Allegro, Fall 2015

Bloomington Normal Youth Symphony
NOVEMBER 2015
BNYS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SUMMER CAMP
SCHOLARSHIP
OPPORTUNITY
REMAINING FALL DATES:
Scholarship forms for
summer camp can be found
on the BNYS website and
are due December 1, 2015.
Scholarship results will be
announced in February.
Monday, November 2 – Regular rehearsal
Monday, November 9 – Dr. Sarah Gentry, Guest Soloist
Monday, November 16 – Maestro Willis, ISO conductor
Friday, November 20 – Illinois Symphony Concert (see page 4)
Monday, November 23 – Final rehearsal
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Tuesday, November 24 – Fall Concert (see page 3)
Tuesday, December 1 – Summer camp scholarship applications
due
Inside this Edition
BNYS Announcements
1
BNYS Calendar
1
Summer Camp Scholarship 1
Board of Directors
2
Guest Soloist
2
Fall Concert
3
Concert Day Schedule
3
Concert Dress
3
ISO Performance
4
Rye Solo Competition
4
IMPORTANT DATES FOR SPRING SCHEDULE:
Monday, February 8 – First Rehearsal of second semester
Monday, February 8 – Solo Competition Deadline (see page 4)
Sunday, May 8 – Spring Concert
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!
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NOVEMBER 2015
SOLOIST – SARAH GENTRY
Know your Soloist….
Dr. Sarah Gentry is Professor of Violin at Illinois State
University, where she has served as a member of the
faculty since 1992. A Louisiana native, Gentry began
playing the violin as a Suzuki student at age 6. After
graduating magna cum laude from Louisiana State
University, she earned a Master of Music degree from
Yale University and the Doctor of Music degree from
Indiana University in 1995. She studied violin under
Franco Gulli, Sally O’Reilly, Sidney Harth, and
Henryk Kowalski, and chamber music with the Tokyo
String Quartet. Gentry currently performs as
Concertmaster of the Heartland Festival Orchestra,
voted “Professional Orchestra of the Year 2011” by the
Illinois Council of Orchestras. She has also held
concertmaster positions with Opera Illinois, Baroque
Artists of Champaign-Urbana, Sugar Creek Music
Festival, and served as Associate Concertmaster for the
Peoria Symphony Orchestra from 1992-2000. Gentry
has performed as a soloist with the Kansas City Civic
Symphony, the Heartland Festival Orchestra, the Lake
Charles Symphony, the Baroque Artists of ChampaignUrbana, and the Millenneum Strings of Morris, New
York. As a chamber musician she performs as first
violinist of the ISU Faculty Quartet. Dr. Gentry is
active throughout the state and region as a clinician in
schools and as an adjudicator for events such as Illinois
Music Educators Association auditions. During the
summer, Dr. Gentry has taught at the Music for All
Symposium and the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.
DR. SARAH GENTRY, VIOLIN
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Forrest Harris
Anne Meysenburg
Barb Lemmon
Scott Sheridan
Deanne Bryant
Laura Dolan
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Secretary
Conductor
Manager
Members At Large: Cindy Baker, Shaure Bolles,
Uma Charles, Tim Ervin, Sherry Graehling,
Mary Mitchell
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NOVEMBER 2015
CONCERT DAY INFORMATION
FALL CONCERT
Guest Soloist
Sarah Gentry, Violin
CONCERT DAY
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall
School of Music
Illinois Wesleyan University
IMPORTANT: Come dressed
for the performance & bring
your folder!!
Concert Program Order:
The Star-Spangled Banner
Marche Militaire Francaise from “Algerian Suite”
Symphonie Espagnole
5:45
6:00-6:30
6:30
7:00
Call Time*
Warm up
Clear stage
Concert
*Cases in room 167 (Band
room) and report to Westbrook
Auditorium stage.
Sarah Gentry, Violinist
The Force of Destiny Overture
- Intermission Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46
Russian Sailor’s Dance from “The Red Poppy”
Les Patineurs (Skaters’ Waltz)
Farandole from “L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
CONCERT DRESS
Gentlemen:
Ladies:
Black dress pants (no jeans)
White, long-sleeved dress shirt
Black (or navy), long tie
Black dress shoes and most
Importantly black socks
Black, full skirt, length mid-calf or longer *
Black, dressy blouse, no spaghetti straps, modest cut neckline
Black dress shoes and black hose
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*slacks only for cello, string bass, English-horn, and bass clarinet
SPECIAL EVENTS
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HOWARD H. RYE
MEMORIAL SOLO COMPETITION
Parents – don’t forget to
get your ISO tickets at:
This competition will be held on Wednesday,
February 24, 2016 from 6:00-8:00pm at
Illinois Wesleyan University School of
Music. It is open only to Junior and Senior
members of the BNYS who were members
the previous year. One student will be
selected to perform with the symphony at the
Spring Concert. The winner receives
scholarship money, and a runner-up may also
win scholarship money. Forms will be
available on the BNYS website and due on or
before our first rehearsal of second semester:
February 8.
309-434-2777
Or on-line through ilsymphony.org
BNYS MUSICIANS
DO NOT NEED A TICKET
Illinois Symphony Orchestra Performance - Friday, November 20, 7:30 pm
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
IMPORTANT:
Dress Code: ISO dress code requires WHITE shirts/tops.
6:45 Call time. We will meet back stage (stage left) dressing room, leave our
instruments, and be escorted to our seats (no tickets needed) in the balcony for the first
half of the concert.
At intermission we will head back down to the dressing room back stage to get our
instruments.
ALLEGRO
Newsletter of the Bloomington Normal Youth Symphony
113 E Adelaide St
Normal, IL 61761
309/888-NOTE
www.bnyouthsymphony.org
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