SPRING 2018 SESSION INFORMATION
WHAT IS...
NORTH COAST STRINGS?
SPRING OFFERINGS: There are two groups available to join during the
North Coast Strings (NCS) Adult Orchestra is an
Spring 2018 Session. Participants can join one or
educational program for adults (21 and over) who
both groups:
would like to learn—or refresh their skills on—violin, viola, cello or bass in a non-competitive environment. It appeals to both the beginning musician as well as the intermediate player who has some experience on
BEGINNING ENSEMBLE Rehearses: Tuesdays from 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM Conducted by Alyze Dreiling, this group is open to musicians with no or very little experience. Focus is on skill building as well as some limited repertoire.
their instrument but is not quite ready to audition for a community orchestra.
FULL ORCHESTRA Rehearses: Tuesdays from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The program is offered and managed by the
Conducted by Alyze Dreiling, this group is for players
Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California.
with one or more years of musical experience. Occasional sectional rehearsals are led by coaches.
Rehearsals take place at the Museum of Making Music.
Rehearsals focus on repertoire and sectionals focus on skill building as it applies to the repertoire.
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Rehearsal Schedule Rehearsals take place at the Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive, on Tuesdays. BEGINNING ENSEMBLE: 5:00 PM - 6:45 PM FULL ORCHESTRA: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM March: 13, 20, 27
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SPRING 2018 SESSION INFORMATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: FEES Enrollment is $195 for the 14-week Spring 2018 Session. Credit Cards and cash accepted; please make checks payable to the Museum of Making Music. This program fee is non-refundable and there will be no refunds or credits for missed sessions. To enroll, call (760) 304-5809 or visit www.museumofmakingmusic.org/education/north-coast-strings
SCHOLARSHIPS Partial and full scholarships are available to qualified applicants. Please contact Alisa Arkinzadeh at the Museum of Making Music for an application and more information: alisaa@museumofmakingmusic.org
PRINT MUSIC The Museum will LEND all participants sheet music for the session. This music must be returned at the end of the session. Please make markings in pencil and erase before returning. If you would like to purchase the music, we will provide the website for the music selections and you may purchase on your own.
PRACTICE RECORDINGS The Museum provides online audio recordings of the music being performed to aid in personal practice. Links to the audio can be found online at: www.museumofmakingmusic.org/education/north-coast-strings
PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE By participating, you grant permission to the Museum of Making Music and/or NAMM to use photographs or videos obtained during your participation in any North Coast Strings rehearsal or concert in any promotional, educational or other materials produced by or for the Museum of Making Music and hereby waive any and all right to control inspect, or approve such usage. If you do not agree to this please contact Julia Fister.
CONTACT INFORMATION If you have questions or would like more information about the North Coast Strings, please contact: Carolyn Grant, Executive Director Museum of Making Music (760) 304-5809 carolyng@museumofmakingmusic.org
SPRING 2018 PERSONNEL: ALYZE DREILING, CONDUCTOR
GORDON GRUBBS, COACH, CELLO
Alyze Dreiling is an award-winning conductor, and accomplished violinist and violist in San Diego. In addition to serving as the YPO Soloists Ensemble Artistic Director and Conductor since 2010, she is adjunct faculty at Grossmont Colllege, University of San Diego and USD Chamber Music Festival. Dreiling is a violinist with Trio Licenza, the piano trio, in residence at USD, and a member of the California Consort.
Gordon Grubbs, cellist with the Grossmont Symphony String Quintet and principal cellist with the Grossmont Symphony Orchestra, has performed in chamber music and as soloist throughout Southern California and Mexico. Grubbs joined the Wichita Symphony Orchestra while pursuing a degree in music performance at Wichita State University. He has toured extensively in Mexico with the Camerata de Ensenada de Todos Santos and recorded with the Orquesta Pro Musica Ensenada.
ANDREA ALTONA, COACH, VIOLIN I Andrea Altona has trained extensively in teaching the Suzuki Methods as well as the Mark O’Connor Method and has over 20 years of teaching experience. She served as President of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 325 from 2012-2016. Altona has performed with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra Nova), as substitute with the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera, the New World Symphony, and has performed on several motion picture scores including Freaky Friday and Legally Blonde II.
BERTRAM TURETZKY, COACH, BASS
JUDY COKER, COACH, VIOLIN II
Paula Simmons received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Viterbo College and her Master of Music in Viola Performance from Florida State University. Before moving to San Diego, she performed with the El Paso Symphony, the Pro Musica Chamber Ensemble in El Paso Texas, and the Jacksonville Symphony in Jacksonville Florida. Since moving to California, Simmons has freelanced extensively in the San Diego area and the Baja with a variety of orchestras, chamber ensembles and guest performers including Starlight Theatre, San Diego Comic Opera, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra de Baja, Camarata de Ensenada, the Bolshoi and San Francisco Ballet, The Moody Blues, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Burt Bacharach, Dion Warwick, Natalie Cole, and Michael Crawford. In November 2008, she became the founding conductor for the North Coast Strings.
Judy Coker has her Masters in Performance from the Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins. She is a past member of both the San Diego Symphony and San Diego Opera Orchestra. Coker also taught string ensemble at Francis Parker School in San Diego for 22 years before retiring.
JENNIFER ALBRENT, COACH, VIOLA Jennifer Albrent has her BA in Music Performance from Boston University and her MFA in Viola Performance from California Institute of the Arts. Albrent has been an Arts Administrator at The Neighborhood Music School and the Khabele School and is now a self-employed performer and teacher.
Bertram Turetzky is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, teacher, and author of The Contemporary Contrabass (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featuring it as a solo performance vehicle with no other instrumental accompaniment. Turetzky is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego.
PAULA SIMMONS, FOUNDING CONDUCTOR