Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra

Tchai-cough,cough,cough-ski... sniff

2010-03-02T10:25:00.003-06:00

Rehearsal has been called off for today (3-2-10), Mme. Hastings sounded to be not only under the weather, but a stationary cold front...

Highs today are expected to be in the third floor, with widely scattered flurries in all practice rooms during the 5:00 hour.

The forecast for Thursday looks good however. Stay tuned to this station for further developments... expositions... recapitulations...

Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule

2009-12-01T14:50:00.001-06:00

Here's the upcoming rehearsal schedule for this/next week:

Tues., Dec 1st - No rehearsal
Thur., Dec 3rd - Symphony run through

Tues., Dec 8th - Overture run through and Concerto 'listen through'
Thur., Dec 10th - Dr. Ross Orchestration class read through.

More to come from Mme. Hastings, watch your e-mail...

Stella receives a new podium

2009-10-19T10:53:00.005-05:00

Mme. Hastings and the Symphony has had a quick boost. There is a feature story on our director, and a great photo montage of Stella and our last concert linked on the University home page. Do a few refreshes if necessary to get to the rotating feature story. Or go directly to http://www.pittstate.edu/stories/detail.dot?id=137156

Rehearsal Schedule for Nov. 22nd Concert

2009-09-29T11:24:00.004-05:00

The Symphony will perform a concert of Antonin Dvorak including his Violin Concerto, featuring
Dr. Selim Giray, and Symphony No. 8, Opus 88.

Regular Rehearsal (T/Th 5:00-6:15 Kelce)

Th - Oct 01
T - Oct 06
Th - Oct 08 (NO Rehearsal)
T - Oct 13
Th - Oct 15 (NO Rehearsal)
T - Oct 20
Th - Oct 22
T - Oct 27 (Winds only)
Th - Oct 29 (Winds only)

T - Nov 03
Th - Nov 05
T - Nov 10
Th - Nov 12

Nov 17-22 Concert Week (Tutti)

T - Nov 17 – Kelce
7:00-9:30

WED - Nov 18 - Kelce
7:00-9:30

Dress Rehearsal
Fri - Nov 20 – Memorial
7:00-9:30 (if needed)

Our Secret is Out!

2009-08-06T09:52:00.006-05:00

Wouldn't you know it...

For years we've succeeded in keeping "the secret". But a spy has infiltrated our midst. This grainy photo (obviously taken by a concealed spy camera) has shown up on the web site of a radical gorilla organization, showing Mme. Hastings concealing the little kid that actually directs us. We've all sworn an oath not to reveal her secret of standing behind "mini-maestro", hiding him from the audience while he conducts, and our congratulations to everyone for their valiant efforts over the years.

But no more... and after all of those secret hand shakes, hand signs, and code phrases (remember "Klezmer"? "Intrilligator"? "Kajootie"? ) ... The jinx is up.

Sigh...... we're gonna miss Mini....

KC Symphony lists their 2009-10 season schedule

2009-07-07T12:33:00.004-05:00

The Kansas City Symphony has listed their 2009-10 Classical, Pops, and Family program. Many SEK Symphony members have carpooled to these concerts in the past and it's a fantastic way to make new friends, split travel expenses, and hear a fine concert.

Take a look at the pieces, dates, and locations of this full concert season. And for the fun of it, check out the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts web site.

First Annual Double Bass Symposium

2009-04-28T09:48:00.003-05:00

Here are a few photos from the First Annual PSU Double Bass Symposium on April 19th, 2009. Sallie Lupis, Sue Stubbs of the Missouri State University Music department, and master bass restorer Aidan Mullarney of Kansas City Strings were on hand to work with local area bassists.

We hope this becomes a continuing event to help grow double bass instruction in the four state area!

Oratorio Rehearsals - Final Four!

2009-04-20T11:11:00.002-05:00

Final two weeks of Oratorio orchestra rehearsals (Tuesday/Thursday outline. This does NOT include the FRIDAY & SATURDAY dress rehearsal outline which will be forthcoming).

Kelce Auditorium for all of these:

Tuesday, 4/21
5:00 Tutti, except for euphonium
5:25 Horn 3-4 done
Movements w/Soloists, remainder of rehearsal

Thursday, 4/23
5:00 Tutti movements (Carly, please note: we need to have the piano included in the set-up)
5:25 Euphonium done
Movements w/Soloists, remainder of rehearsal

Tuesday, 4/28
5:00 Strings only
Review of a few tricky movements for strings
All the rest of the time: recits and arias w/soloists

Thursday, 4/30
5:00 Truly Tutti!! (necessary to have piano included in the set-up)
May or may not be a few soloists in the mix...primarily an instrumental focus

Double Bass Symposium at PSU!

2009-04-09T09:50:00.005-05:00

Double bass students of all levels, double bass enthusiasts, and music teachers are all invited to the first ever Double Bass Day at Pittsburg State University on Sunday, April 19, from 1-5pm. in PSU's Kelce Auditorium.

Join us for an afternoon of masterclasses by Sue Stubbs and a seminar by master bass restorer Aidan Mullarney. Ms. Stubbs will join us from Missouri State University to conduct masterclasses for students of any level. Mr. Mullarney of Kansas City Strings will be teaching us about the mechanics and maintenance of the bass.

This is a wonderful opportunity for students to prepare a piece, perform it, and have immediate feedback from an excellent bassist. Students of all levels are encouraged to play.

In addition to the masterclass, this is a great chance to learn about how to take care of your bass, as well as to gain insights into how the instrument is constructed. Also not to be missed is the experience of seeing and trying out fine basses that Mr. Mullarney will bring.

Please contact Sallie Lupis, adjunct bass teacher at Pittsburg State University, at her hotmail account "sallieeliza" with any questions, and to sign up to play for Ms. Stubbs.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Kansas City Symphony is performing in Ft. Scott

2009-04-09T09:26:00.001-05:00

FORT SCOTT Fine Arts Center Grand Opening - Almost Sold Out!

Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 7:30 pm

Steven Jarvi, conductor

The Kansas City Symphony will perform during the grand opening of the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College, Ft. Scott, Kan. The concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with tours and a dedication ceremony prior to the event. The center will house the Gordon Parks Museum/Center for Culture and Diversity, the 600-seat Kathy Ellis Academic Hall and classrooms and office space for the FSCC art, music, theatre and speech programs.

Tickets are available at the FSCC Gordon Parks Center, 2108 S. Horton St., and at the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce, 231 E. Wall St. Tickets can also be purchased by calling the college at (620) 223-2700.

Rehearsal schedule - April 7 & 9, 2009

2009-04-06T16:17:00.001-05:00

Tuesday – enrolled string students please meet in McCray 211 for course evaluations (begin at 5, end within 20 minutes)

April 7

TUESDAY: WW/Brass/Timp only

14
21 (m. 93 on)
22 (D to end)
Ov (opening, C, G to end)
Euphonium done

13
Horns 3-4 done

32
1 (opening, to A, C to end)

20 (m. 12 on)
35 (at F)
Trps/Timp done

25
Trbs done

37 (mm 7-24)
Trombones done

28 (Adagio)
Flute 1 done

If/as time remains:

42
6
24

April 9 –

Enrolled Wind & Percussion students - please meet in McCray 211 for course evaluations (begin at 5, end within 20 minutes)

THURSDAY: Strings only

We will begin with some aria/recit contexts (with singers).

