Got a late start to posting this month! Here's what's left:
Oct. 15, 16: ASO performance of Stravinsky's
The NightingaleOct. 17: ASO performs at Tri-City HS. Rep includes Shostakovich's
Festive Overture, Gershwin's
Cuban Overture, the march from Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony, Copland's
Buckaroo Holiday, and more.
Oct. 18: ASO Target Family Day at the Woodruff Arts Center
Oct. 22, 23, 24: ASO performs Strauss's
Also Sprach Zarathustra. A great showpiece for not only the brass, but the entire orchestra.
Oct. 25: ASO Halloween shows at 1:30 and 3:30. BOO!
Oct. 29, 30: ASO performs Brahms's
A German Requiem. One of the most beautiful pieces in the repertoire, with similar trombone parts.
Nov. 3, 4: ASO Young People's Concerts in the morning
Nov. 5: ASO performs Stravinsky's
The Nightingale in Athens, GA
Nov. 7: ASO performs Stravinsky's
The Nightingale in Carnegie Hall, NYC!
Nov. 12, 13, 14: ASO concert with Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake, Glazunov's Violin Concerto, and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1. Not a bad choice to see the low brass.
Nov. 14: ASO GMEA Band Project at Berkmar HS. I'll be coaching all day and performing a couple of unaccompanied solos (
Spain and
Dona Nobis Pacem)
Nov. 19, 20, 22: ASO performs Bernstein's
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs, Wynton Marsalis's
An American Symphony (he'll be performing at this world premier ASO commission that we'll record during the weekend), Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, and Gerswhin's
An American in Paris. What a great American music concert! Great parts for us too.