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phineasjonesi talked to the woman in charge of the production last night. now i know a few details.
like, the rehearsal schedule:
sat: run through with singers and piano (i can observe)
sun: all day rehearsing
mon: all day rehearsing
tues: run through for tech and "orchestra"
wed: off, but the instruments could rehearse
thurs: dress rehearsal, maybe with high school audience
fri &sat: off so the singers don't bust any cords
sun: performance
mon: off
tues: performance
they're putting people up with local, generous patrons of the arts. i'll be staying in the home of an 'eccentric woman' who the director loves and has known all her life. and whose house is a 10 minute walk from the theater. best of all, she won't be there for most of my first week there. so it will just be me in the house. which is absolutely okey dokey with me. far less stressful.
now i have to try to find a flight. ideally, i would get there on friday evening. there's one great flight from hartford to charlottesville. it would be perfect if it weren't $500. hmm.
oh crap and she wants me to send a bio. as if i have one lying around. i hate writing bios. anyone want to do this for me?
talking to her made me more nervous and less. she seems super nice and we bonded over going to seven sisters schools. we talked about how my function will be more practical than the usual conducting job. which i had figured out. the pianist is really more the music director. he's been rehearsing with them already and is playing most of the score. i'm there more for coordinating things. she said something like, 'we just need you to hold everything together.' ahaha. right. that's where the more nervous part comes in.
i'm also feeling like i really shouldn't work tomorrow. i need time for the practical packing type stuff as well as the music-learning. i think i'll call the temp agency this morning. today i have to figure what the choir will do for its last three sundays, see if i can find someone to lead their rehearsal next week, get the tickets, figure out how i'm going to pack and be ready, keep learning the music and go to church and back on thursday. oh man. ::overwhelmed::
rach pointed out-and it's totally true-that even if i had known about this gig for the past two months, i'd still pretty much be crunching to learn it now in the last week. it's the way i am. only i would have been stressing and cursing myself out for two months. so, in many ways, the last minute-ness is a blessing. :)
like, the rehearsal schedule:
sat: run through with singers and piano (i can observe)
sun: all day rehearsing
mon: all day rehearsing
tues: run through for tech and "orchestra"
wed: off, but the instruments could rehearse
thurs: dress rehearsal, maybe with high school audience
fri &sat: off so the singers don't bust any cords
sun: performance
mon: off
tues: performance
they're putting people up with local, generous patrons of the arts. i'll be staying in the home of an 'eccentric woman' who the director loves and has known all her life. and whose house is a 10 minute walk from the theater. best of all, she won't be there for most of my first week there. so it will just be me in the house. which is absolutely okey dokey with me. far less stressful.
now i have to try to find a flight. ideally, i would get there on friday evening. there's one great flight from hartford to charlottesville. it would be perfect if it weren't $500. hmm.
oh crap and she wants me to send a bio. as if i have one lying around. i hate writing bios. anyone want to do this for me?
talking to her made me more nervous and less. she seems super nice and we bonded over going to seven sisters schools. we talked about how my function will be more practical than the usual conducting job. which i had figured out. the pianist is really more the music director. he's been rehearsing with them already and is playing most of the score. i'm there more for coordinating things. she said something like, 'we just need you to hold everything together.' ahaha. right. that's where the more nervous part comes in.
i'm also feeling like i really shouldn't work tomorrow. i need time for the practical packing type stuff as well as the music-learning. i think i'll call the temp agency this morning. today i have to figure what the choir will do for its last three sundays, see if i can find someone to lead their rehearsal next week, get the tickets, figure out how i'm going to pack and be ready, keep learning the music and go to church and back on thursday. oh man. ::overwhelmed::
rach pointed out-and it's totally true-that even if i had known about this gig for the past two months, i'd still pretty much be crunching to learn it now in the last week. it's the way i am. only i would have been stressing and cursing myself out for two months. so, in many ways, the last minute-ness is a blessing. :)
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Date: 2004-05-04 05:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-05-04 06:04 am (UTC)Can't wait to hear more about it as you work.
Re: bio stuff
Date: 2004-05-04 01:52 pm (UTC)and it took me a little while of thinking about it before i realized... this is my real name etc. heh. so i'm deleting the comment but saving a copy for me.
you are the bestest.
Re: bio stuff
Date: 2004-05-04 03:43 pm (UTC)