Students wishing to sign up for Owensboro Symphony Academy private lessons should contact Maestro Joseph Choi via e-mail at maestrojec@aol.com.
The academy offers private instruction for:
All orchestral instruments
Strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass)
Suzuki (beginning violin and cello lessons are available)
Woodwinds (flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon)
Brass (French horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba)
Percussion (drums and timpani)
Voice lessons
Choral and orchestral conducting
Music Theory
Guitar and organ (available only if enough students show interest)
Youth Orchestra Rehearsal
The first rehearsal of the Owensboro Symphony Youth Orchestras will be Monday, Aug. 11, at the Owensboro Symphony Academy. The Cadet Orchestra will rehearse from 4-5:30 p.m. The OSYO will rehearse from 6-8:30 p.m.
The first half of the rehearsal will be dedicated to a student/parent meeting.
Students wishing to audition for the OSYO should contact Maestro Joseph Choi via e-mail at maestrojec@aol.com. Or students may come to the first rehearsal.
Presents
The ever-popular Concert on the Lawn will be performed on Saturday, August 23, on Kentucky Wesleyan College's lawn. This year's guest artist is Jonell Mosser, an R&B singer from Nashville.
Children's activities take place at 5 p.m. The Owensboro Community Band will perform from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The symphony strikes up at 7 p.m.
In case of rain, the concert moves inside the KWC gymnasium.
Enter a picnic-decorating contest. If you win, someone from your table gets to perform with the orchestra in the last selection of the evening.Help out the orchestra! Rent a table for eight from the OSO. It costs $100. Call Renee at the office at 684-0661, extension 11, for details.
OSO announces 2008-09 contract openings
The OSO has openings in all string sections and percussion. Interested musicians should contact Greg Olson, personnel manager, via or (270) 929-5625.
Deadline for applications is August 10.
The Owensboro Symphony Orchestra's CD, which highlights the orchestra's 40th anniversary season, is now available! It costs $15 each and may be purchased at the symphony office. Please call Reneé Beasley Jones at 684-0661 extension 11 to purchase one via telephone..Please enjoy this excerpt of the orchestra's newest CD.