last rehearsal

We had our last rehearsal this morning and now I am home, trying to catch up on all of the this-and-that that has escaped me for the past some days - washing clothes, cooking up a late lunch, munching on a fresh apple landlady Kay brought back for me from Yakima - YUM!

And listening to the rehearsal tape. I love how much more meaningful music becomes when you've played it, a lot of times. The music for this concert is really quite beautiful, and dramatic, and fun. Kyle said today that the winter concert will be Shostakovich's 5th symphony, and that it is hard. I am not sure I'll even be playing in that one.

So - it was a good rehearsal and I feel happy and relaxed about the music. Mike and I swapped out the Mussorgsky last night and I'm playing the 3rd trombone part now. The third trombone part is in bass clef. I was just not carrying the second trombone part well enough - it's got some important little runs and I could do them when practicing alone, but just can't keep up playing it with the full symphony. It was a good switch. I'll be able to handle the 3rd part.

I came out of the rehearsal feeling the way I usually do after a good rehearsal - big smile on my face, just feeling happy! Since I rarely do rehearsals at this time of the day, it was odd for me to have that elated post-rehearsal feeling right there in the middle of the day. Usually it's at 10 pm or so, and I don't get to sleep until after midnight because it takes time to come down ... so it has been a sleep-deprived week for me this past week!

Now I just need to have a relaxed time for the rest of the afternoon. I have several big assignments due for my class this week, so I'll work on that some today, but won't drive myself too hard on the class. There's only so much of me to go around.