Information for Members
Practices held at:
The Centre for String Playing
1603 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8S 1E6, Ph. 905 528-9620
Parking and the entrance are on the east side of the building.
Rehearsals
- Rehearsals begin September 13, 2011 and continue every Tuesday
evening until December 13.
- These run from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
with a 10 minute break for
refreshments. The building is opened about 7:00pm.
- Note that several of these evenings are
actually retirement home concerts.
- We serve coffee, tea and a snack during the break. Please
place a
small donation in the piggy bank.
- Please do not bring
food or drink into our carpeted rehearsal area.
- In the new year, rehearsals resume on January 3, 2012 and
continue until May 29.
Concerts
- We have public concerts twice
annually, usually on Sunday afternoons.
- Bring your own music stand.
- For concerts starting at 3:00pm, please plan to arrive shortly
after 1:00 pm for set-up. A warm up
rehearsal will be held from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm.
- Concert dress for men is black tuxedo or black suit with white
shirt and black bow tie. Wear black socks and shoes.
- Women are to wear “all black” concert attire.
Notes on our repertoire,
Fall 2011
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian
Dances 5 and 6
Encyclopedia entry for these works: Hungarian
Dances
Full score available here.
Benjamin Britten -
Gloriana: Courtly Dances
Composer: Benjamin
Britten
From the opera: Gloriana
Johann Strauss, Jr. -
Emperor Waltzes, Op. 437
Composer Johann
Strauss, Jr.
also known as Kaiser-Walzer
Full score available here.
Isaac Albeniz/arr. Thomas -
Tango, Op. 165, No. 2
Composer: Isaac
Albeniz
Marcos Valle/ arr. J.
Ployhar - So Nice (Summer Samba)
Wikipedia article on this work is here.
Arranged by James
Ployhar.
Mark Thomas - Linda's
Waltz
Mark's web site: www.markthomas.ca
Henry Mancini (arr.
Moss) - Pennywhistle Jig
Composer Henry
Mancini.
From the movie "The
Molly Maguires".
Ronan Hardiman (arr. Moore)
-
Lord of the Dance Selections
Composer Ronan
Hardiman.
From the musical "The
Lord of the Dance".
Edvard Grieg - Norwegian
Dances
Composer Edvard
Grieg
Originally composed for Piano, 4 hands. Full score available here.
Orchestrated by Hans
Sitt.
Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance
Composer Aram
Khachaturian .
From the ballet "Gayane".
Ernesto Lecuona - Siboney
Wikipedia article on this work is here.
Archive of our previous Repertoire
...Is available here.
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