This year, I will be
working with the World Youth Wind Symphony and the Junior Band. For each of
these bands, I will be responsible for preparing, distributing, and collecting
all music. I will work closely with the ensemble manager, conductor, and
sectional coaches to make sure that everything runs smoothly!
The World Youth Wind
Symphony is the top high school band at Interlochen. They have new repertoire
and new conductors every week for six weeks. They perform every Saturday night
with the Interlochen Symphony Band (the second high school band). This band is
abbreviated to WYWS, and is pronounced “why-wiss” or “wee-wees.” I personally
prefer “wee-wees” :)
The Junior Band is the
only band for kids in grades 3-6. The program consists of three separate
two-week sessions, and students can stay for one, two, or all three sessions.
Each session concludes with one concert.
In addition to these groups, I
will also be the bowing and errata assistant for the World Youth Symphony
Orchestra, the top high school orchestra. Orchestra librarians have to mark
string bowings into each individual part, which is a very time consuming
process. Doing errata consists of detecting any inaccuracies in the music and
correcting them, thus avoiding wasted rehearsal time. With pieces like
Stravinsky’s Firebird on the docket for this season, there will be quite a bit
to do!
Training begins
in about a week and a half, and I am very excited to begin. I had really wanted
the opportunity to work with both WYWS and Junior Band. I love that I have both
extremes (the youngest group and the top group) in the band division, and I am
looking forward to learning a lot from my focus on band this summer!
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