🗓️ Rehearsal 1 – Sectional Focus + First Read-throughsDuration: 4 hours
Goal: Internalize structure, tempo, and transitions; work most technically demanding sections.
0:00–0:10 – Warm-up & Tuning
0:10–1:15 – 🎶 Brahms Symphony No. 1, Movements I & IV
- Emphasis on tempo changes, phrasing, and ensemble entrances
- Spot the most complex string passages and wind balance challenges
1:15–2:15 – 🎶 Contreras Symphony No. 1 – First Half
- Cover Mvts I–II (or appropriate segments if through-composed)
- Rhythmic accuracy, mixed meters, and Latin idioms
2:15–2:25 – Break
2:25–3:10 – 🎹 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (w/ pianist if possible)
- Focus on transitions between solo and tutti
- Syncopation, rubato, and jazz idioms
3:10–4:00 – 🎶 Contreras Symphony No. 1 – Second Half
- Wrap-up with full second half
- Work cross-sectional rhythmic coordination
