Attended my first NUS Symphony Orchestra rehearsal of the year today, after having disappeared for one whole semester. It felt strange at first, what with having to talk and smile and do the things that nice social beings like humans do.
(I realised that wearing black does not inspire one to make conversation, and is a good person-repellent too..)
Other than that, there isn't much to say except that Brahms is a bitch to sightread even if you've played it some years back, but it helps having a good stand partner as always. Good stand partners are those who provide entertainment, whom you can carry out a decent conversation with, who manage to find their way even after getting lost, and whom you can hear make sounds. This new one's a German female doing stem cell research, fulfils all the above criteria despite the occassional Lost in Translation moments where frantic hand gesticulations replace the words that she can't find.
No comments:
Post a Comment