fantabulous day
May. 10th, 2004 06:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phineasjonesaw, you guys are the best. calling me phin all over the place. ♥
::deep sigh::
it has been a very long, very hot, very good day.
i had moments of inner snippiness during out morning rehearsal (not surprising given my major pms) when the pianist/music director would try to make suggestions as to what sort of gesture i might use. i pressed him to say what it is he needed rather than snapping at him like i wanted to, 'don't tell me how to conduct, i won't tell you how to play, buddy.' but i realized, thinking about it, he's probably extremely un-used to working with a conductor, pianist that he is. he's done accompaniment and chamber work, but this is different. there are places where he keeps accidentally taking off on his own. same with the other keyboardist. whereas the percussionist watches me like a hawk. and then there were places where i made suggestions and slight changes to tempos etc, and they went over very well. yay.
so, after morning instrumental rehearsal, there was lunch and then there was a music run-through with the singers, our first. and it went soooo well. it was the part i was most nervous about. i wanted to be helpful to them but not in the way. i wanted them to think i'm good. and they did! they kept saying lovely things like 'clear as day,' 'perfect tempos' etc. meep. one asked me how much opera conducting i've done before. hee. oh so nice. because experience-wise at least, all of the other musicians are way ahead of me. not a point to argue, just a fact. they really are pretty incredible. especially the woman playing the lead role - the governess. and so to join them in this musical effort feels fantastic.
so yeah, i'm feeling good. i think i'll spend a little time with the score between now and tomorrow's tech rehearsal but. yeah. good.
only not great thing is that i seem to be looking at a boring night alone. like last night. which wasn't supposed to be but the person who was supposed to call me so i could join some of them for a late dinner forgot. she apologized profusely but eh, whatever. and then tonight i don't know what's going on because a lot of them are all staying in one place or know each other fairly well. and so they're not bothering to make plans. i have one vague invite for dinner, but i really want to go shower before i do anything and i don't know whether i'll have time... or whether should go. but if i don't... i hang out alone in the old lady's house? hrm. i would got to a movie, but there's nothing good at the theater that's walking distance from my place. alas. i suppose i could try to summon the energy to tote the laptop to a cafe and hang out with you guys. :) we'll see. but first, a shower.
::deep sigh::
it has been a very long, very hot, very good day.
i had moments of inner snippiness during out morning rehearsal (not surprising given my major pms) when the pianist/music director would try to make suggestions as to what sort of gesture i might use. i pressed him to say what it is he needed rather than snapping at him like i wanted to, 'don't tell me how to conduct, i won't tell you how to play, buddy.' but i realized, thinking about it, he's probably extremely un-used to working with a conductor, pianist that he is. he's done accompaniment and chamber work, but this is different. there are places where he keeps accidentally taking off on his own. same with the other keyboardist. whereas the percussionist watches me like a hawk. and then there were places where i made suggestions and slight changes to tempos etc, and they went over very well. yay.
so, after morning instrumental rehearsal, there was lunch and then there was a music run-through with the singers, our first. and it went soooo well. it was the part i was most nervous about. i wanted to be helpful to them but not in the way. i wanted them to think i'm good. and they did! they kept saying lovely things like 'clear as day,' 'perfect tempos' etc. meep. one asked me how much opera conducting i've done before. hee. oh so nice. because experience-wise at least, all of the other musicians are way ahead of me. not a point to argue, just a fact. they really are pretty incredible. especially the woman playing the lead role - the governess. and so to join them in this musical effort feels fantastic.
so yeah, i'm feeling good. i think i'll spend a little time with the score between now and tomorrow's tech rehearsal but. yeah. good.
only not great thing is that i seem to be looking at a boring night alone. like last night. which wasn't supposed to be but the person who was supposed to call me so i could join some of them for a late dinner forgot. she apologized profusely but eh, whatever. and then tonight i don't know what's going on because a lot of them are all staying in one place or know each other fairly well. and so they're not bothering to make plans. i have one vague invite for dinner, but i really want to go shower before i do anything and i don't know whether i'll have time... or whether should go. but if i don't... i hang out alone in the old lady's house? hrm. i would got to a movie, but there's nothing good at the theater that's walking distance from my place. alas. i suppose i could try to summon the energy to tote the laptop to a cafe and hang out with you guys. :) we'll see. but first, a shower.
