Big Bad Orchestra

October 31, 2005 at 3:20 AM

I usually don't mind long orchestra rehearsals.
But a three hour rehearsal, crowned with a one hour string ensemble is just too much for anyone. Both conductors are utterly merciless; my orchestra conductor made us go over the forst movement of Swan Lake over and over and over and over and over and over again, and it's nearly all tremelo. Then my string ensemble leader (as always) wants us to play with every ounce of our strength. Of course at that point, there's nothing left to pull out!
I didn't even really get a break; recently, I've been forgetting to shut my window in the evenings, and I leave my violin hanging a few feet away. Harmless, right? Oh no, I live in Florida (I forget sometimes...I've not lived here more than a year). So after several bowhairs snapped, and I was snipping them off with nailclippers during orchestra break, I discovered green mold on the frog of my bow. So I spent the entire break fixing my bow.
My orchestra conductor had a great story today; she lives in a highrise near the ocean down here. Well, during Wilma, a tornado spawned and hit her highrise. Some firefighters were able to pull out all the people, and then one of them said "Okay, I have one minute per apartment; what belongings do you want me to get in one minute?" My conductor immediately said "My scores, I put them in the bathroom". After he brought out all of her scores, her highrise collapsed. Freaky, no? Unh, school starts tomorrow. Thank goodness for daylight savings.

From Danielle Gauthier
Posted on November 1, 2005 at 12:22 AM

yeah, the forst movement of SL can be a jerk...

I'm going to this thing in a few weeks and we will be having practice from 9am to 2:15 pm (breaking for an hour lunch) and then playing a 3pm concert...and then driving the seven hours it takes to get home...after dinner, of course.

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