Viol-A-Thon

November 24, 2008 at 7:14 AM

This is shaping up to be a very busy month. The viol-a-thon started Saturday with a 3 hour-long dress rehearsal with one of the Jewish Community Orchestras. Sunday, concert day, started with the call at 1pm, with the concert starting at 3pm.

The concert featured the Hummel Trumpet Concerto, with Michael Stodd, co-principal trumpist from the Komische Opera in East Berlin. He grew up in the Portland area, and came back home to perform this piece with our orchestra. It was a great experience playing with a high-caliber professional. In addition to the Concerto, we played Finlandia and Beethoven's 5th Symphony, as well as a few traditional Jewish pieces for the opening of the season.

After the concert was over, the principal violist, bassist and I grabbed a quick dinner on the way to our next rehearsal - the Messiah. Rehearsal was with the choir, for two hours without break. When I finally made it home, I noticed that a viola hickey was forming.

Tomorrow I have another rehearsal with a different orchestra, and rehearsal with my Quartet before the Thanksgiving weekend. I've recently had several requests to "sub" in other community orchestras and other events over the next month. I turned them all down. Three concerts in one month is about as much as this amature violist can handle (or would that be "Handel"?).

From Karen Allendoerfer
Posted via 71.184.114.154 on November 24, 2008 at 12:14 PM

Make sure to stay healthy!

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