Seeking innovative ways to help your orchestra? The Volunteer Council of the League of American Orchestras has the go-to source of great ideas: Gold Book Online, the national resource of successful volunteer projects, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Gold Book Online is packed with information about tried-and-true projects and events created by orchestra volunteers. And it’s available for free via the Web. “The beauty of the Gold Book is that anyone, anywhere, can read all of the information about these successful projects,” says Jane Van Dyk, president of the Volunteer Council. “There are brief descriptions of projects that could work for executive directors, staff, volunteers, and development people. These are projects that have proven track records.” Learn more at goldbookonline.org.
Movie Ticket, Popcorn, Quartet
Theatergoers at the Airport Stadium 12 cinemas in Santa Rosa, California had an unexpected encounter of a new kind in September, when students from the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Ensembles participated in “Get Your Play On: Putting String Instruments in Peoples’ Hands.” Held in the theater lobby from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., the event was part of the ArtsSonoma Festival ’10, a two-week countywide festival of music, visual art, and dance. A quartet from the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra performed arrangements of movie music, and members of the Santa Rosa Symphony and staff offered moviegoers open-string and other simple instruction.
Courtesy Santa Rosa Symphony
A moviegoer tries out a violin, courtesy of Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Ensemble.
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EarShot
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EarShot composer Ryan Gallagher speaks to the audience as the Nashville Symphony and Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero prepare to play his work Grindhouse, 2010.
First Hearings
Orchestras looking for new works and composers looking for orchestras to play them have a matchmaker: EarShot, the National Orchestral Composition Discovery Network, which brings orchestras and composers together for musicreading sessions of new American orchestral music. In addition to giving artistic and professional-development opportunities to emerging composers, the readings provide community experience by engaging conductors, musicians, board members, staff, and audiences with living composers. EarShot’s work also encompasses project planning, calls for scores, adjudication by leading composers, score and part preparation, composer mentors, and financial assistance. Five organizations have teamed up for EarShot: the American Composers Orchestra, American Composers Forum, American Music Center, the League of American Orchestras, and Meet The Composer. Orchestras and composers interested in EarShot should visit www.earshotnetwork.org for details and deadlines.
All About the Music For subscribers and friends of the Reno Chamber Orchestra, an email announcing the September 18 season opener paired a friendly slogan—“Why RCO? It’s all about the music”—with a friendly image. Standing upright in a kayak, face beaming, was “Allison Wren, 58, mountain climber, Ph.D.s in Pharmacology & Philosophy, Founder, Tahoe SUP, Entrepreneur & patent holder, Reno Chamber Orchestra lover.” The image and text, also used in print ads like the one seen here, provided a personality snapshot—one of a series that featured such “RCO lovers” as subscriber Sandy Brown; RCO bassist and Executive Director Scott Faulkner; Concertmaster Ruth Lenz; and three young Suzuki students, members of the Brady family who’ve been attending RCO concerts since the age of three.
“Why RCO? It’s all about the music.” For classical music lovers, there’s nothing quite like the Reno Chamber Orchestra. This season, enrich your life with forty gifted musicians. Five eminent guest soloists. Maestro Theodore Kuchar, the most recorded conductor of his generation. And a close-knit community of music lovers like you. Buy your ticket for a concert or the entire season today.
New Lower Prices Throughout Nightingale Concert Hall See our web site for new sectioned seating chart and concert schedule.
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