November was a busy month for the musician in me.
\nI played the organ for Sunday service, I had the pleasure to conduct our choir for another Sunday service because our MD had to be elsewhere, and last weekend there was „the“ concert: two choirs, a brass quintet, an organ solo, and additional solo and duet singing. Plus I accompanied another choir during their Sunday service yesterday.<\/p>\n
Overall, everything went okay. Of course, there are things that could’ve gone better. I’m not happy at all with my solo performance at the organ, I managed to muddle through and save the piece by improvising wildly while having some kind of brain shutdown and technical problems with the instrument, and I suppose it wasn’t as bad as it felt, but while it happened, I just wanted to be somewhere else and never perform again. I haven’t listened to the recording yet and my inner perfectionist is still sulking.
\nThe good thing was that the organ I had available yesterday was a very decent instrument and made up for everything else and I’m almost back to feeling confident about performing \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The two duets I sang together with another soprano worked really, really well and were a lot of fun. We’ve been asked to sing together again at a concert in March next year, so I’m now looking for suitable pieces.<\/p>\n
Also, I’ve learned a lot for future organ recitals – for example that my preparation should include a plan B for technical difficulties with the instrument and that my improvisation skills are good enough to survive even some kind of blackout in my head. <\/p>\n
December won’t be as busy, a few Sunday services, a solo for the choir’s advent\/pre-Christmas event, and hopefully some practice time before the year ends.<\/p>\n
And did I already mention the 2nd of September 2017? This is when I will play my organ recital and it has now been officially announced in the „Luther year calendar“. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
November was a busy month for the musician in me. I played the organ for Sunday service, I had the pleasure to conduct our choir for another Sunday service because our MD had to be elsewhere, and last weekend there … Continue reading