MWII Memo | QCSO

Dear Musician,

MWII information has been published on the musician website.

MASTERWORKS II: Cityscapes Home & Abroad

REHEARSALS:

#1 11/5 – 7:00 – 9:30pm, Adler Theater (Stephenson, Suppe) break by 8:30pm

#2 11/6 – 4:30 – 7:00pm, Adler Theater (Ellington, Suppe, Stephenson) break by 6:00pm

#3 11/6 – 8:00 – 10:00pm, Adler Theater (Mozart*) break by 9:00pm

#4 11/7 – 2:00 – 4:30pm, Adler Theater (Stephenson, Suppe, Ellington, Mozart) break by 3:30pm

*Mozart is reduced strings: 10, 10, 8, 6, 4

PERFORMANCES:

11/7: 7:30 PM, Adler Theatre, 136 E 3^rd St. Davenport, IA

11/8: 2:00 PM, Centennial Hall, Augustana College, 3500 7^th Ave. Rock Island, IL

PROGRAM ORDER:

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No.31, “Paris” (17’)

DUKE ELLINGTON Harlem (15’)

FRANZ VON SUPPÉ Ein Morgen, Mittag und Abend in Wien (Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna): Overture (8’)

JIM STEPHENSON CitySpeaks (23’)

DRESS CODE:

Musicians shall have and maintain proper professional performance attire for concerts. The intention of the dress code is to present a uniform and professional appearance. The dress of each orchestra musician is an integral part of the performance. Therefore, it shall be incumbent upon each orchestra musician to present themselves for each performance neatly and properly dressed in accordance with the official dress assigned to a specific performance. This dress code is not intended to be gender specific.

Dress II: Semi-Formal – All Black (CBA 6, ii)
The options are the following:

• Classy black suit, collared black long-sleeved shirt, with a solid black long tie

• All black full-length dress with long sleeves that do not rise above the elbow while performing

• All black full-length skirt; with black dressy top, with same sleeves as above

• All black, dressy or tailored formal pants or black pant suit; with black dressy top with same sleeves as above

• Solid black calf or knee-length socks or black full-length or knee-high stockings in sheer or opaque hosiery (no pattern/no fishnet) with dressy black shoes.

FEED THE ORCHESTRA:

Volunteers for Symphony will offer a meal on Friday evening between rehearsals.

Menu

Caterer: La Flama

Meal: Tacos (vegan options available), salad, fruit, desserts

HOTEL:

• Option 1: Association booked double occupancy rooms at the DoubleTree by Hilton Davenport and Hilton Garden Inn Bettendorf/Quad Cities. Musicians may select a roommate or request to be paired by the Association and incur no expense. Musicians may request single occupancy in which case half the nightly rate ($47.60) will be deducted from the Musician’s paycheck.

• Option 2a: Musicians may elect to opt-out of Option 1 to individually secure alternative lodging at the nightly reimbursement rate of $61.

• Option 2b: Musician may elect to opt out of Option 1 to individually secure a homestay at a rate of $10 per night.

If you are in need of an association-booked single or double-occupancy hotel room, please fill out this form by October 23rd by Noon (Late requests will not be processed): https://qcso.org/hotel-request-form/

TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT:

• Musicians living more than 25 miles and less than or equal to 100 miles outside of the Quad City area based on a Google Maps home address to venue calculation are entitled to mileage reimbursement of up to 100 miles per service day for a maximum of 800 miles total per concert set as described in the above chart.

• Musicians living more than 100 miles outside of the Quad City area based on a Google Maps home address to venue calculation are entitled to mileage reimbursement of up to 400 miles each way for a maximum of 800 miles roundtrip per concert set as described in the above chart.

• Musicians who qualify for this category may request an additional mileage reimbursement for 100 miles in lieu of receiving a hotel reimbursement for the first night for any concert cycle lasting longer than two (2) days.

• Total travel reimbursement for performance sets may not exceed $425 for all concert sets.

• Association reserves the right to oﬀer alternative means of transportation to musicians in lieu of mileage reimbursement.

PRACTICE PARTS:

PDF practice parts are posted on the musician website. If you would like a printed packet of parts, please fill out this form: https://qcso.org/practice-parts/

COMP TICKETS:
Comp tickets have been released for this cycle. All comp ticket orders must be under your name. Please use your information and forward the ticket along once you receive it in your email.

Ticket Link
Discount Code: qcsomus100

GIG INFO:

Please follow this link: https://qcso.org/musician-page/

Jenn Swift, QCSO Production & Personnel Manager
Cell : 309.716.0059
Email : jswift@qcso.org