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The nutcracker!

October 24, 2006 at 7:53 PM

Tonight I have my first rehursal for the nutcracker. One of only 4 to prepare for the ballet. We are accompianing the Ithaca Ballet. A professional Ballet company.

We are performing at the Smith Opera House in Geneva, NY. And the Historic Ithaca State theater. In m upstate NY these are very high regarded theaters and I am so happy to get an oppritunity to play in one, let alone both of them!

We have a new conductor for these performances. WE are Between conductors right now so we are having interm conductors until we hire one. We had this conductor over the summer, but I think I personally like the one that did our fall concert better. He just fits the personality of the orchestra better.

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on October 25, 2006 at 1:33 AM

We're playing Nutcracker (excerpts), too. It's fun music. Enjoy it.

From Richard Hellinger
Posted on October 25, 2006 at 4:45 PM

Yah it is fun music, unfortunetally we have to play the entire ballet. It is at least 40 pages long, and the conductor's score is over 250!

And we only have 4 rehearsals to learn all of it!

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