Villa Sinfonia Foundation
First Quarter Newsletter
2010-2011
Welcome back to another year of music making. Enclosed in this newsletter are the start-of-the-year forms. Please take some time now to fill out the Student Information Form 1 and return it to us so that we have your current contact info and your child’s birth date.
Other equally important forms that we need you to complete and return to us:
Family Ensemble registration—choose your time slot and let us know what you will be playing and who will be playing;
Special Events—we need to take a headcount for these—if you don’t know what your plans will be, you can let us know later;
Zephyr Music Camp pre-enrollment—the earlier we know who will be attending, the earlier we can start planning groups and get music out to participants, plus you can secure your spot at camp now;
Archdiocese of San Francisco waiver and release form—mandatory requirement by the SF Archdiocese for all students participating in NDV concerts;
Group Fee contract for all students participating in Group Classes and Orchestra—it includes the payment plans for the tuition for these groups;
Parent Participation form—what would we do without the invaluable help from parents? Those of you who pitch in and help us set up the orchestra and tables and then help us take it all down at the end, and who help at the door, monitoring children, and helping with the Silent Auction are truly appreciated by the staff. We couldn’t operate efficiently without your help! Thank you—and please check your calendars for your availability this year.
We have ten senior soloists this year! That’s a record for VSF. You will notice that in addition to our Holiday, Spring and Tour Concerts, we have two extra concerts that will be performed by the Villa Chamber Orchestra and each concert will feature some of the Seniors.
The calendar will be handed out at the beginning of the school year and each quarter you will receive a newsletter with the current quarter calendar listed in it. You can also find it on our website: www.villasinfonia.org.
The 2011 VSF Tour is June 22-28. Over 100 people are already signed up for the tour—a record number for this point in tour planning. We will travel to Washington, D.C. and Williamsburg, with performances in our nation’s capital. Please find the payment schedule listed on page 4 of this newsletter and note these dates in your calendar.
Former student bound for Vienna. Violinist Patrick Galvin will be studying at the Prayner Konservatorium in Vienna, Austria working on his Masters in violin performance. He will be studying with Barbara Gorzynska. You can find Patrick at patrickjmgalvin@gmail.com or on Facebook. He would love to chat with VSF friends about his experiences. His address: Schwindgasse 9/7a, 1040, Wien Austria Europe.
Special congratulations to VSF Board member David Neuman and Adele Dorison on their upcoming September marriage. Best wishes to you both!
First Quarter Calendar
2010-2011
September 2010
Prep. Orchestra ( Thursdays, 4:30, 151 Villa Terrace): Sept. 9, 16, 23
Friday Groups (Fridays, 4, 4:30 and 5:30, 151 Villa Terrace): Sept. 10, 17, 24
VS/VCO (VS Sundays 2-3:45, VCO Sundays 4-6:15): Sept. 12, 26
October 2010
Prep. Orchestra: Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28
Friday Groups: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29
VS/VCO: Oct. 3, 17*
*Note change of rehearsal time:
Oct. 17- VS 4-5 VCO 5:15-6:15
FAMILY ENSEMBLE CONCERTS:
Oct. 24, 1,3, 7pm NDV
November 2010
Prep. Orchestra: Nov. 4, 11, 18
Friday Groups: Nov. 5, 12, 19
VS/VCO: Nov. 7, 14, 21*
*Note change of rehearsal time:
Nov. 21: VS 4-5 VCO 5:15-6:15
VSF Fundraising Concert with wine and hors d’oeuvres
at the home of Rick and Randa Dudum
Saturday, October 2, 4-7pm
featuring
violinist Stuart Canin and pianist William Corbett-Jones and members of Villa Sinfonia
$150 per person or $250 per couple
If you would like to be sent an invitation please contact Lynn Oakley at (oakvio@aol.com). Let us know if there are other people we should be inviting to this special event.
Stuart Canin is the former concertmaster of the San Francisco Symphony, Berkeley Symphony and the New Century Orchestra. He has also been concertmaster of the LA Opera. He studied with Ivan Galamian and was the 1959 winner of the prestigious Paganini Competition in Italy.
William Corbett-Jones has performed often with the Villa Chamber Orchestra. He has also performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Singapore and the Phillipines. He has been a member of the California Trio (with Jacob Krachmalnick and Robert Sayre), the Alma Trio at USC and the Crown Chamber Players of UC Santa Cruz
Quartets will be busy this fall! Bring your children for an evening of beautiful and affordable chamber music.
The Presidio String Quartet (David Ryther, Deborah Katz, Ilana Matfis, and Shain Carrasco) will perform at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Lake and Arguello, Oct. 9, 7:30pm and at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, 377-87th St, Daly City, on October 23, 7:30pm. They will be performing works of Gabriela Frank, A. Piazzolla and David Ryther.
The Villa Sinfonia String Quartet (Roy Oakley, Lynn Oakley, Gordon Thrupp, and Carol Rice) will perform at Broadmoor Presbyterian Church, 377-87th St, Daly City, Nov. 13, 7:30pm and at St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Lake and Arguello on November 20, 7:30pm. The VSF Quartet will perform Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge and Barber’s Dover Beach with contralto Karen Irwin plus other works.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MUSICAL PEOPLE:
September
8 Antonin Dvorak (1841)
17 Raina Christeson
20 Grace Frazer
21 Caitlin Martin
22 Omid Assadi
23 David Donnenfield
30 Miriam Myers
October
1 Milayna Melis
5 Joyce Anderson
6 Nina Moore
13 Ruby Dycus
14 Cynthia Livingston
15 Holly Cain
16 Jim Hurley
19 Shinichi Suzuki
27 Niccolo Paganini (1782)
30 Walter Gazave
30 Laura Hobbs
November
7 Talia Storey-Cuddeback
10 Helen Galvin
15 Lucy Thrupp
16 Josephine Branscomb
17 Briana Megid
18 Carl Maria von Weber (1786)
20 David Neuman
21 George Albert
If we forgot your birthday, let us know and we’ll list it in the next newsletter.
WASHINGTON D.C. TOUR
JUNE 22-28, 2011
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
PAYMENT DATE AMOUNT
Nonrefundable Deposit May 31, 2010 $150/Person
Payment 1 October 22, 2010 $500/Person
Payment 2 January 22, 2011 $750/Person
*Payment 3(Final Payment) April 22, 2011 $543/Person (or Balance)