Later part of rehearsal, I’d like to touch the following passages:

30 (tuning issues)
14 (Letter E through m.161, tuning issues)
1 (at A)
11 (at Allegro)
20 (at Allegro)

1st chair players: if you have other passages that you would prefer to see on the Agenda, please let me know by Wednesday. Thanks! SH

4-2-09 Oratorio Rehearsal

2009-04-01T14:50:00.001-05:00

5:00-6:15pm

Larger Movements

14 (Euphonium optional, can catch this on the next round)

Horn 3-4 done; Trombones done

Smaller Movements

Trumpet & Timpani done

Flute 2 done

Flute 1 done

Horn 1 done

Clarinets done

Bassoon, if there, done

11 strings only

Overture strings only

If time remains: begin Recits

Tuesday Rehearsal (3-31-09)

2009-03-30T11:10:00.001-05:00

Kelce Auditorium ~ 5:00-6:15pm

Tutti movements

Overture
21
22
43/44
Euphonium done
Hn 3-4 done

Smaller movements

35
37/8
Trps done
Timp done

39
Horn 1 done

41
Flute 2 done

24
Flute 1 done

If time remains:

19
30
Clarinets done

26
27
string passages in 11 and/or 1 (Letter A)

March 26 Oratorio Rehearsal

2009-03-25T16:54:00.000-05:00

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: (there are two separate listings for this sectional rehearsal)

5:00-6:15
McCray 105 (With Mrs. Hastings)

Personnel:
Hn 3 & 4
Trumpets
Trombones

Material to be worked:
#13
#14, from H on
#15
#21, from C on
#22, from D on
#17 (no horns in this)

---------------

5:00-6:15
Kelce Auditorium (with Dr. Marchant)

Personnel:
Strings
Flutes
Clarinets
Bassoon (optional, per Rusty’s availability)
Horn 1

Material to be worked (in order):
#18
#28
#37/8
#32
#34
#41
#25
#2
Flute 2 done
#6
#42
#24
Flute 1 done
#19
#39
Horn done
#30
Clarinets & Bassoon done
#11 Strings alone
#1 Strings alone, at A

SEKSO Rehearsal for 3-30-09

2009-03-10T12:00:00.001-05:00

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Everyone (distribute Part II parts, read with all members present*)

6:15 END

* Dr. Marchant will release players as she moves on to movements that utilize fewer & fewer instruments. Strings, plan on staying. Everyone else will be excused as the rehearsal continues.

Questions? Let me know!

Thanks,

Rehearsal schedule (2-24-09)

2009-02-24T14:16:00.001-06:00

Quick reminder: No rehearsals this week (24th, and 26th). We begin on the Oratorio rehearsals on March 3rd.

Premier concert w/Beethoven on keyboard...

2009-02-24T12:40:00.005-06:00

I wasn't going to post this until after the concert, since you never know what's going to happen. This is a snip from the N ew Mexico Symphony program notes page for the Beethoven Piano Concerto, which they are doing in March. Now that our performance has past, I thought you might get a kick out of reading their write-up on the premier concert:

"What a shambles it must have been that December night in Vienna. 1808, if memory served. Bloody hopeless patrons, under-rehearsed players, a dim and shivering audience. And which bright spark imagined it a good idea to premiere the Fifth and the mighty Pastoral on the same night? Plus the Fourth Concerto? Plus the Choral Fantasia. Four hours in an unheated hall. No wonder it was a disaster. Nowadays, with a decent agent, a diligent manager--or better still, with an enlightened patron who might dispel the need for these grubbing ten-per-centers... Sir Jack felt for the mighty Ludwig, he truly did."

- from England, England by Julian Barnes

Such were the conditions at the first performance of the Fourth Piano Concerto, during a massive concert devoted to Beethoven's music at Vienna's Theater an der Wein. The concert was marred by a tragi-comic series of accidents. Beethoven was performing the piano solo part but as Louis Spohr recalled: "at the first tutti, forgetting that he was the soloist, he jumped up and began to conduct in his own peculiar fashion. At the first sforzando he threw out his arms so wide that he knocked over both the lamps from the music stand of the piano. The audience laughed, and Beethoven was so beside himself over this that he stopped the orchestra and made them start over again. Ignaz von Seyfried, worried for fear this would happen again in the same place, took the precaution of ordering two boys from the chorus to stand next to Beethoven and hold the lamps in their hands. One of them innocently stepped closer to follow the music from the piano part, but when the fatal sforzando burst forth, the poor boy received such a sharp slap in the face from Beethoven's right hand that he dropped the lamp on the floor. The other boy, more wary, succeeded in avoiding the blow by ducking in time. If the audience had laughed the first time, they now indulged in a bacchanalian riot. Beethoven was in such a fury that when he struck the first chord of the solo entrance he broke six strings. After this incident, Beethoven wanted to give no more concerts."

Sometimes our perceptions of an 'icon' keeps us from remembering that they are simply... human... Here's the full program notes page.

Good job, everyone! R

Musipedia added to Orchestra Toolbar

2009-02-19T10:10:00.004-06:00

We've added a new resource to the SEK Symphony Toolbar. Click on the toolbar "links", then "Practice Helps" to find the Musipedia melody search page. Along with the online tuner and metronome sites, the Musipedia will help you with your studies by allowing you to pin down those melodies you can't identify.

You may use your mouse with a piano keyboard interface, or using the "Parsons code", you may locate a melody using the melodic contour.

Other features? Search by rhythmic contour by tapping them out at the computer keyboard, play into your computer's microphone, or use the mouse to draw notes on a staff.

There is also a link on their page to a site called "Melodyhound" which you should also try. Experiment and let us know which ones you like the best!

Dress Week Rehearsal schedule (2-16 / 2-22)

2009-02-17T08:34:00.002-06:00

Here's the rehearsal schedule for the upcoming week:

All rehearsals and the concert is in McCray

No rehearsal Tuesday ~

Wednesday: 7:00 - 9:30

Thursday:

Master classes - 1pm Recital hall – Orchestral Seminar

Viola master class - 2pm ( McCray 211 – )

STRINGS Rehearsal -7-9:30pm McCray

Friday - 7:00 - 9:30

Saturday - 1:00 - 3:30

Concert Sunday - 3:00 (Call @ 2:30)

New features on the SEKSO Toolbar

2009-02-06T09:54:00.006-06:00

A couple of new features have been added to the SEK Symphony Browser Toolbar (follow the heading link if you'd like to install). We've added links to two sites, the first an online metronome and A440 tuner, the other a tuning web site utilizing a five-octave keyboard. There are also settings for the string pickers. Selecting "viola/tenor banjo" gives you C G D A buttons, etc., and you can loop through the open strings while tuning. You may also select the timbre of pitches, vary pitch by cents, or transpose by semitones.

The web sites open in a new tab/window, so you don't leave a page you may be on at the time.

So, if you have a laptop, and have it handy while you practice or study, consider the toolbar. It's similar to a Google or Yahoo toolbar, but specific to music study and the web site. It even has a great online radio player, but we've padded it with Classical radio stations.

And where on earth is the tenor banjo section, anyway?

Today's Rehearsal is POSTPONED

2009-01-27T10:47:00.002-06:00

Weather... what do you do? Today's sectional rehearsals have been pushed back to Thursday, everything else is the same... bass and cello players start your happy dance now...

Rehearsal schedule for 1-22 and 1-27

2009-01-21T15:14:00.001-06:00

The rehearsal schedule for the next two rehearsals is as follows:

Thursday: 1-22-09
5:00 p.m. Overture
5:25 - Symphony mvmts IV, II

Tuesday: 1-27-09
5:00 to 6:15 p.m.
Strings - Kelce - Ms. Giray directing
Winds - 211 McCray
Symphony movements

Wind/String auditions for Spring 09

2009-01-14T15:52:00.002-06:00

Wind auditions for Beethoven and
String seating auditions for new incoming students

Thursday 1/15 at Kelce auditorium
5:00-5:10 Flutes
5:10-5:20 Clarinets
5:20-5:30 Trumpets
5:30 Incoming string players (new students only)

Beethoven Rehearsals begin:
Tuesday, 1/20 5:00-6:15pm Kelce

The Berlin Philharmonic "Digital Concert Hall"

2009-01-09T10:10:00.004-06:00

The Berlin Philharmonic has opened their "Digital Concert Hall" to the public, and Bravo! to them. I mean, who would want to miss a concert in their physical hall (scroll through the photos on their home page, it will cycle past), it nice on the outside, much less the inside.

But it today's high-tech world, the BP has caught on to this world-wide audience thing. Using Hi-Def video and state of the art audio, they are able to extend their hall to us online. You can take the tour of the digital hall (here's a PDF brochure as well), and get a glimpse of what's available. Even their Flash demo is nice and slick...

There's a cost of course, you are buying a ticket to a concert. The average is 9.90 EUR, which is about $14.

Even if you wouldn't purchase a ticket online, this site is well worth a little of your time to see!

Rehearsals this week

2008-12-09T15:37:00.001-06:00

For those wondering, there are NO rehearsals this week.

