Rehearsal and Performance Venues

 

Rehearsals and performances are held in Greenwall Auditorium of the VAPA building at Bennington College, and rehearsals are for full orchestra unless otherwise noted. Location or time may be need to be changed based on unanticipated conflicts with the College's activities, so please check this site or our Facebook page regularly.

The standard rehearsal start time is 5:30 PM, but it may occassionally be moved a half hour earlier to accomodate College performances in adjacent theaters.

Players should bring a music stand.

Old rehearsal schedules may be available by contacting the webmaster via email. Reheasal schedules for the 2011-12 season are available in two .PD's: Click here for the rehearsal schedule for Fall 2011 (Nov 13 Concert), and click here for the schedule for the winter/spring 2012 performances.

2013-14 Season

 

The performance dates for the upcoming season will be posted in the next few week, by mid-June.

Rehearsals 2012-13 Season

 

Below are the confirmed rehearsal dates and times for the December 2, 2012 performance and planned dates for the performances on February 17 2013, March 17 2013 and May 19 2013.

Fall Concert: December 2 2012

  • Program Mahler Symphony No 1, Ravel Tzigane for Solo Violin and Orchestra (Lento, quasi cadenza), Kaori Washiyama, soloist
  • Sunday Sept 30, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Strings Only, Snacks All
  • Sunday Oct 14, 5:00pm - 7:40pm (Note time change) , Snacks winds and percussion
  • Sunday Oct 21, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks brass, double bass and cello
  • Sunday Oct 28, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks violins and violas
  • Sunday Nov 4, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Time change - Fall Back, Snacks winds and percussion,
  • Sunday Nov 11, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks brass, double bass and cello
  • Sunday Nov 18, 5:00pm - 7:40pm (Note time change), Snacks violins and violas
  • Sunday Nov 25, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks winds and percussion
  • Saturday Dec 1, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks brass, double bass and cello
  • Sunday Dec 2, sound check at 2:00pm and performance at 4:00pm
  • Instrumentation for Mahler Symphony 1 - 4 flutes (3 and 4 double piccolo), 4 oboes (3 doubles English horn), 4 clarinets in B-flat, C,A (there is doubling on bass clarinet and E-flat), 3 bassoons (3 doubles contra), 8 horns (7 plus assistant), 4 trumpets in F, 4 trombones, tuba, harp, 2 tympanists required (on 5 tympani), strings
  • Instrumentation for Tzigane for Solo Violin and Orchestra - 2 flutes (2nd doubles piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B-flat, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 4 trumpets in C, tympani, celeste, harp and strings
 

Winter Concert: February 17 2013

  • Program Mozart Symphony No 40 "Great G Minor", Barber Knoxville Summer of 1915, Kerry Ryer-Parke soloist, Handel Concerto grosso opus 3 no. 1
  • Sunday Jan 27, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks 1st violins, cellos, double bass, percussion
  • Sunday Feb 3, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks 2nd violins and violas
  • Sunday Feb 10, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks winds and brass
  • Saturday Feb 16, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks all
  • Sunday Feb 17, sound check at 2:00pm and performance at 4:00pm
  • Instrumentation for Barber: 1 flute (piccolo), 1 oboe (English horn), 1 clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 1 trumpet, harp and strings
  • Instrumentation for Mozart: 1 flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and strings
  • Instrumentation for Handel: 2 flutes (will be recorders), 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, strings and harpsichord
 

Youth Concert: March 17 2013

  • Program: Young Composer's Program (6 works), Robert Zimmerman mentor, Mendelssohn Incidental Music for a Midsummer Night's Dream (Movements #1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 11)
  • Sunday Feb 24, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks 1st violins, cellos, double bass, percussion
  • Sunday Mar 3, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks 2nd violins, violas
  • Sunday Mar 10, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks winds and brass, Daylight Savings Time begins
  • Saturday Mar 16, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks all
  • Sunday Mar 17, sound check at 2:00pm and performance at 4:00pm
  • Instrumentation for Mendelssohn: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tympani, percussion (triangle and gong) and strings
 

Spring Concert: May 19 2013

  • Note about the snack schedule: I have not listed snacks for the early sectional rehearsals because it is hard to gauge how many players we will have in each section. But for this coming year, I will provide some direction for those rehearsals.
  • Program: Mozart and Puccini Vocal Arias, Five Orchestral Scenes by Allen Shawn and Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss and Prelude and Fugue by Arcady Dubensky.
  • Sunday Mar 24, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Brass and winds only. No strings.
  • Sunday Apr 7, Split rehearsal
    • 2:45pm - 4:45pm Winds and brass only in Jennings room 136
    • 5:30pm - 8:15pm Strings only, in Greenwall Auditorium
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  • Sunday Apr 14, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Strings only, no winds or brass, in Deane Carriage Barn
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  • Sunday Apr 21, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Full orchestra from here to concert
    Snacks 1st violins, cellos, percussion
  • Sunday Apr 28, 5:00pm - 7:45pm, Early start, Snacks 2nd violins, violas, string bass, Bring a stand
  • Sunday May 5, 5:00pm - 7:45pm, Early start, Snacks winds and brass
  • Sunday May 12, 5:30pm - 8:15pm, Snacks strings
  • Saturday May 18, 4:30pm - 7:45pm, Early start, Snacks winds, brass, percussion
  • Performance at 4pm Sunday May 19, 2pm sound check
  • Sage City Annual Fundraising Dinner follows at 6pm
  • Instrumentation for Strauss: 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English hrn, 2 clarinets on B-flat, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns in f, 3 trumpets in F and C, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani and tam-tam, 2 harps and strings
  • Instrumentation for Shawn work: 2 flutes (2nd pic), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns in F, 2 trumpets in B-flat, 3 trombones, tuba, piano, timpani and strings