East Bay Summer Youth Ensemble Announcements

The East Bay Summer Youth Ensemble is beginning its 20^th summer season. The ensemble consists of students from East Providence, Barrington, Bristol, Warren, Portsmouth, Tiverton, Swansea, Somerset, Seekonk and beyond. It is open to students entering grades 8-12 who are serious musicians looking to improve upon their skills over the summer.

Rehearsals are on Wednesday evenings until mid-August at Somerset High School located at 625 County Street in Somerset, MA beginning on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Our mission is to provide musicians entering grades 8-12 with a quality summer music experience. Last summer, we had a 82-piece ensemble, which performed in the Bristol and Warren Summer Concert Series as well as for the end of the season Pops Night Concert. We will again have a concert in late July at the Bristol Town Common and our season will conclude with two mid-August performances. One performance will be at the Warren Band Shell and the other will be our 5th Annual Night at the Pops Concert at dates to be announced.

            Registration is $35.00 (checks payable to EBSWE) and is due at one of the first two rehearsals.  If for some reason you cannot attend the Wednesday, June 1^st rehearsal, just register at the next rehearsal on June 8^th.  Directions to Somerset High School are available on the Directions Page within this site. Please bring a pencil to each rehearsal. Also be sure to tell any interested and motivated friends in your band about EBSYE; the more the merrier! Also, information regarding auditions for the EBSWE will be available at the first rehearsal. I hope to see you on June 1^st!

East Bay Summer Wind Ensemble

Is looking for a few excellent musicians for our

36^th Anniversary Concert Series!

Rehearsals take place on Wednesday Evenings during the summer from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. beginning May 25^th, 2011 at

Somerset High School

625 County Street

Somerset, MA 02726

Audition Requirements for High School Students:     

1. All Major Scales (1 octave)  

2. Full-Range Chromatic Scale

3. Technical Etude or Solo of your choice.

(MEMBERS are Adults, College Students and RIMEA All-State / SEMMEA District Caliber Musicians)

High School Students should contact David M. Marshall, Director at marshalld@sbregional.org for an audition time.

Mission Statement: To provide community musicians (amateur, student and professional) with a quality summer music experience while providing first-rate traditional and contemporary band music performances to neighboring communities.

• EBSYE 2010 Repertoire:

   

  • Among the Clouds (Guest Conductor - Alison Halaburda) - by Brian Balmages

  • Fall River Overture - by Robert Sheldon

  • Suite from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" - by John Williams / arr. by Ralph Ford

  • The Best of "Journey" - arr. by Paul Murtha

  • Suite from "The Planets" - by Gustav Holst / arr. by Calvin Custer

   

• EBSYE 2009 Repertoire:

   

  • Bella's Lullaby - by Carter Burwell / arr. by Paul Murtha

  • Suite from "The Dark Knight" - by Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard / arr. by Victor Lopez

  • Flight of the Pegasus (Guest Conductor - Alison Halaburda) - by David Shaffer

  • Rough-Riders Galop - by Karl L. King

  • Rumble on the High Plains - by Michael Sweeney

   

• EBSYE 2008 Repertoire:

   

  • Echoes - Samuel Hazo

  • For Our Heroes - Alan Lee Silva

  • Red, White and Brass - Moss

  • River of Life - Steven Reineke

  • Spider-Man Main Title -

   

• EBSYE 2007 Repertoire:

   

  • Air for Band - by Frank Erickson

  • American Exultant - by Henry Fillmore

  • Gypsy Dance - by Joseph Compello

  • Selections from "The Phantom of the Opera"- arr. Warren Barker

  • Scherzo and Nocturne from “A Moorside Suite” - by Gustav Holst

   

• EBSYE 2006 Repertoire:

   

  • Fanfare for the Third Planet - by Richard L. Saucedo

  • Purple Mountain Majesty (America, The Beautiful) - Ward/Sharp

  • Mission: Impossible Theme - by Lalo Schifrin / arr. Johnnie Vinson

  • Somewhere (from West Side Story) - by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim / arr. Jay Bocook

  • Spania (Spanish March) - by David Shaffer

  • Highlights from “Wicked” - by Stephen Schwartz / arr. Michael Brown

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