Idaho County Orchestra seeks musicians
The Idaho County Orchestra is inviting instrumental and vocal musicians (high school and older) to participate in the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah for the 2026 Christmas season (datesTBA). The orchestra is inviting additional new orchestra members who play violin, viola, cello, string bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, French horn, or timpani.  There will be auditions for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass solos on Monday August 24 at Cottonwood’s Prairie Elementary School at 7 pm. To prepare, request solo parts from Carletta Allen or Isabella Baldwin. The combined orchestra and choir will be rehearsing separately under the direction of Isabella Baldwin. Orchestra rehearsals will be Monday evenings from 7-8:30 pm at the Grangeville Elementary band room- July 27, August 3, August 10; then will change to Tuesdays from August 18 through September and October. Choir rehearsals will be at the Prairie Elementary School band room in Cottonwood on Monday evenings 7-8:30 pm. beginning September 7. Combined rehearsals are planned for November. Two concerts are planned for December. One is tentatively planned for December 12 at 6 pm in Grangeville at the Grangeville Christian Church, and the other is set for Saturday December 19 at 2 pm at St. Gertrude’s Monastery in Cottonwood.
Contact Carletta Allen (c 208-790-4419) to register with your phone number, e-mail and part sung or played. To help offset the cost of music, a voluntary donation of $20 each is appreciated. Checks can be made out to ‘Idaho County Orchestra’ and given to Carletta Allen or Sr. Karen Martin.