Tag: the dallas opera
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A year of opera
Recently, I’ve been thinking about the first time I played for The Dallas Opera in the banda for Rigoletto, which was exactly a year ago. It was my first professional orchestral work, so a pretty huge deal for me! Playing in an orchestra had been a dream/fantasy for so long, and I honestly wasn’t sure…
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[10.17.23] Resume update
Time to revisit the resume again… I feel a mixture of pride and disappointment in seeing all those years of practicing and effort reduced to a few lines of text. But such is the process for all of us! This is one of the first audition resumes (after 10 years, 29 auditions) I’ve submitted that…
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More gratitude
My week playing for The Dallas Opera’s Hart Institute for Women Conductors is finished. I’m kind of relieved (that it went well) and kind of sad (that it’s over!). It’s hard for me to feel like I can express how awesome this has been, and how much I LOVE playing in the orchestra without feeling…
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Gratitude
On the way to my first opera rehearsal of the year (subbing on Das Rheingold) I had an epiphany. Somehow, leading up to the rehearsal, I got it in my head that I needed to prove myself worthy of being there. While I was driving and watching the sunset, feeling a bit queasy and nervous,…
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In opera land
My brain is full of opera this month- I’m playing on an opera program, subbing for a rehearsal, and preparing an opera audition. I think I’ve actually started to prefer opera over the symphonic rep… One of the things that really improves my workflow is to spend time organizing at the outset. I don’t love…
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Last minute sub call (Hansel & Gretel performance)
The situation I was summoned once again at the last minute by The Dallas Opera. I got a text on Friday afternoon asking to play for a Saturday night show of Hansel and Gretel. I didn’t know why I was called, but I got the scoop once I got there. The wind section does Covid…