It seems like it never ends!
Another event, this time as a collaboration for the Marlborough District Brass Band Celtic concert on Saturday the 26th at 7:30pm and Sunday the 27th of March at 2pm.
Hemi and I will be playing around 10 minutes of music, the majority of which comes from the set I did for the Children's Day event in Picton.
We had a run through yesterday and it was fantastic to play together again. The last time we played around must have been our 36 square metre apartment in Auckland getting ready for Boom!...that was 2007!
As a musician it is always wonderful to work with people who can not only play the notes, but also understand the music and read body language. We must have played for about 2 hours, just playing around with a few things.
Tomorrow we will have another run through and see if we can tighten up the programme. Should be fun!
As well as this celtic concert we are also preparing for the season of My Fair Lady, with the first rehearsal on Tuesday. This time around I have a printed part (handwritten is so much harder to read in a pit), but am lacking the support I had when we last did it in Timaru in 2006. Sarah you were a wonderful leader!!!
So far the orchestra is a total of 8 players, with more coming in to fill in the parts. Hopefully it will at least double. I am looking forward to it, not so much the 11 night run - nor the constant songs running through my head, but just getting back into shows again - the post-performance high is not easily replicated!
Also started work part-time today at Baby City. Always good to have a somewhat steady income to support the musical endeavours with the understanding that when the time comes the music will be enough. I get to pull funny faces at children and bring fleeting relief to tired Mums...*sigh*
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