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We had a great time at our Beergarden social last Saturday afternoon, and Sunday’s all-day rehearsal was just fantastic. We are so pumped up for our concert this Saturday, July 13! The Singers and Big Band heard Genevieve Holmes and the orchestra perform the Grieg Piano Concerto for the first time Sunday, and you are missing out if you don’t come hear it. Our country swing and boogie medleys didn’t move anyone to tears, but you should see our conductor Daniel dance — I hope our audience can tell from his back what a good time he’s having conducting all the rock and pop he never thought he’d be dealing with as a professional musician! And the Big Band fresh off their last ballroom gig rocks the second half with a Blues Brothers tribute. You do know the Blues Brothers, right? It’s 106 miles to Chicago… hit it!

19:00, Saturday, July 13, 2013
Carl-Orff-Saal, Gasteig
Rosenheimer Straße 5, Munich

Logo München TicketTickets: €18, €12, or €8 at München Ticket agencies, via phone at 089/ 54 81 81 81 or at the door.  (Student and children’s tickets for €6 and €5 in PK2 and PK3 cannot be purchased online and must be purchased at a ticket box office.)

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You are cordially invited to come clink glasses and break bread at the 2013 ESME Summer Social! We’ll kick off at 2pm on Saturday July 6 at the Augustiner Biergarten on Arnulfstraße, nestled between Hauptbahnhof and Hackerbrücke.

Two years ago we had a BBQ social on the Isar which turned out to be a really fun day and a good opportunity to get to know people from other ensembles – hopefully this will be the same! All those associated with ESME’s past, present and future are welcome, including +1s and anyone thinking of joining the team!

In the best of beer garden traditions, we’re encouraging everyone to bring along some food for sharing. Brezen, Obazda, Würste, potato & pasta salads, cheese and bread are all staples – but it’d be nice to reflect the ESME ethos with an international spread, both savoury and sweet! There is of course food available at the venue, so if you’re short of time to put something together then please don’t be put off! Your presence is the most important thing.

We’ll go ahead unless the weather is looking terrible – in which I’ll put an announcement here and send an email around by 9am on Saturday. I’ll provide some details nearer the time as to how we will all find each other there.

I hope lots of you can make it and am looking forward to seeing you all there.

*Please let us know if you are bringing a +1 (or more)* so I know how many tables to try and reserve.  If you have a Facebook account, please join our Facebook event (easier to count).
Yours,
Mark

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The Orchestra, Singers, and the Big Band are proud to present our Summer Concert 2013: Summer Reverie.  This year we’re featuring Beethoven, Grieg, Schubert, James Brown, Billy Joel, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo, Marvin Gaye, and many more.

Music Direction: Daniel Stratievsky, Eric Weddle, and Leonhard Kuhn

19:00, Saturday, July 13, 2013
Carl-Orff-Saal, Gasteig
Rosenheimer Straße 5, Munich

Logo München TicketTickets: €18, €12, or €8 at München Ticket agencies, via phone at 089/ 54 81 81 81 or at the door.  (Student and children’s tickets for €6 and €5 in PK2 and PK3 cannot be purchased online and must be purchased at a ticket box office.)

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The English-Speaking Music Ensembles e.V. (ESME) is searching for an enthusiastic choral conductor.

ESME has more than 110 members rehearsing and performing in an orchestra, choir, and big band. The person who steps up to this challenge will conduct a 40-member mixed-voice choir with a broad and eclectic repertoire, preparing for concerts at Gasteig, as well as a few smaller events through the year.

If you are looking for a new conducting challenge and believe you have what it takes, please contact our management team via email to conductor-search@esme-ev.de.

You can see our choir and members of our other ensembles in action at our upcoming concert, “Sounds from Underground” on May 5, 2013, 19:00 at the Einstein Kulturzentrum.  

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Our spring concert lineup has firmed up — and is featuring individual ensembles for the first time! ESME members, rehearsing independently, will present:

Rodgers & Hammerstein: “If I Loved You”
Alvin Lück (vocals), Tar Viturawong (piano)

Maurice’s “Tableaux de Provence”
Nicolas Clerc (sax), Léa Vernisse (piano)

Arnold’s “Three Shanties”
Julian Boyfield (bassoon), Elaine Cole (flute), Priti Schlubach (oboe), Julian Stein (horn), José Cosas (clarinet)

Pitney’s “Mary Lou”
Barbershop quartet: Julian Boyfield, Sam Gelletly, Mike Flowerdew, Orlando De Lange

Snyder’s “In Time of Silver Rain”
Vocal trio: Annie Janssen, Alvin Lück, Elizabeth Elliott

Jenkins’s “Palladio”
Christian Brandel (violin), Sybille Fischer (violin), Daniel Wytrykus (violin), Mark Westcott (viola), László Csomor (cello), Jonathan Harclerode (double bass)

Albeniz’s “Sevilla”
sax quintet: Nicolas Clerc, Hartmut Schwirner, Mikael Ahlstedl, Carina Kraft, Harald Bornfleth

Schiffrin’s “Mission Impossible”
Jazz sextet: Nicolas Clerc, Hartmut Schwirner, Mikael Ahlstedl, Carina Kraft, Harald Bornfleth, Guy Benson (drums)

The Singers will also perform :

Ola Gjeilo’s “Dark Night of the Soul”
Hayes’s “Simple Gifts”
Kern’s “Scarborough Fair”
Hogan’s “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho”
Eddleman’s “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor”
Eric Whitacre’s “Sleep”
Gershwin / Clapham’s “I Got Rhythm”
Dilworth’s “Take Me to the Water”

Cost: €10 at the door — or reserve a ticket to be picked up at the latest 30 minutes before the beginning of the concert:  http://einstein-kultur.de/veranstaltung/?ee=441 is your link to reserve online! (The confirmation email took 5 minutes in our test, and landed in the spam folder, so do check yours…)

19:00, Sunday, May 5, 2013
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Einsteinstrasse 42, 81675 Munich, Germany

There will be an “Afterparty”, details will be available at the event itself!