Wow, what a busy week! The Aspen Music Festival has a LOT of stuff going on all the time--it's amazing! There are concerts everyday, many of them with world class conductors and/or performers. I played in the 4th of July band this weekend. It's a free concert for the community, so the crowd was huge, and very excited to celebrate their country! They were literally cheering on their feet at least three times during the concert! (We played a bunch of marches and other patriotic tunes.) We only had two rehearsals, which was nice. This week I am playing in the Contemporary Ensemble. We are playing "Khorovod" by Julian Anderson, performance at 4:30 on Saturday. It's a tricky part.
I got placed in a brass trio with two great musicians; Xavier on horn and Rachel on trumpet. Our coach is Kevin Cobb and we have coachings every Saturday. I think it will be a fun group! We have trios picked out by Beethoven, Nelhybel, and Sanders. We will play a fanfare at intermission on one of the Festival Orchestra concerts, and perform on the "Brass Bash" later in July.
Also taking Warren Deck's section master class, which has already proven to be fantastic! He will coach us on low brass section excerpts from the orchestral repertoire every week. This week I am playing 1st on Bruckner 8.
Apparently Bill Clinton was at the Festival Orchestra Concert last night! I didn't see him, but there was a sighting.
Happy Birthday, Bill!
(Kloppenburg, not Clinton)
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