The East Bay Summer Youth Ensemble is beginning its 18^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, May 28, 2008 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 60-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 have a concert scheduled on Thursday, July 31st 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 2nd 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, May 28^th rehearsal, just register at the next rehearsal on June 6^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 May 28th.

Hey Concert Band Instrumentalists,

The East Bay Summer Youth Ensemble…

NEEDS YOU!

The EBSYE is a Summer Wind Ensemble comprised of 8^th – 12^th Grade Instrumentalists that practice and perform a wide variety of fun, exciting and challenging, concert literature!

Membership Requirements:

·        Acceptance into the ensemble is based on your director’s recommendation!

·        Students should have at least 3 years of experience on their instrument.

·       ONLY SERIOUS MUSICIANS looking to improve their skills over the summer with a large 60+ member wind ensemble should apply!

Rehearsals take place on Wednesday Evenings during the summer from 6:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. beginning May 28^th, 2008 at

Somerset High School

625 County Street

Somerset, MA 02726

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SEE YOUR BAND DIRECTOR AND LET HIM/HER KNOW THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED!!!

INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU PRIOR TO THE FIRST REHEARSAL!

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 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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