[November joint practice session: 1st day section practice]

The practice will take place over two days, from Saturday, November 19th to Sunday, November 20th.

On the first day, instructors from the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra gave instruction to each section.

Practice is divided into groups for 1st violin, 2nd violin, viola, low strings (cello and double bass), percussion, woodwinds, and brass.

The instructor for 1st violin is Kyoko Sakari.

The instructor for 2nd violin is Kasane Kashiwagi.

The viola instructor is Akiaki Shigemitsu.

This season, the number of viola members is originally small,
Since there were some absentees today, we had the luxury of a one-on-one lesson.

The instructor for the low strings is cellist Takebayashi Ryo.

The percussion instructor is Kazuhiko Takano.

The woodwind instructor is bassoonist Junichi Mori.

The brass instructor is horn player Yusuke Saito.

This time, the section practice was divided into more groups than usual, so there were not enough rooms in the Fukushima Minpo Hall.
The brass section used Shirayuri Kindergarten, about a 15-minute walk from Minpo Hall, as their practice space.

The teachers were murmuring, "This song is difficult..."
He carefully explained each part and gave detailed instructions.

Thank you to all the instructors.

Section practice ends at 3 p.m.

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After that, we practiced only with the members who will be taking part in the volunteer performance scheduled for next week on the 26th.

A group of 19 volunteer members is scheduled to perform at the following events.

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Coastline Art Museum Opening Ceremony Ogatsu Mural Festival
SEAWALL MUSEUM OGATSU OPENING CEREMONY

Date and time:
Saturday, November 26, 2022 10:30-16:00

venue:
Coastline Art Museum 2-22 Kami-Ogatsu, Ogatsu-cho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
※ Search for "Coastline Museum" on Google Maps

access:
1 hour 15 minutes by car from JR Sendai Station / 40 minutes by car from JR Senseki Line Ishinomaki Station

https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck-2AF-P94o/?hl=ja

(※Below is an excerpt from the official Instagram account of the Coastline Museum)

"On November 26, 2022, we will open the Coastline Museum on the seawall in Ogatsu Town, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
On the opening day, three murals will be unveiled, including one painted on an astounding scale measuring 7.5 meters in height and 54.6 meters in length, and the "Ogatsu Mural Festival" will be held to commemorate the museum's opening.
Please come and enjoy the combination of art, music, food, and crafts in front of the mural. Come celebrate with us! Participation is free!

Event program:

10:30- Ogatsu Mural Festival starts (food sales start)
11:30-12:00 Museum opening ceremony (opening greetings, prologue, opening Japanese drum performance, etc.)
12:00-14:00 Treat yourself to a coastal meal (Shikisai Shoku Imamura x Yasui Takanosuke)
13:15-13:45 Tohoku Youth Orchestra Wall Concert
14:00-17:00 Special exhibition of murals at Ogatsu Elementary and Junior High School (separate venue from the festival venue)
14:15-14:30 Cheer Dance WINGS Performance
15:30-16:00 Kimyo Reitaro Live on the Coastline

A mural was painted as an artwork on a huge seawall in Ogatsu Town, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
Coinciding with the completion of the mural will be an opening ceremony for the outdoor art museum called "Coastline Art Museum."
The Tohoku Youth Orchestra will hold a "Wall Side Concert" in front of the seawall.
If you are available, please come and visit us.

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Alumni will also be participating in this volunteer concert as helpers.

Cello Ootsuka works as a homeroom teacher for a fifth grade elementary school student.
On this day, they brought some gifts to Fukushima Minpo Hall for practice for the volunteer performance.

Practice ended just after 4:30 p.m.

This time, we will practice for two days on Saturday and Sunday.
Members who are not from Fukushima will be able to stay at a hotel in Koriyama City if they so wish.
We will travel together by Shinkansen.

Koriyama is about one bullet train stop away from Fukushima city.
Due to the Fukushima Racecourse and the nationwide travel discount,
All the hotels in Fukushima city were fully booked, so we ended up staying at a hotel in Koriyama.

We will report on what happened from the second day onwards in a report to be posted at a later date.