I feel so fortunate to be able to work with this group of people, who all live in rural downstate Illinois. For this concert we had a couple of librarians, a small handful of university professors, a few dedicated string teachers, a bunch of grown-up people, some who play multiple instruments (in addition to strings) and sing, and a healthy number of kids (elementary through high school). Our conductor doubles as a teacher of meteorology, and he makes sure we get safely to rehearsals and back (we only had two for this program).
I get to make all the arrangements, and I get to fix the mistakes I make in the parts, which is a real gift. I also get to spend the next year at work on new music for next December, which I hope will help keep me in good spirits for the daunting year ahead.
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