WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA

WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA
WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA is mainly for high school youth. The orchestra plays symphony orchestra music as well as music meant for wind orchestras and string orchestras respectively. Here, you get to take on a bigger responsibility for your section and for how the sections work together. You play different kinds of repertoires and further your knowledge of orchestra work.
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Participants

Age: ca 13–17 years
Instrument experience: 5–7 years
Orchestra experience: Good
Participation fee: 500 SEK/participant
Track Info

The track starts on Saturday June 15 and ends with Wind & String in Concert on Tuesday June 18 in the evening.

Participates in the following concerts:
Festival Concert – Tuesday June 18, Scandinavium
Wind & String in Concert – Tuesday June 18, Concert Hall

Preparations:
Participants should be well rehearsed on the sheet music at camp start

Instrument
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto saxophone, Tenor saxophone, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Euphonium, Baritone, Percussion, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double bass
Time Frame

15 Jun
10:30-11:45 Registration open, Konserthuset
12:15-13:30 Sectional rehearsal, Elite Park Avenue Hotel
13:30-14:30 Lunch, Hvitfeldtska matsal
14:45-16:15 Tutti rehearsal, Elite Park Avenue Hotel
16:45-17:45 Instrument rehearsal, Hvitfeldtska Södra
17:30-18:30 Dinner (only for accommodation), Hvitfeldtska matsal

16 Jun 09:00-16:45
17 Jun 09:00-17:00
18 Jun 11:45-20:15 Including Festival Concert 15:00-16:30 and Wind & String in Concert 19:30-20:15
13 years or older without adult
Child under 13 years with adult
13 years or older with adult
Adult non-playing/-singing
Read through our Application Info/FAQ before applying
Late application is possible as long as there are slots left or no later than April 12
If the application is open but you cannot find your instrument or part, that section is full
NB! The application is the same for both remaining slots and the waiting list
Application Closed
Repertoire
WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA

Strings: 
Chris Thomas Legend of the Dragon Chasers

Edvard Grieg Praeludium from Holberg Suite

Johan Svendsen Allt under himmelens fäste

Wind: 
Ralph Vaughan Williams March – ‘Folk Songs from Somerset’ from English Folk Song Suite

Hugh M. Stuart A Hymn for Band

John Williams The Olympic Spirit (arr. James Curnow)

Tutti:
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture (arr. Vernon Leidig)

Arturo Márquez Conga del Fuego Nuevo

Johan Sebastian Bach Sheep May Safely Graze (arr: Lucien Cailliet)

Pinar Toprak Captain Marvel (arr: Tormod Tvete Vik)

Lin-Manuel Miranda How Far I’ll Go from Moana (arr. Henrik Torolphi)

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Conductors
Marjolein Vermeeren
Terje Skomedal
Marjolein made her successful professional conducting debut with Gothenburg Wind Orchestra in 2022. She has worked with Östgötamusiken, Marinens Musikkår and Helsingborgs Symphony Orchestra, and conducted concerts with Malmö Symphony Orchestra and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Next season, she will debut with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Gotlandsmusiken. Marjolein is a flutist in Gothenburg Symphony and grew up in the south of the Netherlands where wind music is very big. She has worked a lot with youth orchestras and participated for several years at Side by Side as a conductor and instructor for the oldest participants.

Terje is a violinist from Norway and since 2009 he is the first chair for Violin 2 in Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. He is also the concertmaster in BAGS, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra's ownbaroque ensemble. Terje has led WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA in their string orchestra repertoaire since Side by Side 2022.

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WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA

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