Updated schedule for School Outreach Matinee

2008-11-18T15:46:00.003-06:00

Mme. Hastings has released a new schedule for the School Outreach Matinee. There are several major changes, so please download the pdf for a look.

The Basics:

The Nutcracker Ballet – Special Performance
School Outreach Matinee - over 1,500 school-aged children have reserved seats
Wed. November 19 at 1pm
Call = 12:30pm, done by 1:45pm
Dress = Theater black

Quick Rehearsal Reminder

2008-11-11T15:00:00.001-06:00

A quick reminder on rehearsals for this week. Still 5:00 - 6:30, but at MEMORIAL Auditorium. Group A on Tuesday, and Group B on Thursday.

Axe Library adds to the JSTOR online datatase

2008-10-24T14:10:00.002-05:00

The Axe Library has added a new collection of online holdings to the JSTOR online database. The JSTOR Arts & Sciences III module contains 150 titles, including journals in languages and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, architecture, art, and art history.

Here's the story from the "New(s) @ Axe" blog...

"JSTOR was founded in 1995 for the purpose of providing “trusted digital archives for scholarship.” Axe Library has had the JSTOR Arts & Sciences I database for several years now. The Library has recently acquired two more JSTOR databases, JSTOR Arts & Sciences II and III, for use by students and faculty.

"JSTOR Arts & Sciences II contains 124 titles, covering subjects such as history, economics, archaeology, classics, and Asian, African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Slavic studies, among other areas. JSTOR Arts & Sciences III contains 150 titles, including journals in languages and literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, architecture, art, and art history. To see a list of journals now available to you from JSTOR, access JSTOR by clicking on “Databases by Title” on the library’s home page at http://library.pittstate.edu.

"As with all of Axe Library online journals, you may access the journal content through Serials Solutions by going to Axe Library’s home page at http://library.pittstate.edu and clicking on “Serials Solutions”. You may search for a specific journal title, title words, or browse by subject. Alternatively, you may search the library’s online catalog by journal title or subject. In addition, if you are searching another database and find a JSTOR article that you would like to access, click on Article Linker and then click on Article. Article Linker brings together all of the library’s journal resources in one place, making it easier to find needed articles without having to do a second search of the online catalog.

"If you are off-campus or using a laptop with wireless access, you will be prompted for your GUS id and pin when accessing JSTOR.

"f you have any questions or comments regarding any of Axe Library’s journals or databases, please do not hesitate to contact the Library at ext. 4884 or 4894."

Nutcracker Ballet Rehearsal Schedule

2008-10-23T10:43:00.003-05:00

Attached is the group assignments (either A or B or both for the ballet). The rehearsal/group breakdown is as follows:

Date - Time
Description

Tues, Oct. 28 - 5:00-6:15pm
5-5:30 Class LTD
5:30-6:15 Act I(A)

Thur, Oct. 30 - 5:00-6:15pm
5-5:30 Class LTD
5:30-6:15 Act II(B)

Tues, Nov. 4 - 5:00-6:15pm
5-5:30 Class LTD
5:30-6:15 Act I (B)

Thurs, Nov. 6 - 5:00-6:15pm
5-5:30 Class LTD
5:30-6:15 Act II(A)

Saturday, Nov. 8 - 4:00-7:00 pm
4-5pm Rehearsal
5-6 Dinner provided
6:30 Class LTD Benefit Concert (Suite)

Tues, Nov. 11 - 5:00-6:30 pm
Complete Ballet (A)

Thurs, Nov. 13 - 5:00-6:30 pm
Complete Ballet (B)

Sunday, Nov. 16 - 3:00-6:00 pm
Pit Rehearsal w. dancers (A)

Monday, Nov. 17 - 7:00-9:30 pm (6:30 call)
Dress I (B)

Tuesday, Nov. 18 - 7:00-9:30 pm (6:30 call)
Dress II (A)

Wednesday, Nov. 19
1pm Matinee (12:30 call)
mix of A&B
7:00-9:30 pm (6:30 call)
Final Dress/Children's Miracle Network Performance (B)

Thursday, Nov. 20 - 7:00 pm performance (6:30 call)
Opening night (A)

Friday, Nov. 21 - 7:00 pm performance (6:30 call)
Group B

Saturday, Nov. 22 - 7:00 pm performance (6:30 call)
Group A

Sunday, Nov. 23 - 2:00 pm matinee (1:30 call)
Strike/Reception
Group B

THIS TUESDAY, 10/28 AT 5PM IN KELCE, WE WILL BE RECORDING THE RUSSIAN DANCE FOR A COMMERCIAL ON KSN/KODE. We will provide the soundtrack for the commercial (no visuals taped on Tues). Please reply and let me know that you can be there. I need the full ensemble, please!

The commercial taping will occur from 5-5:15pm then we’ll continue with a rehearsal for the Class LTD performance until 5:30, followed by Act I with Group A.

Please read the schedule carefully and keep in touch with me if you have concerns, conflicts or questions.

Thanks so much!

Concert Week Rehearsal Schedule

2008-09-23T11:49:00.002-05:00

Tuesday - NO rehearsal

Wednesday, 9/24
Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
7:30 Khachaturian
8:30 Prokofiev
9:30 END

Thursday, 9/25
Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
7:20 Khachaturian
8:30 Prokofiev
9:30 END

Friday, 9/26 (Dress Rehearsal)
MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM

7:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
7:20 Khachaturian
8:30 Prokofiev
9:30 END

CONCERT: Sunday, 9/28, 3:00 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium

2:30 Call

Rehearsal Schedule for Upcoming Weeks

2008-09-15T13:07:00.000-05:00

Symphony Rehearsals:

Sept. 16-18

Tuesday, 9/16

Kelce

5:00 Prokofiev

6:15 END

Thursday, 9/18

Kelce

5:00 Rimsky-Korsakov

5:30 Khachaturian (complete w/ soloist)

6:15 END

CONCERT WEEK:

Sunday, 9/21

Kelce

3:00 Rimsky-Korsakov

4:00 Khachaturian

5:00 Prokofiev

6:00 END

Also rehearsals on Wednesday, Thursday & Friday of this week (7-9:30)

Ten Million Dollars to Ensure Billions of Notes

2008-07-02T11:56:00.005-05:00

The Symphony's hopes of performing on campus, in a full sized auditorium, and in a state of the art facility has suddenly become much, much closer.

In a news conference on July 1st, PSU officials announced a $10 million dollar gift from an anonymous donor, the largest gift to the University in it's history.

This is a huge development, and sure to encourage other large donations, a necessity if the projected goal of twenty-five to thirty million dollars needed to complete the project is met.

Architect's rendering of the Fine and Performing Arts Center

For more information on the announcement, see the News @ PSU release.

Grove Music Online, now Oxford Music Online

2008-04-18T11:30:00.005-05:00

Grove Music Online - new look, better searching and, now, part of a new music gateway, Oxford Music Online. Grove Music Online is now the major source of a new online music gateway: Oxford Music Online. Oxford Music Online will be the access point for Grove Music as well as new and forthcoming Oxford music titles. Currently The Oxford Dictionary of Music and The Oxford Companion to Music can be searched simultaneously with Grove Music or as individual titles. And , the contents of New Grove Dictionary of Opera and The Grove Dictionary of Jazz are also available as links from search results.

The new search interface is user-friendly, with better biography searching, topical subcategories to refine searching, and contents for the longer articles for easier navigation. Also included are “Learning Resources” with music time lines, manuscript sources, topical essays and more. Try it and see if you like the look and feel. Give us your comments!

Access via the Axe Library Home Page > Databases by Title, or access via the Research Guide to Music. A GusPIN and ID is required for off campus access.

-CP

Beethoven’s 8 Concert Rehearsal Schedule

2008-04-17T09:55:00.001-05:00

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Overture
5:20 Concerto
5:40 Symphony, mvt. IV
6:15 END

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Concerto with Soloist
5:45 Symphony, mvt. II
6:15 END

SUNDAY, April 20
KELCE

3:00 Overture
3:45 Chopin Concerto (with soloist)
4:45 Break
5:00 Symphony #8 (complete)
6:00 END

Monday, April 21
McCray Recital Hall

7:00 Overture
7:30 Chopin Concerto (with soloist)
8:15 Symphony #8
9:30 END

Tuesday, April 22
McCray Recital Hall

Run concert
7:00 Overture
7:20 Concerto
8:00 Symphony #8
9:30 (at the latest) END

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
CONCERT: MCCRAY RECITAL HALL

7:30 p.m. (call – 7:00 in room 211 and 105)

Youtube exerpts and next weeks rehearsal schedule

2008-02-29T11:59:00.004-06:00

Everyone ~

Here's next weeks rehearsal schedule, and a list of Youtube videos relating to the pieces we're working on for the April 23rd concert.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 4

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Chopin Concerto, 3^rd mvt.

