General Information
- The concert is scheduled for April 18 2026. Sound check at 5:30. Concert at 7pm.
- Please ensure you arrive at least 10 minutes before the start time for each rehearsal.
- Don’t forget to bring a music stand, your sheet music and a pencil for marking any notes during the session.
- If you need to miss a rehearsal, please inform your section leader as soon as possible.
- The member fee is $30/concert. You can pay here: PayPal Donate or bring your check/cash to rehearsal and give it to Ellen.
- Questions?
- 2026-2027 Los Alamos Symphony Season Dates
Oct 2-3 Dress & Concert
Rehearsals starting August 24 or 17
December 4-5 Dress & Concert
Rehearsals starting November 2 or 9
April 17-18 Dress & Concert
Rehearsals starting March 1 or 8
Rehearsal Schedule
- March 2, 9, 16, 23 / April 6, 13
Los Alamos United Church, 7-9:15pm
March 23 Rehearsal Schedule
All musicians called
7pm – Star Trek
7:25pm – Curlew Scherzo
7:40pm – An American in Paris Suite
8:00pm – Break
8:10pm – Suite for Orchestra
8:55pm – Deep Summer Music
9:15pm – Thank You & Goodnight - April 17
Crossroads 7-9:15pm - April 18
Crossroads 5:30-6:30pm Sound Check & 7pm Concert
Repertoire
- Stark Trek Into Darkness, Giacchino (7’)
Instrumentation: 3(2+p) 2(1+Eh) 3(2+Bcl) 2 – 4 4 4 1 t+4, hp, pno, synth, str
Sheet Music: Star Trek Into Darkness - Suite for Orchestra – One Day in the New Mexico Desert, Bleich (9’)
Instrumentation: 2(1+2/p) 2 3(2+Bcl) 2 2 – 2 1 1 1 t+2, hp, str
Sheet Music & Midi recording: here - Variations on a Shaker Melody, Copland (3.5’)
Instrumentation: 2(1.2/p) 2 2 2 – 2 2 2 0 t + 1, hp, pno, str
Sheet Music: Variations on a Shaker Melody Parts - Deep Summer Music, Larsen (9′)
Instrumentation: 2 2 1 2 – 4 1 3 0 t+2, str
Sheet Music: Rental (coming soon) - Malheur Symphony, mvt IV – Curlew Scherzo, Thomas (5.5’)
Instrumentation: 3(2+p) 3(2+Eng Horn) 3(2+Bcl) 3(2+Cbsn) – 4 3(op4) 3 1 t+3 hp, celeste, str
Sheet Music: Thomas, Chris (Malheur Symphony)
If you have not already, please consider taking a few minutes to watch this video of the composer discussing the Malheur Symphony, and its conception. Our specific movement, the Curlew Scherzo, is cued up with that link. - American in Paris, Gershwin/Whitney (8’)
Instrumentation: 3(2+p) 2 3(2+Bcl) 2 – 4 3 3 1 t+3 hp str a sax, t sax, b sax
Music: An American in Paris Suite – Gershwin/Whitney