#except for that One Embarrassing Flub. which wasn't my fault and even maestro says so LMAO. the whole thing went very very well

[supercantaloupe]

okay thoughts from my concert

libertango went really well, i really like playing with the student who conducted tonight, we've got another one at the baton tomorrow so it might be a little different. i got a solo bow after this one which i wasn't expecting but it was nice

the viola stuff went well. i'm assuming. i was backstage the whole time LOL. but the soloist was in a very pretty red dress and everyone was raving about her backstage during the break, and she was great in rehearsal yesterday

schubert went GREAT*. i felt like that was one of our best runs yet and i was really on top of it for almost everything, which is saying a lot because it's a bit of a marathon of an oboe 1 part LOL. second mvt especially felt really good to me. decent fast tonguing on the fourth. overall* good

*the dreaded However...not exactly sure What happened but Something happened during the trio of the minuet (of course)....it started out REALLY good but on the last repeat of the last section before the da capo somehow the winds got like a bar apart from the strings. really embarrassing. we recovered after the GP but still 😬

but anyway after the concert maestro caught me in the lobby before i left and was like "well something happened but we managed to fix it thankfully" and then he leaned in close and added "don't worry, it wasn't your fault" LOL. so. vindication i guess. well we have a second shot at it tomorrow!

i got the first solo bow again after the schubert finished up (expected tbh, maestro loves giving solo bows and i had a Huge part) but i got a bunch of cheers from the audience.....made me blush. was Not expecting that but it was very sweet. everybody is too too nice to me about my playing this concert it's too much!!

my friend was in the audience tonight and he brought me a pastry treat. guess i should've eaten the one i got myself today this afternoon after all cause i'd brought it with me to snack on after the concert LOL. well that's breakfast for tomorrow then