My Utah Symphony Debut

I am so glad that is over because now I can sit back and realize "these are just people who do what I do...they might have a little more experience, but it is all the same."

So here is how the morning played out for those who want the play-by-play:

I didn't know where to park so I parked at the pay lot by the Delta Center. It was a lovely walk over to Abravanel Hall, where I got to enter the building through the back stage doors which felt pretty nifty. (I say that realizing that it is the normal way to enter, but everything seemed a little cooler today for some reason...in fact I think I've entered through the back doors several times before, but today was special.) You go up stairs and then you are in the musicians' green room which is basically a lounge where everybody puts their stuff. 

I don't know what I was expecting, but once rehearsal started it was the same as a college orchestra rehearsal, except we sounded better. There was the same chatting with your neighbor, the same "instructive" person bringing you up to speed on the way things are done, the same fear that you are grossly unprepared and you should have practiced more. 

So the moral of my story, all is well in Zion. I can still play the violin.  

And now I need to practice. 

Love ya.