* SSBand - MEMBERS-ONLY *

                                                  Updated March 20, 2024

SSB Website information:

  This page of Synod Senior Band website maintains <all current>  for members.

(Returning to prior email notices may obtain information obsoleted by later notices.)

  This website is navigated by hyperlinks = underlined phrases

which when mouse-clicked go to web page-location,  or separate files,

for detail.

                  2024 Calendar/Online


   read-only Google Calendar integrable ("subscribe") with most online calendar systems,


*********************************************************************************************

 
    Member Roster/Contact

               Please notify any leader asap of any contact change


We have 13 rehearsals and 9 concerts scheduled, plus one voluntary WestwoodLC church service in August. 

2024 Season Rehearsal and Concert schedule in order:

March 26 Rehearsal

April     9 Rehearsal

April   23 Rehearsal

May 7

May 21  Rehearsal

May 30 Concert—City of Chaska Parks & Recreation        3:30p

June 4   Rehearsal

June 11 Concert—Friendship Village, Bloomington             3:00p

June 18 Rehearsal

June 25 Concert—Transfiguration LC, Bloomington   11:00a

June 28 Concert—Trillium Woods, Plymouth                      7:00p

                All-July BREAK

August 6, 20 Rehearsals

August 25 Westwood Sunday service                               10:00a

September 3 Rehearsal

September 10 Concert-- St. Philip the Deacon LC, Plymouth 1:00p

September 17 Rehearsal

September 20 Concert—Salem Covenant, Coon Rapids      1:00p

September 24 Concert— Bethlehem LC, Minnetonka          7:00p

October 1 Rehearsal            

October 13 Concert--Gethsemane LC, Hopkins                   4:00p

October 15 Rehearsal followed by Annual Lunch                10:00a

October 22 Concert-- WestwoodLC 'home' concert             11:00a


2024 repertoire “Song and Dance:”

We are very happy to have our entire season firmed up.
 Because we have 4 performances before our July vacation,
 we will be using a few pieces from last year in our first half.
 As the season goes on we will delete some pieces and insert new ones.
 An example: we will play the Beatles medley, with Phil conducting, for the first 3 concerts,
 then our next concert at Trillium Woods which heard that piece last year, a new piece.
- Wien Tagen, a polka written by a former SSB player!
   
Hopefully this mix of old and new will keep our rehearsals fun and focused as we prepare new music;
The 5 tunes from Suite of Old American Dances will be part of the glue to hold song and dance together.
This is a significant and difficult piece;  we’ll add each part as we feel we can do it justice.

2024 music list (in alpha order):

Air for Band - Frank Erickson (1)

Alleluia - Hindemith/vDz (1)

*Amazing Grace - Ticheli

Beach Boy's Greatest Hits - arr.Brown (1)

*A Child's Embrace - Young (1)

*Hava Nagila - arr. Bobrowitz

Hebraic Fantasy - arr. Bobrowitz (2)

*Irish Tune from County Derry -Grainger (2)

Music of the Beatles - arr. Sweeney (2)

Platte River Hoedown movements - Strommen (1)

*Pilgrims' Hymn - Paulus/vDz

*Skippidy Hoppidy - Sweet (2)

Stars & Stripes Forever - Sousa (3)

Suite of Old American Dances movements - Bennett (1)

*Sweet Rag - Sweet (1)

*Wien Tagen - Wig (2)

Look for the above titles with an asterisk*:

The 8 titles with an * are pieces which SSB has played before, and should still be in your folders.

Please look though your alphabetized music to find thesepieces and bring them to rehearsal.

Don't worry if you can't find someof these, there will be some extra parts at rehearsal. 

What the (1), (2), (3) mean:

The number in ( ) is the week wewill first rehearse this number.

Non-asterisk * titles:

These pieces will be passed out to all at the kickoff rehearsal. 

 

Music Library Committee:

 Librarian Ann Verme will be contacting those of you who expressed interest.

Refreshment Committee

  Members have already been contacted, training is 9:30a (pre-rehearsal) on March 26th.

 

Marketing:

If anyonehas some expertise in designing brochures or digital posters, please volunteer

so we can increase attendance at concerts by sending ahead to venues material they can use for advertising us.

******************************************************

Member news:

   Trumpeter Mike Eltton's' spouse passed recently.

***************************************

Recruiting

  Ask players you know to consider playing with us.

  We want to be "self-renewing!", by invitation or not - no auditions.

  (Additional percussionists in particular would expand our horizons.)

******************************************
COVID policy:

1. We strongly, Strongly, STRONGLY! recommend being vaccinated
and stay up-to-date with boosters.

2.  If you have symptoms test quickly, and start the treatment as soon as possible.

3. Current medical advice is those diagnosed should wait 10 days
before interacting
with vulnerable populations which by virtue of age and health demographics includes us.
We want you for the long run and will respect your responsible decisions.

 
*********************************************
SSB Board of Directors:
  Music Director: Nick VanDuzee  (ex officio)
 Administrator: Gigi Kornfuehrer 
 Treasurer: Ardie Valen 
 Music Librarian: Ann Verme
 Linda Cherra
 Rod Daniels
 Carol Feldman 
 Herman Swanson

*************************************************
Audio Archive
Audio recordings
    2017 Finale Concert Recording (.mp3 audio)
  2016 Finale Concert Recording (.mp3 audio)

Turning-in of old SSB-music repertoire parts - inactive., but  

    If you have particular fondness for certain pieces SSB has played over the years,

you are free to first make copies (at your own expense) for your own use.


   The following pieces were requested returned in 2021,
    A Childhood Hymn             Holsinger   
(returning in 2024)
    America the Beautiful    arr. Dragon
    American Barndance           Saucedo
    An American Fanfare          Kirby
    American Salute                 Gould/Wagner
    Amparito Roca                   Texidor
    Ave Maria                          Biebl/Serber
    Barnum and Bailey's Fav.    King/Bainum
    Battle Hymn of Republic     Wilhousky/Nielson

    Big Band Spectacular          arr. Higgins
    The Blue and the Grey        Grundman/Longfield
    Broadway Journey              arr. Christensen
    Bugler's Holiday                  Anderson
    Cabalina                             Sweet
    Capriccio Espagnol              Rimsky-Korsakov/Williams
    Chassidic Kaddish               Gottliem/Serber

***************************************