Now starts the test. The test of just how much I can handle.
The private studio is blowing up, I'm up to 21 students, with two more in the wings, and I've been asked for info by yet another. So, I'm teaching six days a week and starting to run out of room for even that
Plus, I will be subbing for the principle spot for the next two concert sets with another local symphony, making it three symphonies and a small ensemble. That means 4 times a week (Monday through Thursday) I will have rehearsals from 7 or 7:30 to 10. And two of those are up the Peninsula, so about 30-40 minutes away.
Don't get me wrong, I really need the experience. This will mean I will have played with two of the best amateur symphonies in the South Bay, maybe the whole Bay Area. And the music is great. (I finally get to play Rite of Spring) But for the next couple months I will be really stretched beyond what I'm used to. Even when I was in college, playing with 7 ensembles, most of those where during the day at school, so it was just, "finish this class, grab the horn, go to the next" This is a bit different. This will be a metric ass-load of playing I will be doing. Not to mention the proverbial rest-counting.
Then add the trombone choir, which is two hours of constant reading and jamming, which always ends in pain. (The good "I feel like I accomplished something" pain, not the bad "Um, I think I need that body part" pain.)
The plus side: Being a private music instructor, I don't really have shit to do until my students are out of school, so my day really starts at like 2:00. But still, it looks like the go-go-go switch will be constantly set in the "on" position 4 days a week from 1:30 to 10:00. Kinda feels like a regular job....
The private studio is blowing up, I'm up to 21 students, with two more in the wings, and I've been asked for info by yet another. So, I'm teaching six days a week and starting to run out of room for even that
Plus, I will be subbing for the principle spot for the next two concert sets with another local symphony, making it three symphonies and a small ensemble. That means 4 times a week (Monday through Thursday) I will have rehearsals from 7 or 7:30 to 10. And two of those are up the Peninsula, so about 30-40 minutes away.
Don't get me wrong, I really need the experience. This will mean I will have played with two of the best amateur symphonies in the South Bay, maybe the whole Bay Area. And the music is great. (I finally get to play Rite of Spring) But for the next couple months I will be really stretched beyond what I'm used to. Even when I was in college, playing with 7 ensembles, most of those where during the day at school, so it was just, "finish this class, grab the horn, go to the next" This is a bit different. This will be a metric ass-load of playing I will be doing. Not to mention the proverbial rest-counting.
Then add the trombone choir, which is two hours of constant reading and jamming, which always ends in pain. (The good "I feel like I accomplished something" pain, not the bad "Um, I think I need that body part" pain.)
The plus side: Being a private music instructor, I don't really have shit to do until my students are out of school, so my day really starts at like 2:00. But still, it looks like the go-go-go switch will be constantly set in the "on" position 4 days a week from 1:30 to 10:00. Kinda feels like a regular job....