| Chica, Chica... where have you been? We've all missed you. Well, I suppose your post sums up where you've been: busy!
It's great that you did so well in Marching Band and now you're taking on the concert band. Good, the indoor sound is a different sound from the field and you'll learn to make music in a different way.
Congratulations on your GPA! Stunning... much better than I was doing at your age. Continue to do well... you'll sleep better at night that way.
I've been very busy. Just today, my friend Chuck Lazarus and I played a duet piece by an old Italian composer named Vivaldi with a high school orchestra... at 8:30 in the morning! Can you believe it? But this week I'm doing my cover conductor duties instead of playing so, I have some extra time to practice. Hey, if you can find a copy of the most recent issue of the International Trumpet Guild's magazine, there's a picture of my section and me when we were on tour in Stuttgart, Germany. Ask your band teacher if he has a copy laying around. There's also a beautiful article the man who taught me, Mr. Wise, and Mr. Caroll. His name was William Vacchiano and he used to play in the NY Philharmonic.
Thanks for checking in and saying "Hi". Stay well,
ML |