a Night at the Opera

The SCSO concert at Spivey Hall was a huge success last night. I loved most of the music and best of all, played most of the notes!! John, Christen and Walie came and we had a late supper at Cracker Barrel afterwards. John said it was the best concert he'd heard. We are a stronger orchestra this year with probably 12 new members. Our next concert will be an all British program and we will be playing in both Clayton and Henry counties.

ASO bargain

I have become more active on FB in the past few months and sometimes question whether that is a good thing or not, especially in light of the scam that took a friend's $$$ recently. However, I did reap the benefits of a FB account last week. I got a notification in my Inbox from the Atlanta Symphony giving me the opportunity to purchase tickets for last night's concert for $7.99. Whoa! I jumped on it and enjoyed a wonderful concert in the best seats I've ever had in Symphony Hall last night preceded by dinner at Brio. The soloist, Jennifer Koh, had the sweetest sounding violin I think I've ever heard. A delightful evening out.

Catch Up Time

As you can see, I haven't posted anything since last year. How grim! I started this blog to journal about my musical adventures and guess I got too caught up in LIFE stuff to keep it up. I've since grown to become an addicted blog reader and was inspired by Laura's blog to start back writing. More to come soon.

Grin :)

E. told me after rehearsal last night that I was getting better. I have a small 3 measure solo in one piece and my stand partner and I carry the melody in another piece we are playing at JUMC Sunday morning. It was a good night for intonation! Smile and grin!

Sunday Supper with musicians

Sunday Supper with the NAPC orchestra was fun. It was nice to have conversations with fellow musicians and to learn about their other lives. Only 1 is a piano teacher - the rest have a variety of intellectual pursuits that pay their salaries - a lawyer turned psychologist, a physics teacher, a nuclear engineering student, a Chinese exchange student from Japan, an architect and I don't know about the rest. Quite an interesting group. I don't always enjoy these types of social activites, but this one was fun. I didn't get to talk to everyone - we ate in 2 different rooms - but it was a good time. The Tech student is going to learn to play the viola!

Week One of the new Season

I made it through the week and am balancing all the rehearsals/practices ok so far. No SCSO this next week - that will give me a nice break and 2 weeks to work on the tough music. I practiced the NAPC music tonight. The Bach is tougher than I initially thought. We are having an orchestra supper Sunday night and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone better. I met a woman last Sunday that recognized my name from v. com. That was really cool.

It's pumpkin latte time at Starbucks! Hoorah!!

full steam ahead

My fall schedule has begun. Orchestra rehearsals on Tues., Wed., and Sundays. It may be too much. Right now I'm looking at 3 folders full of music. The NAPC stuff is not very hard, but I am totally exposed when playing with that group so I need to be well prepared. Lots of practicing ahead for me. :)