"Awfully Good" Sinfonia
Tentative Program dates:
Opening Social: January 4, 2025
An Awful day of Music: Saturday, January 25th 10 am-7 pm
Concert: 6 pm Saturday, January 25th 2025
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Welcome to a new year of resolutions! We want to bring our community together by teaching an old dog a new trick........it is never too late to learn to play a musical instrument! We will collect instruments from our community to loan out to all those willing to learn to play an instrument in our concert. Keep reading and join us on our epic journey towards "Awfully Good" music!
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Purpose of our Project:
Our goal in this project is to raise money for new instruments for our TVYS junior program. We believe that ANYONE can make a joyful noise and learn to love sharing music. We want to get out ALL of the instruments in our community that have been collecting dust and put them to use. We also believe that we can have a lot of fun making "Awfully Good" music!
Volunteer as an Instrument Coach
Do you know how to play your instrument well enough that you can teach someone how to play "Hot Cross Buns" and "Twinkle, Twinkle little Star"? We are looking for musicians 16 and older who are willing to participate as a coach in our "Awfully Good Sinfonia" project.
The time commitment will include the following:
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Opening Social- meet the students who you will be coaching and exchange contact info- 1 hour
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Training for coaching with TVYS staff- we will give you music, materials and a teaching outline for coaching your instrument team to perform in our "Awfully Good Sinfonia" 1- hour
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Coaching sessions with your team and concert- you will meet with your instrument team for the whole day of our "Awfully Good Sinfonia" 10 am- 7 pm (9 hours) The concert begins at 6 pm.
apply to be a volunteer coach at:​
Sign up to learn a new instrument and perform in our "Awfully Good" Concert
We invite all who are curious to learn to play a new instrument with us. You will select an instrument, meet with your coach for a fun social, practice for a couple of weeks and then join us for a super fun day of learning and making music together. Included in your enrollment/donation are the following:
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use of an instrument for 3 weeks
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an "Awfully Good" t-shirt
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access to the TVYS library of instrument tutorials and exercises.
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Opening Social (meet your coach and receive your instrument) refreshments provided :)
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Awfully Good Sinfonia Day
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10-noon practice with your coach and instrument group​
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noon- Awful Luncheon (great food provided!)
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full ensemble rehearsals (with snacks breaks) 1-4:30 pm
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Awful Dinner (great food provided!) served until 5:15
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Awfully Good Sinfonia Concert! 6 pm
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Registration opens December 1st 2024 Give yourself (or someone else) the gift of "Awful" music!
Volunteer as our project manager for the "Awfully Good" Sinfonia
We are looking for a super organized superhero with a super big capacity for FUN! This project manager will work with our marketing director to get the word out about our "Awful" project as well as work with our Executive Director to make this event memorable. Tasks will include but not be limited to the following:
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monitor registrations
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attend board meetings (Nov- Feb)
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monitor instrument donations
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supervise volunteers
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communicate with volunteer coaches, participants and the executive committee
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chair the committee for this event
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track expenses for food, materials, t-shirts, publicity
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communicate with the treasurer about funds involved
Please email us if you are interested in volunteering as project manager for this event- or volunteering in any capacity for this event at:​
