| If you're ever near Atlanta, GA, drop me a line, I'd love to play for you! I don't think CalArts would necessairily be a good fit as my dream really is to become an orchestral trumpet player (hence the engineering degree...). Its too bad really that the genre, indeed the entire institution of orchestral performance, is becoming less appreciated. Especially ironic given the ever increasing number of students enrolling in conservatory.
I have to be a musician...and I know I can continue in some vein after I move into an engineering field, but I really want to do more than that. So I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks for the info, though, and your combined knowledge and insight!
Btw, I'm learning excerpts from Petrouchka, Mahler 5, and Concerto for Orchestra over the break. For fun. Cause I don't have any engagements, and I can. Kinda interesting that I'm working an audition, and don't have anywhere to use it.
Thanks!
Stuart |