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Northwestern Medical Orchestra

Informational Slides

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Purpose

The Northwestern Medical Orchestra (NMO) serves to enrich the Northwestern medical community by engaging members and audiences in live music experience. NMO is a unique environment where medical students, alumni, faculty, and staff convene weekly to play together in a joint creative effort. Through open rehearsals at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, orchestral concerts at multiple venues, and a variety of intimate chamber music settings, NMO is committed to sharing musical performances, including their therapeutic benefits, with patients and their loved ones, community residents, and all members of the Northwestern medical community.

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Personnel

Student Board

Bettina Cheung and Brandon McNichol: Co-Presidents
Jacob Wang: Treasurer
Michael Wang: Music Director
Sophia Li: Librarian
Wesley Chou: Development Chair
Nila Suresh: Publicity Chair
Mallika Patel: Social Chair

Advisors

Gregory Brisson, MD: Faculty Advisor
Taichi Fukumura, DMA’20: Artistic Director
Dan Schwarzlose MFA: Alumni Liaison
Tommi Raij, MD, PhD: AbilityLab Liaison

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Repertoire (Spring 2020)

Williams arr. Custer -- Highlights from Jurassic Park
Faure -- Pavane
Gershwin arr. Whitney -- An American in Paris Suite
Brahms -- Academic Festival Overture
Strauss, Johann -- Frühlingsstimmen (Voices of Spring)
Strauss, Richard -- Also Sprach Zarathustra: i. Einleitung, oder Sonnenaufgang (Introduction, or Sunrise)
Holst -- The Planets: iv. Jupiter

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Auditions

There are none!

No unnecessary stress
Any music lover who can attend rehearsals and concerts is welcome

Caveat that equipment and instrumentation limitations (particularly in piano and percussion) may limit membership in special cases.
Preference may be given to last season’s members and players with greater rehearsal availability.

Seating will be determined by a self-assessment of musical experience and playing ability in the new member form

We will try to pair less experienced players with more experienced players

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Rehearsals

Once a week 7-9pm on Tuesdays on the 10th Floor of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Bring your own instruments and stands

We will be in touch if you are a pianist or percussionist about equipment

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Timeline

Reading Event Repertoire

Scheherazade

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Open Reading

Feb 4

First Rehearsal

Feb 11

Rehearsal Tuesdays

Thru April 28

Concert

May 5

May 8

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If you have friends who are interested, feel free to forward these slides to them and to ask them to fill out the form linked below.

https://forms.gle/919QLQ7HfsNiAZsy6

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Thank You