September 2013 | Vol. X

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of Greater Olympia1629 22nd Ave SE

Olympia WA 98501

==e =OGO2013-2014 SEASON EVENTSHARBOR DAYS INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOOAugust 31 | Percival Landing & Port Plaza | Free event

MUSIc PIckUP AND AUDITIONSAugust 25, 4-7 p.m. | Allison home

PARENT MEETINGSeptember 15, 4:45—5:15 p.m. | First christian church

FIRST REHEARSALSeptember 15 | First christian church

SEASON cONcERTSunday, November 3, 4 p.m.Washington center | olytix.org

SOGO HO HO VIcTORIAN HOLIDAY SHOWSaturday, December 14, 2013 | 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.First christian church | Tickets available through SOGO

cOMMUNITY MESSIAH SING-ALONGMonday, December 23, 7 p.m. Washington center | Free admission

SEASON cONcERT Sunday, March 2, 4 p.m.Washington center | olytix.org

INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOOSaturday, April 26, 2-4 p.m. Washington center | Free admission

SEASON cONcERTSunday, May 18, 4 p.m. Washington center | olytix.org

As I sit preparing for the upcoming season - working on schedules, putting together chamber music groups or marking bowings in the music, I can’t help but look

forward to that first Sep-tember rehearsal.

May is always difficult because there are good-byes to say. This year was no exception. Luckily, I can keep up with most of those who left on Face-book. I feel positive about our role in their success.

There are many positive influences on our musi-cians, but I know that SOGO plays a role in

their social, emotional and mental development. I have no doubt that successful young people participate in music making but I also know that the discipline and mental and emotional nature of music making expands their capabilities.

I am also aware of the success of many of our alumni as they progress through the years. It is considerable and I take great joy in watching them.

Maestro Welsh UnveilsSOGO’s Fourteenth Season

“I know that SOGO plays a role in their social, emotional and

mental development.”

Get Your MOJO On!Have you heard about SOGO’s best kept secret?Musicians Out Jammin’ Olympia (MOJO) is the name of our chamber ensembles, or small ensemble program. MOJO ensembles have performed at weddings, holiday parties, business openings, Olympia’s Spring Arts Walk, and even Washington State’s most recent Governor’s Inaugural Ball!

Need a little MOJO for your special event? Our ensembles are eager to perform. MOJO coordina-tor Mary Jo Rydholm is an accomplished violin player and has dedicated much of her playing career to chamber ensemble playing. With her vast knowledge and library of chamber music, we can help you find an ensemble to match the mood and length of your event to help make it a success.

contact studentorchestras@gmail.com to schedule your event today! (Cont’d on p.3)

Maestro Welsh’s pride in our musicians is evident after each performance

View newsletter in color at studentorchestras.org | studentorchestras@gmail.com | Visit us on Facebook

Your Financial Support Brings Music History to the Present: Musical Selections for SOGO’s 14th Season Span 170 Years of Cultural Events

1872Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra, by charles-camille Saint-Saëns

1869-87Prince Igor, by Alexander Borodin

1862La Forza del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi

1845Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestraby Louis Spohr

1840’s 1890’s1880’s1870’s1860’s

1882Má vlast (My country)by Bedřich Smetana

1880Capriccio Italienby Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1845The Ravenby Edgar Allan Poe

1889The Starry Night, by Vincent Van Gogh

1863Gettysburg Addressby Abraham Lincoln

1877Thomas Edison invents the phonograph

1 Attend our concerts and events

Invite your family, friends, and co-workers to events and concerts. Is your company interested in pur-chasing concert tickets at the Group Ticket Rate?

2 Advocate for your school’s music department

Speak with parents, teachers, and school administra-tors about the importance of a strong school music program. Encourage participation in the band and orchestra pro-grams.

3 Use Amazon and Stormans rebate programs

We receive money back when you use the Amazon link on our SOGO home page to make your purchases. When you link your Stormans grocery card to SOGO, we receive a 1% rebate on your purchases. Ask your family and friends to do the same!

4 Share your musician’s accomplishments with us

We love acknowledging our musicians and sharing their achievements with our community.

5 Connect SOGO with local businesses Help us identify more local businesses interested

in advertising in concert programs and contributing financially to the success of our programs.

6 Encourage friends to visit our Facebook page

Share Facebook concert and event invita-tions, and include a personal note – tell your friends why it is important to you that they consider attending.

7 Purchase your holiday wreaths and poinsettias through SOGO

These beautiful blooms will warm your home or workplace and make lovely gifts for that hard-to-buy-for person in your life!

8 Make a donation or volunteer for SOGO!

8 Easy Ways You Can Support SOGO This Season

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Dr. Douglas and karen Jeske,owners of Tumwater Eye center and VUE (above), along with Salon Salon owner Gloria Gagyne, sponsored our 2012 SOGO HO HO

Your Financial Support Brings Music History to the Present: Musical Selections for SOGO’s 14th Season Span 170 Years of Cultural Events

1990’s1920’s1890’s

1924Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No 2by Ottorino Respighi

1896First modern Olympic games held in Athens, Greece

1893Hänsel and Gretelby Engelbert Humperdinck

2010’s 2010’s

1896The Screamby Edvard Munch

1926The Sun Also Risesby Ernest Hemingway

1996Encore – Summon the Heroesby John Williams

1996Summer Olympics in Atlanta

2013Play On Greater Olympia (POGO) pilot program

We strive to put together the most rewarding, chal-lenging and high quality programing for all of our

orchestras. Our vari-ous conductors and Teaching Artists are all dedicated to finding music and working with the musicians to get the most value out of our rehearsals and perfor-mances.

One of the ways we reach our goal of hav-ing a meaningful effect on our members is to progress them from their

first full orchestra experience in our Debut Orchestra to the exposure we give them as they play the greatest works of the orchestral repertoire in the conservatory Orchestra.

This season will be no exception. We start off with a bang with the kairos Quartet from central Washing-ton University. I have observed them and the central

Season Fourteen, cont’dWashington University Orchestra and I have a great deal of respect for that program. I look forward to the inspiration and energy that they personify.

Our March concert will feature christine Sears, a mem-ber of our cello section, performing the famous camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No.1 with the conservatory.

keadrin Dick, cellist (we have a lot of them!) will be playing Max Bruch’s Kol Nidre (“Our Vows”) with the Academy Orchestra. Works by Respighi, Tchaikovsky, and Smetana amongst others round out the season.

I look forward to meet-ing as many of you as I can in the upcoming months and working with our young people to introduce them to all of this great art!

“I look forward to working with our young people to introduce them to

all of this great art!”

keadrin Dick will

perform the cello solo in Max Bruch’s

Kol Nidre this spring

cellist christine Sears will be featured in our March concert performing camille Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No.1

2013 - Celebrating our Fourteenth Season

Thanks to Supporters Like You!

2013 SOGO’s first season

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