5:30 Coriolan Overture

6:15 END

Thursday, March 6

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Chopin Concerto, 1^st & 3^rd

5:20 Symphony 8, I, II

6:15 END

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Karajan conducts Beethoven 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tj4ME6Udx8

Pletnev rehearses Russian National Orch on Coriolan Overture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFyX3QHw0i0

Solti conducts London Philharmonic (Coriolan Overture)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umG1mqUxyL8

Rubenstein playing Chopin Concerto No. 2, 1^st mvt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2zAHVi0kyg

Dong-Hyek Lim plays Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 2nd mov.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNsefuJngR0

Dong-Hyek Lim plays Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 3rd mov.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe8Q-BlF8SQ

Thursday, Feb 21 Sectionals CANCELLED

2008-02-21T13:15:00.004-06:00

Cross posting here... sent out e-mails as well.

Rehearsal for this afternoon is canceled due to the Donner and Blitzen Sleetszen (...eske) storm we've been having today. Mrs. Hastings is stuck in Colorado for a bit. Some people have all of the luck. Rehearsals probably as scheduled for next week. Stay tuned.

Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule

2008-02-13T16:29:00.006-06:00

Here's the upcoming rehearsal schedule, combined dates for the Messiah and Beethoven concerts... "Just the Messiah" is below that.

Messiah Concert:
Sunday, April 13, 2008
4:00 p.m. - McCray Recital Hall

Concert #4 BEETHOVEN’S 8
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
7:30pm - McCray Recital Hall

Beethoven, Coriolan Overture
2 2 2 2-2 2 0 0-tmp-str

Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Debra Snodgrass, piano
2 2 2 2-2 2 1[btbn] 0 tmp-str

Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
2 2 2 2-2 2 0 0-tmp-str

Kelce Auditorium (5:00-6:15pm)

TUESDAY ______________________

______________________THURSDAY

2/19 Beethoven & Chopin

2/21 Beethoven & Chopin

2/26 Beethoven & Chopin

2/28 Beethoven & Chopin

3/4 Beethoven & Chopin

3/6 Beethoven & Chopin

3/11 Beethoven & Chopin

3/13 MESSIAH ORCHESTRA ONLY

3/25 MESSIAH ORCH ONLY

3/27 MESSIAH W/ CHOIR

4/1 MESSIAH – see above

4/3 MESSIAH – W/ SOLISTS

4/8 No Strings - BEETHOVEN/CHOPIN WINDS

4/10 (No Winds & Perc) MESSIAH

SATURDAY 4/12 MESSIAH DRESS 5:30
SUNDAY 4/13 MESSIAH CONCERT 4:00

4/15 Beethoven & Chopin

4/17 Beethoven & Chopin

Concert week:
Sunday, 4/20 3:00-6:00pm (McCray)
Monday, 4/21 7:00-9:30pm (McCray)
Tuesday, 4/22 7:00-9:30pm (McCray)

Messiah only ----------------------------------

A Centennial Celebration

Handel’s Messiah

Rehearsal schedule

Thursday, March 27 5:00 p.m. (Rehearse Choral & orchestral mvts)
Tuesday, April 1 5:00 p.m (Sinfonia, Pastoral, arias & duets – no tpt or tmp)
Thursday, April 3 5:00 p.m. (with soloists – solo movements only)
Tuesday, April 8 5:00-6:15p.m. (with Chorale)
Thursday, April 10 5:00-6:15 p.m. (with Chorale, also Sinfonia & Pastoral)
Saturday, April 12 5:30-7:00 p.m. – Dress Rehearsal (tutti)

Concert Week Schedule

2008-02-11T16:56:00.000-06:00

Greetings, all!

Listed below is the rehearsal schedule for this week!

CONCERT DRESS WILL BE THEATER BLACK (black tops and bottoms, on the fancy side, please!). This will be for both the Stravinsky and Mendelssohn.

Comp tickets will be available to all players at the rehearsals this week. Each player may have up to two.

I’m really looking forward to the work this week – stay healthy, don’t slip and see you soon!

CONCERT WEEK:

TUESDAY, 2/12 5:00-6:15PM Fanfare, then Mendelssohn (Kelce)

THURSDAY, 2/14 5:00-6:30 L’Histoire, 7:00-9:00 Mendelssohn (McCray Hall)

FRIDAY, 2/15 CONCERT RUN 7:00 (Fanfare, L’Histoire) 8:00 (Mendelssohn) McCray Hall

CONCERT = SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 2008 7:30 PM McCray Hall

Call - for 1st half performers, doors to the hall will open at 7:10pm, so come before that to set yourself up.

Call for Mendelssohn is anytime before 7:15, please sign-in in room 211. You’ll want to hear the first half!

Stella ~

Inside the Mind of the Trombone Section

2007-12-07T13:56:00.000-06:00

Ever wonder what goes on inside the minds of our trombone section while they're counting those 186 measures of rests for a chance to play?? Well, now you know...

Dates for Concert #3

2007-12-05T08:34:00.000-06:00

NOTE CONCERT DATE – IT'S DIFFERENT THAN USUAL!!

Stravinsky: Fanfare for a New Theater
(Erin Smith I, AJ Metzger II)
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 in C minor

Rehearsal Schedule (there may be location changes) :

Tues: Thurs:
1/17 Stravinsky
1/22 Mendelssohn 1/24 – Stravinsky
1/29 Mendelssohn 1/31 Stravinsky
2/5 Mendelssohn 2/7 Mendelssohn

CONCERT WEEK:

TUESDAY, 2/12 5:00-6:15PM Fanfare, then Mendelssohn (Kelce)

THURSDAY, 2/14 5:00-6:30 L’Histoire, 7:00-9:00 Mendelssohn (McCray Hall)

FRIDAY, 2/15 CONCERT RUN 7:00 (Fanfare, L’Histoire) 8:00 (Mendelssohn) McCray Hall

CONCERT = SATURDAY, FEB. 16, 2008 7:30 PM McCray Hall

Post holiday rehearsals

2007-11-16T14:59:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, Nov. 27
Kelce Auditorium
5-6:15 Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 9

Thursday, Nov. 29
Kelce
5-6:15 Mendelssohn

Tuesday, Dec. 4
Kelce
5-6:15 Mendelssohn

Thursday, Dec. 6
5-6:15 Orchestration Class read through & Candide with student conductors

Concert Press Release

2007-11-14T14:46:00.000-06:00

A Mr. Bulk-E message to all PSU Employees:

The Southeast Kansas Symphony is presenting "Music from Near & Far" this Sunday, November 18th at 3:00P.M. at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium.
The Symphony will begin with the energetic Overture to Candide by Loenard Bernstein.  Following the overture will be the emotionally stirring Concerto in G minor for Violin & Orchestra of Max Bruch, featuring PSU graduate student, Jonathan Gayman, Violin.  Jonathan is the second of thre Concerto & Aria competition winners performing with the Sumphony this season.  Lastly, you will be on the edge of your seat as you journey through 1001 tales in Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.  This work is a masterpiece and features many of the performance faculty from Pittsburg State University as orchestral soloists, along with several students which are being afforded the opportunity to enjoy performing this virtuosic composition!

