Adjusting

I've been reaquainting myself with no school lately - bedtime has inevitably been pushed back to 3 amish, waking up around 11 or noon every day. This does NOT mean I haven't been doing things with my time lately:

Ex. A: Last week was performing Mendelssohn's Elijah - and boy, THAT was a dramatic somewhat stressful week, albeit it was with really great musicians, the music is absolutely fantastic, and a WONDERFUL baritone doing Elijah. Three things (or, I should say, people) happened:
1. Original Soprano (OS) shows up on Monday night for the first rehearsal. We start, I don't notice much, but others notice the smell of alcohol. Turns out OS is drunk; so much, in fact, she must be escorted from the building after the first 15 min of rehearsal.
2. OS is fired, so Replacement Soprano #1 (RS#1) comes for the double rehearsal on Tuesday and Wednesday night dress rehearsal. RS#1 is fantastic - powerful voice, dramatic expression, focused, and of course, NOT drunk. Alrighty. We're ready for the performance.
3. Friday morning arrives, and it turns out that RS#1 has lost her voice. Can't sing a note. Cancels. So, we all show up to be greeted by Third Soprano of the Week (TSW). In peformance. Without one rehearsal. It should also be noted that TSW had been on quite a long flight the morning she got the call. Hours before showing up to perform. It should also be noted that TSW did a great job, and the performance went quite smoothly.

Ex. B: Teaching. I currently have five students - four of them I am subbing for a friend out of town, and one all on my own. I am really enjoying myself with them, even with the 15-year-old boy who showed up with the first violin part to Pirates of the Carribean to play for a school orchestra audition. I asked him if he's seen the movie, and he looked at me with "duh" written all over his face.

Ex. C: Cribbage. Molly has taught me the finer arts of playing this game. We've played it for about the past three out of four nights, always more than one game. I love it.

Ex. D: Photocoyping. In the past few days, I have photocopied all four parts plus score for the second mvt of Ravel quartet (for Lutheran conference in July), plus all four parts (not score) for Bartok 2 (for Centrum with the CCE girls in a WEEK!). This means I am also:

Ex. E: Sending parts out. Yesterday I sent various photocopys to Oregon, Washington, Illinois, and Minnesota.

Summer is off to a good start.