Rehearsal Information

Section Personnel Contacts

• Strings - Irene Leamon (isleamon@gmail.com)
• Woodwinds - Michelle Markus (mam_clarinet@yahoo.com)
• Brass - Anne DiSciullo (anne.disciullo@gmail.com)
• Percussion - Mark "Whisky" Wolinski (whiskaudio@aol.com, cell 617-571-1029)

Rehearsal Schedule and Required Instrumentation

All regular rehearsals will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and held at the Weir-Stanley building, 70 Loring Avenue in Salem.
HOWEVER - to find the parking lot and entrance, set your GPS for 254 Canal St, Salem, MA. This is the location for Gardner Mattress which is directly across the street from the entrance to the parking lot.

Dress Rehearsals will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and held at Swampscott High School Auditorium, 200 Essex Street in Swampscott.

Winthrop Concert, Sep. 13, 2025
Rehearsal: TBD
Marshunda Smith, guest conductor

• Pops Concert
  probable: *2222-4331-tmp+2-str

Fall Concert, Nov. 16, 2025
Rehearsals: Oct 12 (strings only), 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, dress rehearsal Sat. Nov. 15, 10-1
No rehearsal Oct 13th (Columbus Day Weekend)

• Heitor Villa-Lobos
  Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
  *3*3*3*3-4321-tmp+3 cel-str   22'
• Amy Beach
  Bal Masqué for Orchestra Op. 22
  *3222-4200-tmp+2-H-str   5'
• Heather Hastings
  The Golden Hour (Massachusetts premiere)
  *3222-4231-tmp+4-H-str   5'
• Antonín Dvořák
  Symphony No. 9, Op. 95, in E minor "New World"
  *2*322-4231-tmp+1-str   38'

Holiday Pops
Rehearsal (Swampscott High School Band Room): Sat. Dec. 13, 10-1 probable: *2222-4331-tmp+2, harp-str
Concert 1: Sun. Dec. 14, 4pm (3 pm call), St. Anthony's, Revere
Concert 2: Sun. Dec. 21, 4pm (3 pm call), St. Richard's, Danvers


Winter Concert, Feb 22, 2026
Rehearsals: Jan. 18 (strings only), 25, Feb. 1, 8, 15, dress rehearsal Sat. Feb. 21, 10-1

• Giuseppe Verdi
  Overture to Nabucco
  *2222-4231-tmp+2-str   8'
• W.A. Mozart
  Oboe concerto
  Amanda Harday, oboe
  0200-2000-str   20'
• Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
  Symphony no. 2, Op. 17, C minor "Ukrainian"
  *3222-4231-tmp+2-str   32'

Spring Concert, April 19, 2026
Rehearsals: Mar. 8 (strings only), 15, 22, 29, Apr. 12, dress rehearsal Sat. Apr. 18, 10-1
(April 5 is EASTER - No rehearsal)

• Richard Strauss
  Serenade, Op. 7, E-flat
  222(*3)-4000-str   10'
• Johann Christoph Bach
  Lamento "Ach, dass ich Wassers gnug hätte"
  Emily Marvosh, contralto
  str-organ  8'
• Caroline Shaw
  Is a Rose
  Emily Marvosh, contralto
  0100-0000-harpsichord-str  15'
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony no. 2, Op. 36, D major
  2222-2200-tmp-strr   32'

Methuen Organ Concert, April 26, 2026
Rehearsal: April 25

• Richard Strauss
  Serenade, Op. 7, E-flat
  222(*3)-4000-str   10'
• Rheinberger
  Organ Concerto #1, Op. 137 F Maj
  0000-3000-str-organ  24'
• Ludwig van Beethoven
  Symphony no. 2, Op. 36, D major
  2222-2200-tmp-strr   32'

Children's Concert, Sunday, May ?, 2026
Rehearsal: TBD at the First Baptist Church in Beverly
Petting Zoo @ 2 pm; Call at 2:30 pm; Concert at 3 pm Marshunda Smith, guest conductor

• TBD
• TBD

Beverly 400th - Saturday, Aug 29, 2026
Rehearsal (Salem State): Sun, Aug TBD 6-9pm probable: *2222-4331-tmp+3, str
Concert: Sat. Aug. 29th, 7:30pm (6 pm call), Beverly