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Re: Playing Shows

Author: leonardA
Date: 2004-06-05 20:01

I want to let everyone know that Gypsy opened last night and it's a great production and I'm having a ball playing tenor sax and a little clarinet in it. I'm just not proficient enough yet on the clarinet to carry that, but I'm fine on tenor.

I did very well. I put in a lot of work learning the music at home because I'm not a quick reader and there are a lot of irregular rythms, notes above and below the staff and other challenges. I am also playing some of the easier clarinet parts on the tenor.

The biggest surprise was that after I learned all the music and showed up to rehearse with the band they cut a lot of the tenor part because it's a small band (keyboard, drum and me), and the tenor part sort of intrudes in that setting, whereas it would be fine in a full orchestra. Still, I'm playing quite a few things and it's lower stress and more enjoyable for me. I"m playing a solo clarinet part that is very prerty and under dialogue, so that's a nice moment. Also get to wail a little on Let Me Entertain You.\ Next time, though, I think I would get with the musical director ahead of time and see what to learn or not. I''m also wondering if the trumpet book would have had more melodeous parts that I could have learned and played on the tenor since they didn't have a trumpet.

The two other musicians have been playing all their lives, so I feel cool to be with them.

I do appreciate all the supportive comments and advice. They have spurred me on and I have taken them to heart. 13 more shows to go. Wow.

Leonard

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