Opening Night!

Tonight is opening night for the Outre Theatre's premiere production, The Wild Party! The show has been very fun to put together. My musicians colleagues are talented and entertaining, but the cast. Oh my the cast. Of course they're all great actors and there are so many great voices onstage, but they are incredibly kind and friendly to boot! In any other production I've been a part of, I've never had so many cast members just walk up to me and introduce themselves.

If you are going to be in the SoFla area during the next three weeks, you need to come to the show, and afterwards you need to come say hi to me. It's mandatory.

My schedule has been crazy, which is why I haven't been posting much lately. Hopefully I'll be able to get back to it soon. On the bright side, I haven't missed a day of playing yet! 

Goals for Quarter 2 (for real this time)

I'm very excited about playing these days! Sunday was my first concert with the SFPWE. They're some really great people, and the concert was a blast. Tomorrow starts tech week rehearsals with the Outre Theater for Wild Party, and I'm definitely looking forward to that as well.
My broad goals for the quarter are below:

Technique
Gilbert Technical Flexibility
Boehm 12 Etudes

Etudes
Karg-Elert 31 Etudes.
Donjon 8 Etudes de Salon

Repertoire
Debussy Syrinx
Varese Density 21.5
Taktakishvili Sonata
Handel Sonata in F
Clarke The Great Train Race
Perilhou Ballade

So far I have been able to play every day, and beyond that, I've really been able to get some good work in most days. I haven't heard back from any other schools in need of faculty, but I'm going to start listing ads in local synagogue bulletins and order new (updated) business cards.

Maybe I should add some orchestral excerpts to this list...I'll have to do that later.

Goals for Quarter 2, First rehearsal tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the first rehearsal of Wild Party, and I'm definitely looking forward to it! Turns out I won't have a soprano sax, but I think I'm okay with only playing 4 instruments for now.

One major goal for me is to play (flute) every day. Even if I only get to play for a couple minutes or so, I really don't want to find myself slipping into one, two, or three days in a row without playing. 
I'm working out of Geoffrey Gilbert's Technical Flexibility, Boehm's 12 Etudes, and I'm going to try my hand at the Karg-Elert 31 Etudes.
As far as repertoire goes, I know I'm going to do Debussy Syrinx and Varese Density 21.5, probably the Taktakishvili Sonata, and from there I'm not too sure.

I've sent out more resumes to schools and universities to see if I can get a little more adjunct work, and I'm really going to push for getting some students this quarter.

I've got a busy day tomorrow, can't wait!