So the past few weeks have been ok...been quite busy at work. Worked overtime almost every day in the past week. And of course, rain and rain and rain and rain. *sigh*
Nothing really special to write about...other than at the Esplanade on Friday I ran into Jun Wen, followed by Jia Cun, followed by Wee Kim, all in a span of 15 minutes. My purpose of going to the Esplanade? Trade a set of strings that I discovered do not do well in this kind of climate, try a few violins, and go to the library to pick up scores.
I'm trying to think of what we're going to play for the July concert. Since we're getting external string players for July, I'm thinking of suggesting a symphony (Beethoven or Dvorak) or a concerto (flute, clarinet, piano, or dare I say...violin???) because this will be one of the rare occasions we'll have the ability to do something on a grand scale. On my list:
1.) Beethoven 7th Symphony (1st and/or 4th movements) 2.) Beethoven 9th Symphony (4th movement with Soka Choir) 3.) Dvorak 9th Symphony 4.) Brahms 1st Symphony (4th movement)
Concerto-wise, if it's violin, (if I have the chance to play it'll be Mozart), it'll probably be Mendelssohn (Zheng Yang) or Tchaikovsky (Hao Wei) haha....we'll see though.
Rehearsal with Jacomo yesterday was alright I guess...haven't played a full rehearsal in quite a while so I was quite sore...but super irritating...Hao Wei keep asking me to move then in the end Jacomo just drag me forward and then it because very difficult to watch his conducting because of my new position (which had be staring upstage instead of downstage).
Oh and did my e-trail theory test for my basic theory today...passed 5 out of the 6 tests (in my defence, I only failed the first one hahaha). Actual one this Friday.
That's all for now...need to prepare to go to sleep. Good night!