Lip Service
So I continue to play in a concert band. We’re busily rehearsing for a holiday concert on Sunday, 12/20, and the trumpets just have a ton of playing to do. Stamina could definitely be an issue, so I’ve been practicing at home a little bit longer, and working to extend my comfortable range a bit higher. The basement spiders should be hibernating now, so I don’t think I’m disturbing their ecosystem.
Another amusing director quote: Anita, the associate director, was rehearsing a piece we’re playing called Three Klezmer Miniatures. In places there are intricate rhythms that need to be traded back and forth between sections, and the other night we started out a little out of sync. She stopped the band and said, “If anyone were dancing to you guys, they’d be hurting themselves.”
To get you in the mood, here’s the piece we’ll be starting our concert with (again, not our band):
[audio:http://phil2bin.com/sounds/31733.mp3]