Tickets are $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for students and senior citizens, children 12 & under are admitted free with an adult.  Tickets are available for purchase through the PSU Ticket office.  Please call 235-4466 for further information, or go to SEK Symphony website:  www.seksymphony.org

Rehearsal Outline - Concert #2

2007-11-06T15:23:00.000-06:00

Music From Near & Far

Sunday, November 18, 2007
3:00 p.m.
Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium

Tuesday (5-6:15) Nov. 6 Candide, Bruch
Thursday (5-6:15) Nov. 8 5:00-7:00 Scheherazade, full run

Concert Week:
Tuesday, Nov. 13 7-9:30pm
Kelce Auditorium
7:00 Candide
7:40 Bruch
8:30 Scheherazade
9:30 END

Wednesday, Nov. 14 7:00-10:00pm
7:00 Candide
7:40 Bruch
8:30 Scheherazade
10:00 (at the latest) END

Friday, Nov. 16 7:00-9:30
7:00 Candide
7:30 Bruch
8:05 Scheherazade
9:30 END

Bruch Violin Concerto

2007-10-09T21:14:00.000-05:00

Ok, found the Bruch Violin Concerto on YouTube:

OOOooopsss... Shouldn't try doing this with Spongebob blaring in the background... see post below.

Bruch violin concerto, Xi Yang, Kyung Wha Chung, and Silvia Marcovici

2007-10-09T21:02:00.000-05:00

Ok, getting serious... mouse over the links, a pop-up window should display. Click the play button at the bottom of the window, or click on the video to see it on YouTube.

Three movements from the Raleigh Symphony...

Movement One: ... oh, there it is! Xi Yang, violin.

Movement Two:

Movement Three:

... And here are two more performers and different orchestras:

First Movement: Kyung Wha Chung.

Second Movement: Couldn't locate a copy of Kyung Wha playing the second movement - here's violonist Silvia Marcovici.

Third Movement: Kyung Wha Chung again.

Rehearsal schedule for upcoming concert

2007-10-02T13:36:00.000-05:00

"Music From Near & Far"

Sunday, November 18, 2007
3:00 p.m.
Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium

Tuesday Rehearsals

Oct. 2 Percussion auditions
Oct. 9 Candide, Bruch
Oct. 16 Candide, Bruch
Oct. 23 Strings only – Scheherazade
Oct. 29 Candide, Bruch
Nov. 6 Candide, Bruch

Thursday Rehearsals

Oct. 5 No rehearsal – parts ready
Oct. 11 Fall Break - No rehearsal
Oct. 18 Scheherazade
Oct. 25 Winds only – Scheherazade
Nov. 1 Scheherazade
Nov. 8 5:00-7:00 Scheherazade, full run

Concert Week:
Tuesday, Nov. 13 7-9:30pm
Wednesday, Nov. 14 7:00-10:00pm
Friday, Nov. 16 7:00-9:30

Last minute venue change for Wed. rehearsal

2007-09-24T15:12:00.001-05:00

A last minute change for Wednesday evening's rehearsal. It will be at the Kelce Auditorium, not in Memorial, as was released earlier. See you there!

Press Release for Sunday's Concert

2007-09-24T15:07:00.000-05:00

The Southeast Kansas Symphony invites you to attend the first concert of the season this Sunday, September 30 at 3:00pm in Pittsburg’s Memorial Auditorium. The program begins with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3, a challenging and rousing opening selection. The Symphony will then feature the first of three winners of our annual Concerto & Aria Competition, Mr. Aaron Metzger, who will perform the Arutunian Trumpet Concerto. Mr. Metzger is a Pittsburg native and a trumpet performance major at Pittsburg State University. The second half of the concert features the Symphony in Schubert’s glorious Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished) and the tuneful Farandole from George Bizet’s L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2. You know the tune, even if you don’t know it by name!

Tickets are $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors and students, children 12 & under are free when accompanied by an adult. Tickets will be available at the door.

For more information, call Stella Hastings at 235-4469.

SEK Symphony Rehearsals (Sept 18-28)

2007-09-17T08:44:00.000-05:00

Tuesday, September 18

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Schubert
5:50 Bizet
6:15 END

Thursday, September 20

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Beethoven
5:45 Arutunian (without soloist)
6:15 END

CONCERT WEEK:

Tuesday, September 25

Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Beethoven
7:35 Arutunian (with soloist)
8:15 Schubert
9:00 Bizet
9:30 END

Wednesday, September 26

Memorial Auditorium

7:00 Beethoven
7:40 Arutunian
8:15 Schubert
9:15 Bizet
9:30 END

Friday, September 28

Memorial Auditorium (dress rehearsal)

7:00 Beethoven
7:30 Arutunian
8:00 Schubert
8:40 Bizet
9:00 END

Upcoming week's rehearsal schedule

2007-09-07T13:05:00.000-05:00

Sunday “Read-through”

Sunday, 9/9/2007

Kelce Auditorium

3:00 Bernstein, Candide (for November concert)

3:20 Bizet, Farandole (if the parts are in…)

3:30 Arutunian, Concerto for Trumpet (no solist)

3:45 Arutunian with soloist

4:00 Beethoven, Leonore Overture

4:20 Schubert, Unfinished Symphony

5:00 Hand out Scheherezade parts (for November concert)

Thanks for your time!!

Tuesday, 9/11 – NO REHEARSAL

Please utilize class time (5-6:15) for sectional or individual practice!

Thursday, 9/13

Kelce Auditorium

5:00 Arutunian (no soloist)

5:45 Bizet

6:15 END

Symphony looses long time member

2007-06-04T15:14:00.000-05:00

It's with sadness that we report the loss of a long time member of the Symphony. Cellist Stephanie Bryce passed away Friday, June 1st from complications resulting from an automobile accident.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Tuesday June 5th, at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Pittsburg, KS. The family asks that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorials to the Pittsburg State University Music Department or the Local Humane Society.

Stephanie received her Bachelor's Degree with honors in Music from St. Cloud State University, a Master's Degree in Music pedagogy at Ball State University, in Muncie, Indiana, and a second Master's Degree in Cello Performance under the direction of Dr. Martin at Pittsburg State University.

We certainly extend our deepest condolences from the members of the Symphony.

For more information, go to the June 3rd Morning Sun. (you will need to register to use)

New SEKSO Browser Toolbar Available!

2007-05-24T15:41:00.000-05:00

A new browser toolbar is available for anyone that frequents our website. You may download it on our Toolbar page. This feature is very similar to a Google or Yahoo toolbar, with links to the major areas of our website and links to our blog, contains a Google search feature, etc.

One element of the toolbar that we find very interesting is the streaming radio. There are several stations pre-loaded that play 24x7 (or close to it) classical streams, so you'll have something to listen to between concerts. It is editable, so you may add radio streams to it if you know of others.

Other sections of the toolbar may be configured by clicking on the drop list on the left hand side and selecting "Toolbar Options". Elements may be added or hidden.

Please let us know if you have any trouble, or if there are links you'd like to have added.

Hope you enjoy it!!

2007-2008 Concert Season Announced

2007-05-17T14:04:00.000-05:00

For real this time... here is the 2007-2008 Concert Season. Adjustments will be necessary along the way, but this is 99 44/100's percent sure:

Auditions:
August 21-23 (1st week of class)
Excerpts will be available as of 8/15/07 in the Music Office.

Concert #1 - Eclectic & Elegant
Sunday, September 30, 2007,
Memorial Auditorium, 3:00 pm

Beethoven Leonore Overture (#3)
Arutunian Trumpet Concerto, AJ Metzger, trumpet
Schubert, Unfinished Symphony
Bizet, L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Farandole

Rehearsals – Kelce (5:00-6:15pm)
Tuesday
8/28
9/4
9/11
9/18

Thursday
8/30
9/6
9/13
9/20

Concert week:
Tuesday 9/25 7-9:30pm
Wednesday 9/26 7-9:30pm
Friday 9/28 7-9:30pm

Concert #2
Sunday, November 18, 2007,
Memorial Auditorium, 3:00 pm

Overture – Bernstein, Candide Overture
Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Jonathan Gayman, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov, Sheherazade

Rehearsals – Kelce (5:00-6:15pm)
Tuesday
10/2
10/9
10/16
10/22
10/29
11/6

Thursday
10/4
10/11 – Fall Break/No Rehearsal
10/18
10/25 – Winds & Perc only
11/1
11/8

Concert week:
Tuesday 11/13 7-9:30pm
Wednesday 11/14 7-9:30pm
Friday 11/16 7-9:30pm

Concert #3 – Opera Performance - piece tba
Friday, 2/15/08 (7:30pm) and Sunday, 2/17/08 (3:00pm)
Memorial Auditorium

Kelce Auditorium (5:00-6:15pm)
Tuesday
11/27
12/4
--
1/22
1/29
2/5

Thursday
11/29
12/6
1/17/08
1/24
1/31
2/7

Concert week:
Pit Rehearsals tba

Concert #4
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
McCray Recital Hall - 7:30pm

Beethoven, Coriolan Overture tba
Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Debra Snodgrass, piano
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8

Rehearsal Schedule
Kelce Auditorium (5:00-6:15pm)

Tuesday
2/26
3/4
3/11
3/25
4/1
4/8 (No Strings)
4/15

Thursday
2/28
3/6
3/13
3/27
4/3
4/10 (No Winds & Perc)
4/17

Concert week:
Sunday, 4/20 3:00-6:00pm (McCray)
Monday, 4/21 7:00-9:30pm (McCray)
Tuesday, 4/22 7:00-9:30pm (McCray)

Symphonies don't have to be so like... stuffy

2007-05-15T16:30:00.000-05:00

Rock music has been around for quite a while, and some of it has been arranged for the classical audience, most usually as a pops arrangement. Now however, we have another piece that lies more in the academic treatment category than most. We're referring to the soon to be released "Dead Symphony No. 6", by composer Lee Johnson.

