So, how did your Easter gig go?

[Steve Inman]

Gave away the tuba chair in my quintet to a regular (and better) sub, as my posterior wanted a break from the lengthy Easter Vigil (Midnight Mass) service. Aaahhh. Maybe next year ....

I did have the chance to accompany a soloist with a simple but rewarding Chris Rice tune at my own church Sunday AM: Nothin' -- on acoustic guitar.

And of course, having a chance to hear the Resurrection message restated again, and to reflect on the implications of most amazing event in all recorded history -- that was the main point of this past Sunday ... wasn't it?

He is risen!

[hnoyes]

By far the BEST easter gig I've ever had - we are now the resident "tuba-euph" quartet at a great Presbyterian Church about 20 minutes from where we all live. Choir director is a great guy - faculty at our university, has been bringing us in all year to play for their one Sunday service, he booked us a while back for both Palm Sunday and Easter. Nice, low pressure, tuba-euph quartet easter gig! We only played three tunes with choir, one hymn and then ended with our own version of the Hallelujah Chorus - such a happy Sunday - and a great service (less than an hour!)

[tuba72]

Easter went great! I just started playing with this group last month and a great bunch to play with. 1 trumpet,2 horns, 2 trombones, and 3 tubas. Played an arrangement of Christ the Lord is Risen Today by Vaclav Nelhybel(the music director wanted to use it). Nothing difficult buts had lots of fun doing it. We just play to have fun and to honor him who gave us the gifts to play what we do. Sometime this year we are going to try and play something for 3 tubas. Cant wait.

[Tom]

I did not perform this year for the first time in many years.

However, I think this thread would be an appropriate place to compliment those that did:

Absolutely hands down the finest trombone playing I've ever heard anywhere by anyone I heard Easter Sunday...

Rob Graham, son of Dallas Symphony trombonist Phil Graham, was unbelievable. The sweetest, smoothest, most in tune, controlled trombone playing I've ever heard.

[Jarrod]

Rob is a beast...where did you hear him play?

[Tom]

Jarrod, He played at King of Glory Lutheran in Dallas.
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Other musicians of note performing on Easter were trumpeters Kevin Finamore and Ryan Anthony (yes, the one from Canadian Brass), hornist David Heyde, and a bass trombonist whose name escapes me at the moment. All of them have been a part of or are currently a part of the Dallas Symphony.

Organist/Music Director Mary Preston (also the DSO organist) was outstanding as usual as was the choir under her direction.

Great music overall, but I still must say that Rob Graham just blew me away.

[SplatterTone]

and an interesting new commercial piece, Risen Alleluia, by Pote.

Already posted in another thread, but what the heck.
We done it Sunday. There are two hired trumpets -- one in high school, but otherwise it's just us work-for-free-every-Sunday amateurs. The handbells got clobbered. And I'm still working to make that 191 heard without sounding trashy. I've threatened to buy a sousaphone. I'm thinking I might need some $300 per hour lessons.
http://t-recs.net/mpegs/FBC/04_08_07/risen.mp3

[Lew]

Things went surprisingly well. Played with a quintet for 2 services at a friend's Church. We stayed together on the Contrapunctus IX even though one of the trumpet players only rehearsed with us once. The only glitch was when one trumpet player tried a new descant part on one piece and realized that it was written in C after starting it on her D trumpet, so a few measures did not quite sound right .

Had another concert in the afternoon with the community band outside in the botanical gardens. Other than being unseasonably cold, it was fun and we had a very appreciative audiance.