Be Well,
Ron Cherubino
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From: harp-errors@cayenne.lcs.mit.edu on behalf of G. Howard Bryan
Sent: Friday, October 18, 1996 8:32 AM
To: harp@MIT.EDU
Subject: Performance anxiety
Well, after five years of sporadic harp lessons and practice limited by the
need to make a living, I am to play in a community Christmas concert. And
not just a small show, but one including the 100 voice chorus my wife and I
have been singing with (they are good, and regularly do things like the
Carmina Burana, Beethoven's 9th, and Walton's Balshazzar's Feast) plus three
college choruses and the best singers from the local school system. All
told there will be about 300 singers plus the local symphony, whose regular
harpist can't make it.
The final extravaganza for the concert, which we all expect to play to a
full house, starts with a harp solo! Not too demanding technically, but
totally exposed, and I am wondering why I didn't just say no and stay in the
baritone section where I belong. Testosterone poisoning?
I guess if I can pull this one off I will have grown significantly as a
harpist. If I blow it, maybe I can get a ticket to New Zealand and hide.
For now, between practice sessions, I am trying to decide whether to take
the black L&H Style 30 (goes well with a tux, has a HUGE sound) or the L&H
17 Gold (absolutely stunning in a spotlight, great warm sound, but not quite
as big as the 30 in the top end on account of the board being new).
Howard
hbryan@pipeline.com
Howard
hbryan@pipeline.com