• Feb242009
    Tuning

    POSTED AT 12:13 PM

    If you want help tuning at home. You can use www.get-tuned.com.
     
    Click "Instruments" (left)
    Click your instrument
    You may click each string and tune to the pitch played.
     
    Hope this helps those without tuners!
     
    Mrs. Colson
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    Feb022009
    Free Audience Opportunities!!!

    POSTED AT 02:38 PM

    Dear Orchestra Students and Parents:
     
    As always, I try to keep you updated on opportunities that help keep your student motivated and are easy on the pocketbook. There are two free performances that you may take advantage of in the coming weeks!
     
    1.) Saturday, February 6 @ 10:00- approx. 12:00
          Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will have an open rehearsal for students and parents. The program is featuring movie music (Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, etc.), and winners from a local concerto competition (high school pianist and UNCW euphonium player). All this will take place at Kenan Auditorium at UNCW.
     
    2.) Sunday, February 15 @ 2:00
         Tallis Chamber Orchestra will give a performance at St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Admission is free, donations will be accepted. If you come, you'll see me, Mrs. Colson, play!!!
     
    Hope you take advantage of these opportunities!
     
    Musically yours,
     
    Mrs. Colson
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    Dec282008
    The Wedding!

    POSTED AT 11:56 AM

    Dear Curious Orchestra Students:
     
    As promised, here are the details of the wedding...
     
    It was extremely cold and rainy in the foothills of Rutherford County, NC (look for it on a map). I was hoping for snow, but the rain prevailed. Luckily, it stopped before the wedding and didn't start again until AFTER we left the reception!
     
    I had FIVE bridesmaids:
    Maid of Honor: my little sister
    My 2 new sister-in-laws!
    My best friend from High School
    My best friend from College (she is also a FABULOUS cellist)!
    All the bridesmaids wore long black dresses, and carried candlelit lanterns. My sister, the MOH, carried a small bouquet that matched mine. I was determined to not have a flame that close to my wedding dress. I'd be on America's Funniest Home Videos next month. My bouquet was full of white lilies and white roses! There was more red, white, and green in the church than I'd ever seen! It was so beautiful!
     
    The groomsmen wore tuxedos with red vests and ties. My husband's vest and tie was white (to match me!).
     
    Hopefully my husband, the computer genius, will get the video up on-line soon. Then you can actually WATCH our wedding!
     
    The reception was the most beautiful part of it all! My mother decorated with light blues and snowflakes. The lights were dim, and soft Frank Sinatra songs were playing in the background. Everyone sat down to a sit-down Christmas dinner and enjoyed the large company of friends and family!
     
    Also as promised, here are some of the proofs from my bridal shooting. (YES, I did wear the red heels during the wedding.)
     
    Hope you all are having a great holiday! Don't forget to play a little for your family over the break! Keep practicing!
     
    Musically yours,
    Mrs. Colson
     
            
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    Dec162008
    Christmas Break

    POSTED AT 10:23 AM

    To the orchestra students:
     
    Great job on two great concerts! I'm very proud of both schools. Pending on principle approval from both schools, we may have a combined concert for our next concert! (Bigger emsembles=less nervousness) Over Christmas break remember to PRACTICE! You loose it if you don't use it. Practice scales, excerpts from the books, or practice your all-county music (7th grade). I'll have a suggested list on the homework page. Stay posted for updates after Christmas. I'll try to be good and let you all know wedding details!
     
    For those posting comments:
    Thank you! But if you comment, try commenting on the blog you just read...
     
    Musically yours,
    Ms. Roberts (Mrs. Colson in 4 days)
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    Dec082008
    Do you have questions on Concert Attire?

    POSTED AT 12:04 PM

    Good Concert Attire...
             
    as opposed to
    Bad Concert Attire....
          
     
    Don't be tacky!
    Black dress pants, black dress shoes, solid colored dress shirt.
    No shoulders, knees, or bellies!
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    Nov262008
    Christmas Concert

    POSTED AT 08:29 AM

    Hi Guys!
     
    For the Virgo Crew:
    The Christmas Concert will be December 4th (@ DC Virgo).
    Wear a white dress shirt, black DRESS pants, and black DRESS shoes!
    Bring your instrument, concert music, rosin, extra strings, etc.
    Be at the orchestra room by 6:20 pm!
    Concert will begin at 7:00... you must stay for the entire performance!
     
    For the Noble Crew:
    The Concert with be be December 11th (@ Noble)
    Wear a solid color dress shirt, black DRESS pants, and black DRESS shoes!
    Bring your instrument, concert music, rosin, extra strings, etc.
    Be in the cafeteria by 6:20 pm!
    Concert will begin at 7:00... you must stay for the entire performance!
     
    Musically yours,
    Ms. Roberts
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    Sep292008
    Blog Site!

    POSTED AT 03:12 PM

    To all my orchestra students:
    This is a blog site for YOU!!!  If you have any questions over the weekend or break, enter a new subject. If you know the answer to someone's question, answer it. This is for orchestra based discussions only! Any inappropriate remarks or comments will be erased and documented. You can be held liable for things written anywhere on the internet, so be CAREFUL, courteous, and professional!
     
    Happy practicing,
    Ms. Roberts
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