The Symphony (in 12 "movements") is based on melodies made famous by the ground-breaking (ok, sorry...) rock group, the Grateful Dead, an infamous rock band in many a rocker's top ten list. One aspect of their appeal is their improvisational style that made each piece, on each concert, new and fresh.

That improvisational idea has been notched up a bit in the Symphony, where each theme is 'improvised' further by the scoring, much of which sounds very much like standard, modern day symphonic literature.

For more information, read the Reuters article "Grateful Dead music goes classical in new symphony", or go to one of the web sites above to hear excerpts. And, as always, go to the Internet Archive to hear Grateful Dead concerts! It's all good...

Schedule Conflict... How is That Possible!?!?!

2007-05-09T15:14:00.000-05:00

A quick note to everyone - the end of season party at Stella's has been postponed one week to Thursday, May 17th at 5:00 pm. Sorry for the last minute change, but a schedule conflict made it a must-do. Hope to see everyone next week, perhaps without any rain to spoil our poolside party!!

Concert Week Rehearsal Schedule

2007-04-23T09:40:00.000-05:00

Hello, all....

Thank you once again for your fine work on this concert. Please note the following schedule as we head into Concert Week:

Tuesday, April 24
Kelce
5:00-5:20 Beethoven, tutti
5:20-6:15 Berlioz , tutti

Thursday, April 26
Kelce
5:00-5:20 Beethoven, tutti
5:20-6:15 Berlioz, tutti

Friday, April 27
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 5th & Pine, Pittsburg
7:00 p.m. Berlioz first, then Beethoven

Saturday, April 28
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 5th & Pine, Pittsburg
7:00 p.m. Beethoven first, then Berlioz (concert order)

Sunday, April 29
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 5th & Pine, Pittsburg
Call time t.b.a. at dress rehearsal
Concert time is 3:00 pm.

Thanks very much!
sm

Stringfever Bolero

2007-04-19T08:58:00.000-05:00

I guess we're on a PDQ Bach roll right now...

Reminiscent of Peter Schickele's "Sonata for viola four hands and harpsichord (S.440)", here's Ravel's Bolero on cello, performed by a group called "Stringfever". Wow, this is a cello version of what a handbell ensemble does! (and memorized) Amazing...

New "Snap" features installed

2007-04-17T11:32:00.000-05:00

A new Snap Preview feature has been added, allowing you to view audio examples, videos, Wikipedia entries and the like within the Snap popup window, without having to go to an external site. Here are a few examples:

A promotional video on YouTube for PDQ Bach in "Houston, We Have a Problem" ...

A Wikipedia entry for PDQ Bach

Works with audio as well and various other types of links.

By the way - did you know that PDQ Bach performed with the Southeast Kansas Symphony? Set your Wayback machines and follow usss baaaaacck i..n tiiiiiiiiiiiiiime....

Rehearsal Schedule - Ap 17th & 19th

2007-04-16T17:03:00.000-05:00

Tuesday, April 17
Kelce
5:00-5:15 Beethoven
5:15-6:15 Berlioz (no percussion needed for this rehearsal)

Thursday, April 19
Kelce
5:00-5:15 Beethoven WINDS ONLY
5:15-6:15 Berlioz (percussion optional; I'm comfortable waiting until next week)

Berlioz wind & brass players: I would appreciate your giving a little extra prep time to movement #2, if you can, given the unusual

-- Marchant

Rehearsal schedule for Apr 5th - Apr 12th

2007-04-04T15:50:00.000-05:00

Below is the rehearsal info for tomorrow (Thursday) and next week:

Thursday, April 5
Kelce
STRINGS ONLY
5-6:15 Berlioz

Tuesday, April 10
Kelce
WINDS & PERCUSSION ONLY
5:00-6:15 Berlioz (mvts to be announced)

Thursday, April 12
Kelce
TUTTI
5:00 Berlioz, followed by Beethoven (exact time to be announced)

Fall 2007 Audition Pieces Released

2007-03-11T09:00:00.000-05:00

A piano reduction of the pieces for the upcoming 2007-2008 season auditions has been released. You will be able to pick up your individual parts in August, but since there are a few new and unusual techniques involved, it was believed advantageous for you to be able to look at this now.

Please print out the PDF and study the reductions carefully, we will want to nail these lines early on in the rehearsal schedule to maximize our rehearsal time. Work with your instructors carefully to clear up technique. Metronome practice will be vital.

Change in Dress Rehearsal Schedule

2007-03-07T15:58:00.000-06:00

I have changed the schedule of Sunday's rehearsal to accomodate a graduate recital occuring at 3pm at McCray. Please note the new times (breakdown included below) and contact me immediately if this causes a problem for you. Note, also, that the Monday and Tuesday dress rehearsals remain unchanged from the original schedule.

SUNDAY, March 11
KELCE
5:00 Brahms, Overture
5:45 Bach, Orchetral Suite
6:35 Break
6:45 Brahms, Symphony No. 1
8:00 END

Thanks for your participation! See you Sunday!
- Stella

Revised Rehearsal Schedule for 3-14 concert

2007-01-31T10:06:00.000-06:00

Concert:
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
7:30 p.m. - Memorial Auditorium

Brahms, Academic Festival Overture
Bach, Orchestral Suite No. 3
Brahms, Symphony No. 1 in C minor

Concert Week Rehearsals:
Sunday, March 11
3:00-6:00 p.m.
Kelce Auditorium

Monday, March 12
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Kelce Auditorium

Tuesday, March 13 (Dress Rehearsal)
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium

Weekly breakdown:

~ Tuesdays & Thursdays, 5:00-6:15 p.m. (Kelce)
unless otherwise listed ~

1/30 Brahms - strings only
2/1 Brahms - winds only
2/6 Brahms Overture - winds & perc.
2/8 No Rehearsal
2/13 Brahms - Full Orchestra
2/15 Bach - Strings only

2/18 Sunday Run-through - Tutti Orchestra @ Kelce
3:00 Academic Festival Overture
3:30 Symphony No. 1
4:30 Orchestra Suite (strings only)
5:00 END

2/20 Brahms - Symphony #1 strings only
2/22 No SEKSO
2/27 Brahms - Full Orchestra
3/1 Bach - strings only
3/6 Full Orch.- Overture & Bach
3/8 Symphony No. 1 Full Orchestra

See Concert Week breakdown listed above ...

Bernstein conducts Brahms

2007-01-30T19:00:00.000-06:00

And Awwaaayy we go!

2007-01-17T10:45:00.000-06:00

Hello, everyone. We hope you had a great vacation and survived the travel conditions over the last week.

Here's the starting schedule for the next few rehearsals (5:00 p. m., Kelce, unless otherwise noted). A more complete schedule will be announced later:

Thursday, January 18th:
Strings - Informational meeting only, no instruments.

Tuesday, January 23rd:
Strings - Brahms Symphony, perhaps touching on Academic Festival if time allows.

Thursday, January 25th:
Wind and Percussion auditions for the Brahms Symphony.
Strings will meet in McCray. Chamber Orchestra will work on the Opera music for February. McCray string location TBA.

Concert Week Schedule:

Sunday, March 11th:
Full Orch at Kelce, 3:00 to 6:00 p. m.
There's talk of pizza - keep your fingers crossed...

