Monday, August 20, 2012

String Trio Wedding in Bridgton, ME

On 8/11, prior to a performance of "Aida", I played a wedding as part of a string trio with two other musicians from the now defunct AVCO. It took weeks to find music that sounded like it fit and that everyone could play. We began as a quartet but lost our cello player due to bad eye surgery. Our viola player switched to a bass viol and it became a lesson in dynamics between our modern strings and her gut strings.
The wedding had to be rushed because of an approaching storm so we played very little. Still, it was a pretty service and I did find a new love for Corelli's music!

You may leave a gig with a bad feeling of a lost performance or a rushed presentation, but you cannot deny that your effort meant more than anything to those you played for. Put your heart into all you do and you will never have regrets, just lessons learned.

Thanks!

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