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<p class=MsoNormal>Fresh off our successful Symphonic Concert this past weekend,
the TrueNorth Symphony is now gearing up for our next two concert series.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On March 26 & 27 we will be performing with the TrueNorth
Chorale the Joseph Martin “Song of the Shadows,” a well-known
Tenebrae work that many of you have played before. We will do one
orchestral piece, to be announced depending on the personnel I can get for this
concert. I would love to do Wagner’s “Good Friday
Spell” from Parsifal, but it requires a full orchestra to pull it
off. I welcome solos and ensembles to audition to perform at this concert
as well. Rehearsals begin this Monday, March 8 at the French Creek Nature
Center in Sheffield Village.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On May 21/22/23 we will perform three really exciting and
challenging works: the Northeast Ohio premier of Joseph Martin’s
“Song of Wisdom,” based on the children’s book “Old
Turtle.” The second work is “Peter and the Wolf”.
Although both these works are program music based on children’s books,
the music is quite challenging for both pieces. The third work will be
Vivaldi’s “Winter” Concerto, with our very own Sarah Becker
as the soloist. (I know, I know, it will be spring by then.)
Rehearsals for this concert begin on April 12.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>We rehearse at 7:15 on Monday nights at French Creek Nature
Center, 4530 Colorado Ave.(Route 611), Sheffield. Check us out on our brand
new upgraded web site, <a href="http://www.TNCArts.org">www.TNCArts.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If you have not played with us before, an informal audition
is required. Informal means play something of your choice (3-4 minutes)
and I will ask you to sight read something of moderate difficulty.
Contact me to let me know you are coming, and come at 6:45 to audition, then
stay for the rehearsal. There are virtually unlimited openings for
strings, and limited slots open for woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
This is a volunteer orchestra performing original scores of all works, i.e. not
watered-down arrangements.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";
color:purple'>Jim Traxler<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";
color:purple'>Director, TrueNorth Symphony<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="mailto:jtraxbay@oh.rr.com"><span style='color:blue'>jtraxbay@oh.rr.com</span></a></span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell
440-554-4519</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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