Missed opportunites
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Tubaryan12
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Missed opportunites
Tubachris's prom thread brings up a question: Has there ever been a performance that you wished you had played in, passed on it, and now regret that you did?
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quinterbourne
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bort
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Once in college, I had an opportunity to go to the White House and play for/meet the president. But...I had an exam that day, and the professor absolutely would not let me make up the test. I missed the gig, took the test, and ended up not passing the class. I got completely hosed - even if you don't like the president, how many times would you actually get to meet him (her)?
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On my way home from a rather boring symphony rehearsal on a bitterly cold night I stopped into a local joint that was having its monthly jazz club concert. A great band was playing, featuring Wild Bill Davison on cornet. I sat and enjoyed the music for an hour or so, when suddenly the bass player's fingerboard fell off! All heads turned to me: "Hey Art, get your tuba!". They didn't have to ask twice, but I didn't want to seem too eager. Thinking that the gig was mine for the rest of the night, I asked them to play one tune without me while I thawed out the frozen tuba. -Big mistake! The local piano tuner had some contact cement in his kit. By the end of that one tune he had glued the bass back together and my moment of potential glory had passed.
(Happily, I did get to work with Davison a couple of years later for a whole summer of Sunday afternoons. If you have never heard his recordings you are really missing out on something.)
(Happily, I did get to work with Davison a couple of years later for a whole summer of Sunday afternoons. If you have never heard his recordings you are really missing out on something.)
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I was in the Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra last year, and we played a few cool songs, and the tuba parts were okay.
This year they played Mars at their summer camp. For their next concert (Sunday), they are playing Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin. And Barber's Adagio. And the Overture to Candide. And the Duel of the Fates from Star Wars. And VW's Wasps. And March to the Scaffold. Yeah.
In the next concert they are playing Kachaturian Dances from Gayneh, Tchaik Swan Lake Suite and possibly Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. No, that's not all. They also have two concerts in a newly built auditorium. No, even that is not all.
Later in the year, they will be recorded for NPR's "From The Top."
And before I forget, they are going to perform at Carnegie Hall during the summer.
Yeah. I graduated high school and am now going to college, so there is no way I could be in the orchestra. Unless...
This year they played Mars at their summer camp. For their next concert (Sunday), they are playing Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin. And Barber's Adagio. And the Overture to Candide. And the Duel of the Fates from Star Wars. And VW's Wasps. And March to the Scaffold. Yeah.
In the next concert they are playing Kachaturian Dances from Gayneh, Tchaik Swan Lake Suite and possibly Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. No, that's not all. They also have two concerts in a newly built auditorium. No, even that is not all.
Later in the year, they will be recorded for NPR's "From The Top."
And before I forget, they are going to perform at Carnegie Hall during the summer.
Yeah. I graduated high school and am now going to college, so there is no way I could be in the orchestra. Unless...