Chez Louise

Tonight was the dress rehearsal for the Ottawa Chamber Orchestra that I'm part of, and let me tell you, we had the church rocking on its foundations! Actually, we got a little help from an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale. It's kind of funny about the earthquake thing, because I've been living in BC recently, and Victoria is sitting on a huge fault line which is ready to buckle any day, and finally when I do experience a quake, it's in Ontario. :-)

Besides the earthquake, the rehearsal has gone OK. I have some practicing to do still, but after 3.5 hours of rehearsal tonight and some practicing this afternoon, my fingertips are about to fall off. I'll practice tomorrow. Concert at 8:00 pm!

I also recently joined another orchestra, and today I got the music for the Bartok Divertimento for Strings that we'll be playing (among other things). Bartok reminds me of Debussy - time signatures changing every few measures, and accidentals absolutely littering the music. (Who the heck writes stuff in 7/8 or 5/8 time anyway??) The only good news is that the key signature isn't crammed with sharps or flats, so that's one less thing to worry about!

Wish me luck for the two concerts this weekend...