7:30 PM

Wade Hampton High School Auditorium

Dress: Concert black

Admission: $5:00 adult; all students are free; tickets are available at the door the evening of the concert

REPERTOIRE

Saxophone Concerto, E Flat

GLAZOUNOW, ALEXANDER

Strings & solo saxophone

Matthew Hayes, saxophone

The Number of Things (1999)

GRIER, JON JEFFREY (1953 - )

Style: 20th Century

Instrumentation: Alto saxophone OR clarinet; 1 percussionist, strings; Duration: 11:00

Note: Matthew Hayes or current GCYO Principal Clarinet and Ben Tomlinson participating

WILLIAM TELL: Overture

ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO   1792 - 1868  

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: 1+1,2D1,2,2/4230, timp, perc, str; Duration: 11:00

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 49

KABALEVSKY, DMITRI   1904 - 1987  

Meredith Bowden, cello

Style: 20th Century

Instrumentation11212/2110 TIMP PERC STR; Duration: 6:00 (1st movement only)

Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (3rd Version)

TSCHAIKOWSKY, PETER ILLICH    1840 - 1893  

Style: Romantic

Instrumentation: 2+1,2+1,2,2/4231 TIMP PERC HP STR; Duration: 19:00

And possibly...

First Essay, Op. 12
BARBER, SAMUEL   1910 - 1981  
Style: 20th Century
Instrumentation: 2222/4331, timp, PF STR
Duration: 8:00

Sample Rehearsal:

6:15-6:55: Chamber Strings: Glazounow, Grier

7:00-8:00: Tschaikovsky

8:00-8:25: Kabalevsky

8:25-8:40: Intermission

8:40-9:30: Rossini

SFC/SOC  Rehearsal Sequence (All rehearsals at FAC unless otherwise noted. 

Rehearsals are from 7:00 to 9:30 for full Orchestra; 6:15 to 7:00 for Chamber Orchestra)

SFC/SOCrehearsal #1: February 6 – large group sectionals and full orchestra

              Soloist applications are due this rehearsal.

SFC/SOC rehearsal #2: February 13 – full orchestra

              Chair auditions take place during this rehearsal

SFC/SOC rehearsal #3: February 20 – full orchestra

SFC/SOC rehearsal #4: February 27 - full orchestra

SFC/SOC rehearsal #5: March 6 – full orchestra

Turn in scholarship audition forms this rehearsal.

SFC/SOC rehearsal #6: March 13 – full orchestra

              Summer Scholarship auditions held during this rehearsal

SFC/SOC rehearsal #7: March 20 – full orchestra

SFC/SOC rehearsal #8: March 27 – full orchestra

              Greenville County Schools Spring Break: April 2-6, 2007

SFC/SOC rehearsal #9: April 10 – full orchestra

SPRING FORMAL CONCERT, April 17, Dorothy Gunter Theater

• 4:15-6:00: Dress Rehearsal
• 6:00-8:00: Dinner/rest
• 8:00: Concert

Monday, April 23: REHEARSAL at WHHS auditorium, later afternoon or evening TBA

AFTER SCHOOLS ORCHESTRAS SPRING ORCHESTRA Concert, April 24, Wade Hampton High School Auditorium

• 7:30 Concert

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007, 6:00 PM

Greenville County Youth Orchestra Awards Banquet

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DONATE – VOLUNTEER

The School District of Greenville County provides an excellent base for GCYO:  faculty, rehearsal space, transportation for equipment, and some funds for music and supplies. MANY of the activities of the orchestra, however, are possible thanks to the efforts of parents who join the GCYO Association. The Association, a non-profit organization, gives Greenville County Youth Orchestra its characteristic breadth of activities and services, like scholarships, Orchestra Camp, the Middle School Orchestra Festival, rental of local performing venues, hiring of additional coaches and musicians, providing refreshments for rehearsals and concerts and much more.

Greenville County Youth Orchestra could not offer the range of experiences it does without the crucial assistance of the GCYO Association. The GCYO Association needs you to become a member!  For more information, call Association President Holly Caprell at 864-963-5857

Levels of Membership:Director ($1000+)

Conductors Circle ($500+)

Romantic ($150-$499)

Classical ($100-$149)

Baroque ($45-$99)

Medieval (up to $30)

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CULTURAL RESOURCES
The GREENVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GCYO's Shoulder-to-Shoulder concert is made possible by the outstanding support of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  During the 2006-2007 school year, the GSO will spend over $700,000 in grant money on music projects in our schools, particularly those considered disadvantaged, or exhibiting special needs. Shoulder-to-Shoulder is one of these projects, and is directed toward advanced student musicians who may be considering a career in music. Education Coordinator Ruth Berry is in charge of Shoulder-to-Shoulder, as well as the many other educational projects of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.  The GCYO Association will fund rental of the Peace Center’s Dorothy Gunter Theater, and will work with GCYO Director Dr. Gary Auguste Robinson in the project’s many facets.

Show your support of Greenville County Youth Orchestra by attending the Shoulder-to-Shoulder concert on Thursday, January 4, 2007.  And please support the Greenville Symphony Orchestra in its 2006-2007 season.  For a complete listing of its masterworks concerts, chamber concerts, and other concert events, visit the Greenville Symphony Orchestra at www.greenvillesymphony.org.

METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL

SOUTH CAROLINA ARTS COMMISSION

          Greenville County Youth Orchestra is proud to be a member of Greenville’s Metropolitan Arts Council. Supported by local businesses, MAC makes thousands of dollars available to community arts organizations through grants.  MAC also receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts through the South Carolina Arts Commission. You can visit the Metropolitan Arts Council at www.greenvillearts.com.

DISCOUNT RECORDINGS FROM HORIZON RECORDS

          All orchestra members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with music they will be performing in GCYO by listening to good recordings.  Horizon Records (Gene Berger, Owner) is specially stocking recordings of our 2006-2007 concert literature and will offer it at a discount to members of GCYO.  We hope that members will take advantage of this special and unique offer.  Horizon Records  (864-235-7922) is located at the intersection of North Main Street and Stone Avenue in Greenville, and can be visited online at www.horizonrecords.net.

Performing Arts

Three outdoor amphitheatres will showcase local and regional groups and highlight international themes with an array of cultural programming. The Peace Center Amphitheatre, The Carolina First Amphitheatre in Falls Park, and The Bowater Amphitheatre in Falls Park will be filled with entertainment throughout the festival weekend. A bundling of the local arts will showcase events at The Peace Center Main Hall and Gunter Theatre, The Greenville Little Theatre, The Warehouse Theatre, and Center-Stage – SC! All of this providing a fun, entertaining atmosphere surrounding the other festival activities.

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