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OYO survived a fabulous retreat
September 14-16, 2007 at Redwood Glen Camp.  
We play by the book. And we have fun.

Saturday SectionalsRetreat winds
Conductor Bryan Nies conducts (L to R, rear then front): Clarinets Austin Hogan, and Anna Kent; Bassoons Antonio Cade and Michael Severance; Flutes Corey Cassell, MengRuo Yang and Kelly Jenkins; and Oboes Arturo Rodriguez and Janna Lee. Wind coach Robin May stands by to offer technical guidance.

Retreat brass
Under the invisible hand of Brass Coach Lenny Ott; from left, horns Cadence Peckham and Andrew Watson; trumpets Leo Harrington and Gillian Freed and tenor trombone Kirk Robinson.

bassi retreat
Basses Jonathan Stein and Aneesa Al-Musawwir work with their coach Tim Spears in a bucolic setting, their famous power spot.

celli retreat
Cello coach Tania Simoncelli works out the celli. Here Principal Josh Chen and Assistant Principal Andrew Cheng are shown.


Rehearsals

Ming
Saturday evening's rehearsal of the Sibelius Symphony No. 1 was led by Ming Luke.

MM Rehearse
Michael Morgan took the podiun on Sunday morning, and with cellist Andew Cheng, Concertmaster Ceci Li and Principal Violist Lucy Archer, notices that there's something happening over there, and it's pretty amusing.

Timp retreat
Timpanist
Connor Irias punctuates the rehearsal.

and FUN was had!
retreat fun
L to R: violists Andrew Huang, Danielle Wilson and Ken Matsueda share some laughs in the sun. photos by Barbara Stack..

fun guy Artie Rodriguez promises more pix.

See 2006 Retreat