MusICian

before i explain what the title is about, i’d just like to say that the InClarion guest item was a huge success! we went on stage, under-rehearsed, somewhat nervous and all, but we delivered what was our very best performance yet, having precision and expression as we wanted! it was magical, i tell you. i couldn’t really explain how we made it sound this good. but i guess everyone had good focus, and everyone gave the short performance his/her all! and how we sounded really justified our efforts. fantastic job!

BDAS band sounded quite good! their version of The Merry Widow was really very impressive. i must say that shoichi komiyama is an excellent conductor who can make wonders happen like nobody’s business! an extremely impressive concert with an entire body of big names, many of whom are excellent players, some past their prime, others yet to reach it. i guess in some way i’d wanna be right there with them, as a band director myself, but truthfully, i haven’t included band directing in my future. these few years, maybe. as a career, maybe not. i’m not thoroughly certain yet!

plans for 2007… japan trip!!! exciting man. late may or early september… i vote for late may! exams are over, filing for graduation would be over, convocation won’t be so soon, best timing! then when i’m back from japan, i’d go look for my very first job after getting my degree

ok, now to explain the title… this week’s been rather crazy, because i’ve been switching around, playing Bb Clarinet, Eb Clarinet and even Bb Bass Clarinet. so much so that i think i’ve affected my embouchure in a negative way! now my lips are so sore and painful that i don’t think i can play another note today. not that there’s much of today left. i’d have to play Bb Clarinet and Bb Bass Clarinet next saturday for the Botanical Gardens performance, and i’d have to play Eb Clarinet and Bb Clarinet for sectionals and NUSWS pracs on tuesday and thursday. yup. crazy switching. the ultimate happened today, when i played all 3 clarinets in the same mus’art practice! i was struggling to get a decent bite today. i must remember to borrow the Bass Clarinet mouthpiece…

oh yes, Botanical Gardens performance!!! please come, please come, it’s free, and i promise it’d be fun! for people who missed Mus’Art during Beautiful Sunday, for people who came for Beautiful Sunday but are missing the pieces we played already, here’s another chance to catch Mus’Art Wind Orchestra in action, completely free, at Symphony Lake, Singapore Botanical Gardens! bring your friends and family along to this free event, between 5pm to 7pm on 9th September (Saturday). just come and picnic, hang out and stuff! it’ll be fun, i promise! we’ll be bringing you familiar music from the past, from charlie chaplin to phantom of the opera to music of the beatles to the evergreen 70s! come and enjoy this free event brought to you by Mus’Art Wind Orchestra!

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