TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - GVSU STRING LEADERSHIP DAY

Saturday, November 2, 2019

ALL EVENTS HELD IN THE HAAS CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS (HCPA)

STRING LEADERSHIP DAY SCHEDULE

8:00 to 8:50  Registration [LOUIS ARMSTRONG THEATER LOBBY]

9:00 to 10:30 Sectional Rehearsals 

• First violins with Megan Crawford  [ON STAGE]
• Second violins with Eric Tanner   [ROOM 1410]
• Violas with Leslie Van Becker [FRONCEK STUDIO, room 2755]
• Cellos with Pablo Mahave-Veglia  [MAHAVE-VEGLIA STUDIO, room 2759]
• Basses with Michael Hovnanian  [Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall] 

10:45 to 11:55 [ON STAGE] String Leadership Day Festival Orchestra Rehearsal 

12:00 to 1:00 Lunch provided for all students and directors  [ROOM 1515] 

12:00 to 1:00 Tryout new violins, violas, and cellos from Grand Rapids Violins, LLC  [ROOM 1525]

1:00 to 1:30  Mini-Recital by the GVSU Faculty Piano Trio and String Trio  [Sherman Van Solkema Hall]

1:30 to 3:00 Master Classes [with selection of Best of the Day soloists]

• Violins with Megan Crawford [ON STAGE]
• Violas with Leslie Van Becker [ROOM 1410]
• Cellos with Pablo Mahave-Veglia [NEW MAHAVE-VEGLIA STUDIO]
• Basses with Michael Hovnanian  [Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall]

3:00 to 3:15  [LAT LOBBY] break for refreshments, sponsored by GVSU ASTA

3:20 to 5:00 [ON STAGE] String Leadership Day Festival Orchestra Rehearsal 

[3:20 to 5:15 Individual rehearsal time with staff accompanist for Best of the Day soloists in Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall]

5:00 to 7:00 Monitored storage for instruments [backstage]

5:00 to 7:00 [FREE TIME] Dinner on your own and change into concert dress

7:00 CONCERT storage for cases [backstage]

[ALL students must be in audience for first half of concert]

• GVSU Symphony Orchestra, Henry Duitman, conductor (Smetana, The Moldau)
• Performance by Best of the Day student soloists 
• String Leadership Day Festival Orchestra, Henry Duitman, conductor (Anton Arensky, Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky)
• POST-CONCERT RECEPTION FOR ALL STUDENTS AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS IN LOBBY