Time To Have Fun With It

Rehearsal went well.  Played on my backup reed, but it still sounded ok.  Need to work on a few spots tomorrow during warmup, and that'll be fine.  It's so so exciting.  I can't wait to play tomorrow.  In my pretty dress & my pretty shoes.  I am ready for this.  I have worked so hard and it's time to have fun with it.  My solo.  Yay!  - Miranda, October 2007

I remember that feeling.  After just a few years of living in Atlanta, I was asked to play the Mozart Concerto for Clarinet with a regional orchestra.  It was a little orchestra (and doesn't exist anymore), but I didn't care.  I had worked on that piece for years and had never played it with an orchestra before.  A big milestone.  And I still have the dress I wore.  I love that dress.  I felt confident and professional - not always the case, unfortunately.  At 26 years old, I was supporting myself as a professional classical musician in Atlanta.  How could I be anything but excited??