Musicians sought for Basin Community Orchestra

Practices start March 3

MOSES LAKE — Rehearsals for the spring season of the Basin Community Orchestra begin March 3, and its conductors are looking for musicians who want to play.

Orchestra participant Don Myers said practices will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Wallenstien Theater on the Big Bend Community College campus. The orchestra is scheduled to perform during Springfest, Moses Lake’s annual town celebration, on Memorial Day weekend. A second performance tentatively is scheduled for June 2 at the Wallenstien Theater, Myers said.

For the spring season the Basin Community Orchestra is combining with the BBCC orchestra, according to information from co-conductor Dan Beich.

Myers said musicians must be at least 16 years old to participate, but that’s the only restriction. “We have members 70, 80 years old as well. Anybody is welcome, all skill levels,” he said.

Co-conductors for the spring season are Beich, band instructor at Moses Lake High School, and Michael Dzbenski, BBCC music instructor.

“An opportunity for musicians to be able to play,” Myers said. Organizers are looking for wind instrument and string players, percussionists and brass players. There are, Beich wrote, occasional parts for pianists and harpists. “We are lacking in string players here,” Myers said, and string players are being encouraged to join.

Advance registration is requested, Beich said. The registration form is available on the Basin Community Orchestra Facebook page.

- Cheryl Schweizer