Star Power!

So today, as was the case for the past two Thursdays and as will be the case until the end of August, Festival Orchestra (AFO) started rehearsals for this Sunday’s concert. AFO’s concert this week which includes works by Janácek, Nielsen, and Brahms will be conducted by the ever acclaimed but humble and super nice conductor James DePreist with violin soloist Joshua Bell, both of whom I had the chance to meet and work with today. Just an hour before our rehearsal began, another orchestra, the Chamber Symphony (ACS), aka Edgar’s orchestra, was finishing up their second to last rehearsal before their regular Friday night performance. Backstage, after the ACS rehearsal, I had the opportunity to meet Sarah Chang, their violin soloist for this week’s concert. That’s three, yup three big stars in the symphony world in one day, two of whom I am lucky enough to work closely with over the next few days. All in a day’s work eh? Next week AFO, John Williams conducts with Gil Shaham on violin.