Perhaps God gave me a lighter day today because I was sore and blistered from playing the monsterous cymbals yesterday. Seriously, both of my index fingers are still red right now.
Today started with percussion ensemble rehearsal. The rehearsal is so enjoyable when it is actually productive - working out details that would make the piece of music sound exciting, motivating each other to get better ... I have been longing for such rehearsals. Moreover, I miss the percussion trio that was sort of formed back in September. If God is willing, I hope the three of us (you know who you are, if you happen to read this entry ...) can reunite once again for more phenomenal percussion music.
After coffee break we had a timpani mallet festival. Such an eye-opener for me. When I bought my A. Putnam mallets, I was whining about how expensive they were. Well, I should shut up now as they are not expensive compared to A. Kato mallets, which are around $150/pair. They feel really nice though. I can also peacefully dismiss (well, I have not been a huge fan of them after a while) my Vic Firth general timpani mallets. I could still keep them for multi-percussion stuff. The European Classics ones are still cool.
I played around 20 cymbals notes (most of them are soft, and are played on suspended cymbal) at the orchestra rehearsal. With the stage light, I felt screaming hot at the rehearsal and became a little impatient with my counting. I sneaked out quite often ... lol.
There was supposed to be a mock audition tonight for every session of the orchestra, but Bill decided we should only have one audition next week. Therefore, we (percussionists) have tonight off. Well, he gave us a bunch of excerpts to look at ...
Maybe tonight I should listen to a ton of music and see if I can eventually get some inspiration to compose. Or ... score studying. :-P
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