Rehearsal Schedule and Handbook

Please refer to the Handbook for details of concert dress and etiquette.

OU Symphony Handbook

Rehearsals and other events are normally 1:30-3:20 pm in CMC 124. Any changes in time or location are specified in the schedule.

Weekly schedules with specific rehearsal times for repertoire will be sent out via email on the Sunday before each week.

Players are graded for this course on the basis of attendance and preparation. For more specific information, read the Orchestra Handbook on the orchestra website.

Week One:

Aug 19 - Auditions
Aug 21 - Auditions
Aug 23 - Music handout

Week Two:

Aug 26 - Rehearsal
Aug 28 - Rehearsal
Aug 30 - No school

Week Three:

Sept 2 - No school- Labor Day
Sept 4 - Rehearsal
Sept 6 - Rehearsal (Sharp Hall)

Week Four:

Sept. 9 - Rehearsal
Sept. 11 - Rehearsal
Sept. 13 - Rehearsal (Sharp Hall)

Week Five:

Sept 16 - Rehearsal
Sept 18 - Rehearsal
Sept 20 - Rehearsal (RPAC pit)

Week Six:

Sunday, Sept 22 - Dress rehearsal, RPAC, 7-10 pm
Monday, Sept 23 - Dress rehearsal, RPAC, 7-10 pm
Tuesday, Sept 24 - Dress rehearsal, RPAC, 7-10 pm
Wednesday, Sept 25 - Dress rehearsal, RPAC, 7-10 pm
Thursday, Sept 26 - PERFORMANCE: Donizetti Rita/Ravel L’heure espagnole 8 pm, call time 7:30 pm
Friday, Sept 27 - PERFORMANCE: Donizetti Rita/Ravel L’heure espagnole 8 pm, call time 7:30 pm
Saturday, Sept 28 - PERFORMANCE: Donizetti Rita/Ravel L’heure espagnole 8 pm, call time 7:30 pm
Sunday, Sept 29 - PERFORMANCE: Donizetti Rita/Ravel L’heure espagnole 3 pm, call time 2:30 pm

Week Seven:

Sept 30 - No rehearsal
Tuesday, Oct 1 - Dress rehearsal for MUSICAL MOSAIC, evening- time TBA
Oct 2 (afternoon) - Rehearsal- 1:30-2:30 pm only
Oct 2 (evening) - Dress rehearsal for MUSICAL MOSAIC, evening- time TBA
Oct 3 - PERFORMANCE: Musical Mosaic: Ives Symphony No. 2 finale (excerpt), Ravel L’heure espagnole finale
Oct 4 - No rehearsal

Week Eight:

Oct 7 - Rehearsal
Oct 9 - Rehearsal
Oct 11 - No school- OU/TX Weekend

Week Nine:

Oct 14 - Rehearsal
Oct 16 - Rehearsal
Oct 18 - PERFORMANCE: Graduate recital, Lily Blanchard, conductor: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto mvt. 1 (Juan Moreno, soloist), Beethoven Symphony No. 1- 1:30 pm Sharp Hall

Week Ten:

Oct 21 - Rehearsal
Oct 23 - Rehearsal
Oct 25 - Rehearsal (Sharp Hall)
Saturday, Oct 26 - Dress rehearsal, Sharp Hall, 6-9 pm
Sunday, Oct 27 - PERFORMANCE: Beethoven Violin Concerto (Dr. Yena Lee, soloist), Ives Symphony No. 2

Week Eleven:

Oct 28 - No rehearsal
Oct 30 - Rehearsal
Nov 1 - Rehearsal

Week Twelve:

Nov 4 - Rehearsal
Nov 6 - Rehearsal
Nov 8 - Rehearsal (Sharp Hall)

Week Thirteen:

Nov 11 - Rehearsal
Nov 13 - Rehearsal
Nov 15 - Rehearsal (Sharp Hall)
Saturday, Nov 16 - Dress rehearsal, Sharp Hall, 6:30-9:30 pm
Sunday, Nov 17 - PERFORMANCE: Brahms Academic Festival Overture (Katie Noelker, conductor); Mozart Symphony No. 31, “Paris” (Hyery Hwang, conductor); George Walker Tangents for Orchestra; Stravinsky Firebird Suite (1919)

Week Fourteen:

Nov 18 - No rehearsal
Nov 20 - Rehearsal
Nov 22 - Rehearsal

Week Fifteen:

Nov 25 - Rehearsal
Nov 27/30 - No rehearsal- Thanksgiving Break

Week Sixteen:

Dead Week
Dec 2 - Rehearsal (Student compositions)
Dec 4 - Rehearsal
Dec 6 - Rehearsal