Historical September 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The St. Louis Conservatory and Schools for the Arts (CASA) will hold auditions for placement in the following groups in September.
All auditions will be held at CASA, 560 Trinity, University City.
Please call CASA at 863.3033 for an application.
Adult Concert Band
The Greater St. Louis
Adult Concert Band
will hold auditions on Sunday, September 29.
After the application is completed, an audition time will be set by the band manager, Faye Seigel. Play one selection of your choice for the audition.
There is a $35 membership fee for band members.
The band is designed to provide an opportunity for musicians to come together in a concert band setting and once again experience the fun you had in your high school or college band.
This will be a full concert band consisting of brass, woodwind and percussion instruments and will play the finest wind literature available.
The Greater St. Louis
Adult Concert Band
is conducted by Dan Presgrave, who also is director of bands at Washington University. conductor of the Mighty Mississippi Concert Band of St. Louis and teaches trumpet at CASA. Weekly rehearsals, beginning October 7. are held at CASA throughout the school year on Mondays, 7:30-10:00 pm.
The band will give three concerts in its second year.
Young People’s Orchestras
The CASA Young People’s Symphonic and Concert Orchestra will hold auditions for placement Saturday, September 14. Young musicians through high school age, who are enrolled in their local school music program and/or have a teacher recommendation, are eligible for the orchestra.
After an application is completed, an audition time will be set by orchestra manager, Edith Hougland. Conductor of the CASA Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra is Daniel T. Holt, who also serves as chairman of the music department and conductor of orchestras at Parkway South High School. Cy Drichta is the conductor of the Young People’s Concert Orchestra. Weekly rehearsals are held at CASA through the school year on Monday’s. 4 to 6 PM for the Young People’s Symphonic Orchestra and Tuesdays, 4 to 6 PM for the Young People’s Concert Orchestra.
The CASA
Young People’s Orchestras
give two concerts each per year at CASA and also perform at other public places.
String Training Orchestra
Placements for the CASA
String Training Orchestra
will be held on Wednesday, September 11, and Wednesday, September 18. Young string musicians, age 7 and up. who can read music may qualify for placement in the
String Training Orchestra
.
To schedule an audition appointment call the CASA Schools office, 863-3033. Entrance requirements are the ability to play a few simple tunes. Violin students should know first and third positions and cello students, first and fourth positions. Young musicians who play viola, bass or harp are also eligible for positions in the ensemble.
The conductor is Mary Lou Getman, Suzuki cello teacher at CASA.
The youthful string ensemble, now beginning its fifteenth year, rehearses weekly throughout the school year.
As orchestral supplement to a student’s school and/or private lessons, the ensemble is the first orchestral experience for many youngsters. Rehearsals will be held on succeeding Wednesdays, beginning September 25, from 4:15 to 5:30 PM in the CASA Concert Hall. CASA receives partial support from the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, and is a funded member of the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1991.
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