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.
Age: ca 13–17 years
Instrument experience: 5–7 years
Orchestra experience: Good
Participation fee: 500 SEK/participant
The track starts on Saturday June 17 and ends with Wind & String in Concert on Tuesday June 20 in the evening.
Participates in the following concerts:
Festival Concert – Tuesday June 20, Scandinavium
Wind & String in Concert – Tuesday June 20, Concert Hall
Preparations:
Participants should be well rehearsed on the sheet music at camp start
Application period 1
9 November – 13 December 2022
Admission notice will be sent no later than January 24, 2023
Application period 2
14 December – 8 February 2023
Admission notice will be sent no later than February 28, 2023
Late application/Remaining slots
Late application is open 15 February – 13 April 2023
Admission notice will be sent no later than April 21, 2023
It is important that you read through our APPLICATION INFO before submitting your application. There you can read about how the application process works, what applies in case of cancellation, accommodation, and more. You can also get a better track overview in our track pyramid.
13 years or older without adult
Child under 13 years with adult
13 years or older with adult
Adult non-playing/-singing
Repertoire
WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA
WIND
Tjajkovskij: 1812 Overture (arr Williams) Holst: First Suite in Eb for Military Band: 3 March
STRING
Sibelius: Andante Festivo
Saint-Saëns: Danse Baccanale, arr Hoffman
TUTTI
Dvorak: Slavonic Dance (arr Stone)
Ginastera: Estancia: 1 Los Trabajadores Agrícolas
Staern: En strimma hav (premiere)
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More songs will be added.
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Conductors
Marjolein Vermeeren
Terje Skomedal
Marjolein has a double degree in flute and wind band conducting. She grew up in the southern Netherlands where there is a big tradition in wind band music, and she has worked a lot with youth orchestras. Marjolein is a flutist in the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and has attended Side by Side for several years as an instructor for the older participants. She has been a Side by Side conductor since 2020 and is the principal conductor at WIND & STRING ORCHESTRA.
Photo: Francis Löfvenholm
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.
Photo: Anna Hult
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