Monday, March 12th:
Full Orch at Kelce, 7:00 to 9:30 p. m.

Tuesday, March 13th:
Memorial Auditorium, 7:00 to 9:30 p. m.

Wednesday, March 14th (Concert):
Memorial Auditorium, 7:30 p. m.

Concert Order:
Academic Festival, Orchestral Suite #3, Symphony No. 1

At this time, there are no plans for a Young Person's concert or New Music concert.

April Oratorio Announced

2007-01-17T10:37:00.000-06:00

A title has been chosen for this year's annual Oratorio Concert. It will be the "Te Deum" (Op. 22) by Hector Berlioz. To open this concert, we will also be adding an orchestral overture, yet to be determined.

The rehearsal schedule will be announced later, but the concert will be on April 29th, at 3:00 p. m. at the First United Methodist Church in Pittsburg. Standard dress rehearsals will start at 7:00 p. m. on the Friday and Saturday evenings before.

Extra credit if you can help us drum up 10 more harps and an ophicleide.... anyone...??

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe Goes Digital

2006-12-26T12:47:00.000-06:00

In the wake of the 250th anniversiay of Mozart's birth, a digital version of Barenreiter's New Mozart Edition (Neue Mozart-Ausgabe) has been made available free online by the International Mozart Foundation of Salzburg.

Now, all 600+ works of the master is available to search and view online.

Here's what they say on their 'about' page:

The Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum (ISM) and The Packard Humanities Institute (PHI) have agreed to establish a comprehensive digital edition of the music of Mozart, with the goal of making all of Mozart's music in the form of digital scores and parts freely available to the broadest public, online and in other electronic formats, for study and performance. The intention is that there will not be any charge to the public for online access - including downloading for local printing, study and performance - and only a minimal handling charge for the data on CD ROM or similar media.

The new digital edition will serve several audiences, including editors, researchers and performers (both professional and amateur). It will not be identical in text and design with the printed volumes of the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe (NMA) of the ISM, but the contents of the new digital edition will be based on, and closely coordinated with, the authoritative NMA. The inheritant flexibility of the digital format will make it possible to incorporate alternate versions or interpretations, and to keep the edition up to date.

A new Mozart Institute of the ISM will be established in Salzburg with primary responsibility for the contents of this electronic edition. This will provide continuity with the existing NMA editorial function.

Within agreed guidelines, the digital edition will be controlled by a committee with representation from the ISM and PHI.

Be sure to go over and give this site a try!!

Ni Mei Article in DSO "Performance Magazine Online"

2006-12-23T17:35:00.000-06:00

Ni Mei was a valued part of the Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra violin section, and we were thrilled to hear of her acceptance into the Detroit Symphony Orchestra last year.

For Ni Mei's bio and her introduction to the Detroit audience, check out Issue no. 2 (2006-07) of the DSO's Performance Magazine Online.

Congratulations, Ne Mei, to a well earned chair in such a prestigious organization!!

... oh, and perhaps we should tell KU that we're now "The" University of Kansas...

Conspirare nominated for two Grammy Awards

2006-12-11T16:28:00.000-06:00

The choral ensemble Conspirare under the direction of Craig Hella Johnson has been nominated for two Grammy awards, one for “Best Engineered Album” (up against the likes of recording labels Deutsche Grammophon and Telarc), the other for “Best Choral Performance”. The title of the CD is “Requiem”, recorded last October.

Stella Hastings has been a member of Conspirare (Latin for "to breathe together") for a number of years. The group recorded the album “through the green fuse” in August, 2004 at George Lucas' Skywalker Sound in California.

Conspirare was also the recipient of the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, given by Chorus America at their convention in June 2005. Past winners of this prestigious award include Chanticleer, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Dale Warland Singers.

Mrs. Hastings sister, Nina Revering, who performed with the SEK Symphony Orchestra in March 2004, is the director of Conspirare’s children’s choir.

For more information about Conspirare, go to: http://www.conspirare.org/

... or read an article by Aprill Brandon of the Victoria Advocate "And the Grammy Goes To..."

Detailed information from the Grammy website:

49^th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List

For recordings released during the Eligibility Year

October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006
Note: More or less than 5 nominations in a category is the result of ties.

Field 29 — Production, Classical

Category 94

Best Engineered Album, Classical
(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.))

Elgar: Enigma Variations; Britten: The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra, Four Sea Interludes
Michael Bishop, engineer (Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra)
[Telarc]
Látigo
Leslie Ann Jones, engineer (Quartet San Francisco)
[Violinjazz Recordings]
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Wolf-Dieter Karwatky & Rainer Maillard, engineers (Pierre Boulez, Wiener Philharmoniker, Christine Schäfer, Michelle DeYoung & Wiener Singverein)
[Deutsche Grammophon]

[] Requiem
John Newton, engineer (Craig Hella Johnson & Conspirare)
[Clarion Records]

Vaughan Williams: Mass In G Min., And Other A Cappella Works
Jack Renner, engineer (Norman Mackenzie & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus)
[Telarc]

Field 30 — Classical

Category 99

Best Choral Performance
(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)

Immortal Nystedt
Øystein Fevang, conductor (Bærum Vokalensemble & Ensemble 96)
[2L]
Mozart: Great Mass In C Min.
Paul McCreesh, conductor (Sarah Connolly, Neal Davies, Timothy Robinson & Camilla Tilling; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players)
[Deutsche Grammophon]
Pärt: Da Pacem
Paul Hillier, conductor (Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir)
[Harmonia Mundi]

[] Requiem
Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
[Clarion Records]

Whitacre: Cloudburst And Other Choral Works
Stephen Layton, conductor (Thomas Guthrie, Elin Manahan Thomas & Simon Wall; Polyphony)
[Hyperion]

End of semester rehearsal schedule

2006-11-27T23:14:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, Nov. 28th
5:00 Brahms string parts handed out
Listen to First Symphony

Thursday, Nov. 30th
5:00 String rehearsal

Tuesday, Dec. 5th
5:00 Strings only - Academic Festival Overture

Thursday, Dec. 7th
5:00 - 6:15 Orchestration Class reading session
Tutti Strings (including community members)
Wind players (as listed in handout at last concert)

Wind and percussion excerpt material for the spring concerts will be available after Thanksgiving. Auditions will be held during the first week of classes in January.

Short video clip of concert

2006-11-20T21:13:00.000-06:00

I didn't know the strings section bowed to tightly... Above all else, you don't want to get on the director's dark side...

Darth Vader Orchestra
Uploaded by bernynab

She's a little bit country...

2006-11-16T14:43:00.000-06:00

... a little bit United States, some Russian, Italian, Spanish, German...

There are two quite nice articles in the Morning Sun on Mr. and Mrs. Hastings that you should take a look at:

He loves late practices, jazz, and big bands
She prefers the symphony orchestra

Both from the Wednesday, Nov. 15th, 2006 issue.

Concert Week Activities (Nov. 14th - 19th)

2006-11-09T14:18:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Cimarosa
7:20 Paganini
8:15 Rimsky-Korsakov
9:15 Gershwin
9:30 END

Wednesday, Nov. 15
Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Cimarosa
7:15 Paganini
8:15 Rimsky-Korsakov
9:15 Gershwin
9:30 END

Friday, Nov. 17
Memorial Auditorium

6:00 Gershwin (strings only)
6:30 Cimarosa
7:00 Paganini
8:00 Rimsky-Korsakov
9:30 END

Concert
Sunday, Nov. 19
3:00 p.m. (2:30 call)

Cimarosa
Paganini
Intermission
Gershwin
Rimsky-Korsakov

Schedule for Concert No. 2 (Nov. 19th)

2006-10-06T09:39:00.000-05:00

SEK Symphony 2006-2007 Season

Concert #2

Sunday, November 19, 2006
3:00 pm - Memorial Auditorium

Cimarosa , The Secret Marriage Overture
2-2-2-2 4-3-3-0 Timp+2 Str

Paganini, Violin Concerto #2
2-2-2-2 2-2-3-1 Tmp+1 Str

Intermission

Gershwin, Lullaby
Str

Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
3 2 2 2 – 4 2 3 1 – tmp+5 – harp – strings

Concert Week: (Run program)

