28 amateurorchestra’s till now

October 21, 2005 at 10:48 AM

Here an old foto of 10 years ago of me (right) playing in a student orchestra Sempre Crescendo. If you played 4 decemberconcerto’s you got a bronze pin/medal. If you had played 8 decemberconcerto’s you got a gold pin/medal. The silver medal you could get after 2 years of committee of the orchestra Sempre Crescendo or 1 year lustrumcommittee and 1 year orchestracommittee. So my aim was to get the gold medal, although I was already ready with my studies and working in a (chemical) factory at that time.

Normally I play in 4 or 5 orchestra’s every week. These are the orchestra’s I played in in my life, at least half a year, often depending of the programm.
Orchestra’s:
, at least half a year, the numbers are from the FASO-list (on my blog), some orchestra’s have been disappeared without number and some are no member of the FASO:
1) Youth Orchestra Leiden -fridayevening
2) 167Studenten Muziekgezelschap "Sempre Crescendo -mondayevening
3) 164Leids Studenten Koor en Orkest Collegium Musicum -tuesdayevening
4) Haagsche Serenata, Zoetermeer –sundayevening (no FASO-member)
5) Geldermalsens Symfony Orchestra –thursdayevening (together with Tiels chamber orchestra now)
6) Tiels Chamber Orchestra –wednesdayevening
7) 74Het Orkest van Utrecht –wednesdayevening
8) 77Projekt Orkest Utrecht -weekend
9) 82Utrechtse Muziekacademie –wednesdayevening
10) 84Orkest van het Groene Hart vh Woerdens Symfonie Orkest –wednesdayevening
11) 106Philharmonie - orkest van De Nieuwe Muziekvereniging - fridayevening
12) 107Symphonie Orkest Con Brio -mondayevening
13) 133Rijnlands Symfonie Orkest Alphen a/d Rijn -tuesdayevening
14) 136Delfts Symphonie Orkest –wednesdayevening
15) 142Bataafs Symfonie Orkest -thursdayevening
16) 143Symfonie Orkest "Bellitoni"–wednesdayevening + weekend
17) 147Haags Symfonie Orkest Euterpe -mondayevening
18) 150Orkestvereniging "Musica" -tuesdayevening
19) 154ZuidHollands Symfonieorkest –wednesdayevening
20) 160Gouds Symfonie Orkest – thursdayevening
21) 166Orkest "Leiden Sinfonietta" – thursdayevening
22) 168Toonkunst Orkest Leiden –wednesdayevening
23) 169Leiderdorps Kamerorkest -tuesdayevening
24) 176Stichting Ridderkerks Symfonie Orkest -saturdaymorning
25) 183Stichting Orkest Intermezzo -weekend
26) 157Orchest Vereeniging Dordrecht –wednesdayevening
27) Striking Strings, chamberstringorchestra Leiden, -wednesdayevening and weekend (disappeared)
28) Rayader chamberorchestra Leiden (no FASO-member)
Apart from the evening sessions most orchestra’s have 1 or 2 day's in a weekend extra rehearsals.
Earth Wind and Fire sings in I’ll write a song for you (1977):
love is a symfony, hearts in one melody.
I say:
Live is a symfony (and a rare violinconcerto) with a good melody

From Eric Stanfield
Posted on October 21, 2005 at 8:28 PM

Amazing. Where I live I don't think there are more than half a dozen amateur orchestras.

From Sheila Ganapathy
Posted on October 23, 2005 at 4:42 AM

I love your last line...i think that's a great way to think of life.

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