Hi all

Thank you for your playing last Friday: a warm welcome back to Sarah and to Phil (Trombone) for joining us.

The past 6 weeks have disappeared rather quickly, and after our break this coming week (16^th Feb) we have 4 rehearsals left before our concert on 22^nd March.

I do hope that you get the chance to look at your respective parts before we return on the 23^rd Feb: perhaps you could spend an hour or so of your `free` Friday evening (16^th Feb) to run through some `tricky bits` for yourself…?! (just a suggestion!)

As indicated a few times already, my job is more to look after the shaping and `ensembleness`  aspects of our work – rather than rehearsing notes and rhythms – and your job is to be able to embrace your respective instrumental part as best you can: one can’t do without the other, and both involve some form of practice.

Please see the attached for some further thoughts on this: hope you find these inspirational!

Proposed rehearsal sequence for 23^rd Feb. (with new timings)…

FIRST HALF: 7.45-8.30pm

Suppe: Light Cavalry

Volkmann: mvmt 1

BREAK 8.30 – 8.45pm

SECOND HALF: 8.45-9.30pm – ish

Emperor Waltz

Volkmann: mvmt 2

Happy Practicing

John x