Greetings Modesto!
Well, I hope that your summer is going well. It's been a busy one for me, planning and getting ready for the upcoming season for the Modesto Symphony, as well as the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra.
Planning for the season of a youth orchestra can be quite challenging, especially since a significant portion of the membership changes from year to year. Students graduate, new students join, and more significantly, each of the members grows and changes from year to year. It's a completely different orchestra not only from year to year, but also from concert to concert. In addition to that, the make up of the orchestra can change from year to year (or even concert to concert). This past season we had a harpist, one violist, and only a single percussionist in addition to the normal instrumentalists in an orchestra. As a result, I was challenged to find repertoire that didn't have too much percussion, didn't have significant viola section solos, but that had interesting harp lines! On top of all of that, the music must be challenging and interesting for all the other sections in the orchestra! It becomes a great puzzle that can be very difficult to navigate.
This year we have fewer brass and wind players, but a large number of violinists. What repertoire will we be performing? Why, you'll just have to attend our concerts to find out!
- Ming
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