Phrasing in music (as well as conversation) have an ebb and flow that make them sound natural. It is what separates a human performance from a mechanical performance. In our first concert, String Orchestra will be using the subject of Contrapunctus as an example of a musical idea that flows through the music and the ensemble as each section takes turns riding its wake. When we play a contrapuntal piece, it is up to each section to flow into control of the subject and then release it as it moves somewhere else. 

Repertoire: 

String Orchestra:Haydn - Finale of Symphony 88, Yradier - La Paloma, Warlock - Capriol Dances, Bach - Contrapunctous I 

Repertory Orchestra: Arr. Giacchino - Star Trek Into Darkness, Bizet - Habanera, Louis Herold - Zampa Overture, Bizet - Carmen Suite I, Steven Bryant - Dusk. 

Concertino Strings: Reinhold Glière and Arr. John Caponegro, Russian Sailors' Dance - Sean O'Loughlin, Moonlit Skies - Johann Sebastian Bach and Arr. Lynne Latham, Brandenburg Concerto N. 5