Tuesday, Nov. 14
Kelce Auditorium
7:00-9:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Kelce

Friday, Nov. 17
6:00-9:30 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium

Tuesday (5-6:15)	Thursday(5-6:15)
10/10 Cimarosa , Gershwin	10/12 Fall Break – no rehearsal
10/17 Strings only – Rimsky, Gershwin	10/19 Percussion only - Rimsky
10/24 Strings only - Paganini, Cimorosa	10/26 Winds only - Rimsky
10/31 Paganini, Cimarosa , Gershwin *Individual Appointments during the week	11/2 Rimsky-Korsakov - Wind and Perc. sectionals
11/7 Tutti Orchestra (5-6:15 Kelce) Cimarosa , Paganini (with soloist), Gershwin	11/9 Tutti Orchestra (5-6:15 Kelce) Rimsky-Korsakov

Rehearsal & Concert Schedule

2006-08-29T17:19:00.000-05:00

Concert #1

Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 3:00 p.m.
Memorial Auditorium
James Hall, flute

Summon the Heroes, John Williams
3* 2 3 2 - 4 3 3 1 – tmp +4 – str (8/8/5/6/3)

Flute Concerto in G major K. 313, W.A. Mozart
2 2 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 –str (8/8/5/6/3)

Variations on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 56a, Johannes Brahms
3* 2 2 2 – 4 2 0 1 – tmp+1 – str (8/8/5/6/3)

Note: * denotes 3^rd flute plays piccolo

Concert Week rehearsals (Tutti orchestra required)

Wednesday, September 27
7:00-10:00 pm - Kelce Auditorium

Friday, September 29 (Dress Rehearsal)
7:00-10:00 pm - Memorial Auditorium

Class Sessions - 5:00-6:15 pm:

Required for students – community/faculty as needed or available

(if not listed for group practice, individual practicing is expected)

Tuesday

Thursday

8/29

Information meeting (Kelce)

8/31

String groups (practice wing)

Woodwinds / brass (Kelce)

9/5

String groups (practice wing)

9/7

String groups (practice wing)

Percussion Auditions (Kelce)

9/12

Sectionals

Violins, violas (McCray)

Woodwinds (Kelce)

9/14

Sectionals

Cello, Bass (McCray)

Brass, Percussion (Kelce)

9/19

All Strings (Kelce)

Winds – individual appointments

(McCray 405)

Percussion – individual appt. (Kelce)

9/21

Winds & percussion (Kelce)

Strings – individual appointments

(McCray 405)

Individual appointments are graded. For string players, serves as seating audition for concert.

Tribute to Dr. AuBuchon

2006-08-21T11:28:00.000-05:00

A Mr. Bulk-E message to all PSU Employees:

To: Faculty and staff
From: Division of University Advancement Directors

The Southeast Kansas Symphony will present an evening of patriotic music in tribute to Dr. James M. AuBuchon who is retiring in September after 39 years of service to Pittsburg State University. The concert will be presented at 8 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27, at the PSU Veterans Memorial Amphitheater. The concert is open to the public. There is no admission charge. Seating is limited.

Dr. AuBuchon, PSU Vice President for University Advancement, has served as the project director of the PSU Veterans Memorial Amphitheater, overseeing its design, fundraising, construction and ongoing operations and programming.

The Southeast Kansas Symphony, under the direction of Stella Hastings, will perform in the Brock Family Amphitheater. Refreshments will be served immediately following the concert in the Guy and Claire Sutherland Entrance Plaza. Guests are encouraged to dress casually for an outdoor setting. Seating is available on the concrete steps of the amphitheater so guests may want to bring stadium cushions. In the event of rain, the concert will be held in McCray Hall.

[originally posted by Sondra Wood: 8-21--06]

Tribute Concert for Dr. Jim AuBuchon

2006-08-17T16:54:00.000-05:00

Veterans Memorial Event
Sunday, August 27 - 8:00 p.m.

Program:

Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Williams, Summon the Heroes
Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture

Rehearsals:

Wednesday, Aug. 23 - Kelce Auditorium

7:00-9:00pm 1812, Summon the Heroes, Fanfare

Friday, Aug. 25 - Kelce Auditorium

7:00 Fanfare
7:20 Summon the Heroes
8:00 1812 Overture

Sunday, Aug. 27 - VETERANS MEMORIAL

5:15 Fanfare
5:30 Summon the Heroes, 1812 Overture
6:00 Dinner @ Alumni Center (corner of Ford & Joplin)
7:40 Call – Veteran’s Memorial
8:00 Concert

New SEK Symphony Blog Established

2006-07-12T07:13:00.000-05:00

Test post - This is a place to quickly update members on rehearsal times, new events, etc...

SEKSO temporary Home Page.

You can create lists
Brass - 5:30 to 6:00pm
Strings - 6:00 to 7:00pm
KC Royals - 47
Minnesota Twins - 6

More as it develops...

Southeast Kansas Symphony Orchestra

Tchai-cough,cough,cough-ski... *sniff*

Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule

Stella receives a new podium

Rehearsal Schedule for Nov. 22nd Concert

Our Secret is Out!

KC Symphony lists their 2009-10 season schedule

First Annual Double Bass Symposium

Oratorio Rehearsals - Final Four!

Double Bass Symposium at PSU!

Kansas City Symphony is performing in Ft. Scott

Rehearsal schedule - April 7 & 9, 2009

4-2-09 Oratorio Rehearsal

Tuesday Rehearsal (3-31-09)

March 26 Oratorio Rehearsal

SEKSO Rehearsal for 3-30-09

Rehearsal schedule (2-24-09)

Premier concert w/Beethoven on keyboard...

Musipedia added to Orchestra Toolbar

Dress Week Rehearsal schedule (2-16 / 2-22)

New features on the SEKSO Toolbar

Today's Rehearsal is POSTPONED

Rehearsal schedule for 1-22 and 1-27

Wind/String auditions for Spring 09

The Berlin Philharmonic "Digital Concert Hall"

Rehearsals this week

Updated schedule for School Outreach Matinee

Quick Rehearsal Reminder

Axe Library adds to the JSTOR online datatase

Nutcracker Ballet Rehearsal Schedule

Concert Week Rehearsal Schedule

Rehearsal Schedule for Upcoming Weeks

Ten Million Dollars to Ensure Billions of Notes

Grove Music Online, now Oxford Music Online

Beethoven’s 8 Concert Rehearsal Schedule

Youtube exerpts and next weeks rehearsal schedule

Thursday, Feb 21 Sectionals CANCELLED

Upcoming Rehearsal Schedule

Concert Week Schedule

Inside the Mind of the Trombone Section

Dates for Concert #3

Post holiday rehearsals

Concert Press Release

Rehearsal Outline - Concert #2

Bruch Violin Concerto

Bruch violin concerto, Xi Yang, Kyung Wha Chung, and Silvia Marcovici

Rehearsal schedule for upcoming concert

Last minute venue change for Wed. rehearsal

Press Release for Sunday's Concert

SEK Symphony Rehearsals (Sept 18-28)

Upcoming week's rehearsal schedule

Symphony looses long time member

New SEKSO Browser Toolbar Available!

2007-2008 Concert Season Announced

Symphonies don't have to be so like... stuffy

Schedule Conflict... How is That Possible!?!?!

Concert Week Rehearsal Schedule

Stringfever Bolero

New "Snap" features installed

Rehearsal Schedule - Ap 17th & 19th

Rehearsal schedule for Apr 5th - Apr 12th

Fall 2007 Audition Pieces Released

Change in Dress Rehearsal Schedule

Revised Rehearsal Schedule for 3-14 concert

Bernstein conducts Brahms

And Awwaaayy we go!

April Oratorio Announced

Neue Mozart-Ausgabe Goes Digital

Ni Mei Article in DSO "Performance Magazine Online"

Conspirare nominated for two Grammy Awards

End of semester rehearsal schedule

Short video clip of concert

She's a little bit country...

Concert Week Activities (Nov. 14th - 19th)

Schedule for Concert No. 2 (Nov. 19th)

Rehearsal & Concert Schedule

Tribute to Dr. AuBuchon

Tribute Concert for Dr. Jim AuBuchon

New SEK Symphony Blog Established

Tchai-cough,cough,cough-ski... sniff