So in June.... hot... hot... hot June, i was able to spend a week at BYU campus and participate in ...(drum roll please:-) YOUNG MUSICIANS SUMMERFESTIVAL!!! (loud cheers and claps) hahaha so here is a synopsis (its gonna be quick. fasten your seat belts!). arrive sunday. fireside sunday night. auditions monday. my schedule was as follows: 8:00-9:50 am wind ensemble. (where i played 3rd alto saxophone. there were four altos. i auditioned for tenor. but the alto was fun!) 10:00-10:50 i had my master class. i learned so much there!!! 11:00-11:50 was a jazz improv class. that was fun. at noon i had an hour lunch. i went to jamba juice everyday for lunch. yummy:-) 1:00-1:50 i had free time so i usually practiced then. 2:00-2:50 i went to a world music class where we learned about the music of the Indonesian island Bali. 3:00-5:30 i had my jazz ensemble. the concert for that ensemble was friday night. the conductor was pro. steve call. here are some videos.
Pennsylvania 6-5000 (Glenn Miller)
Splanky (Count Basie)
Girl From Impanema (idk)
ok it didn't load. but i'll get a recording on...
Royal Garden Blues (idk. Its a dixie tune)
it didn't load either... oh well.
here's some pix from the wind ensemble and the orchestra.
me in my section. (right)
the Wind ensemble(below)
is the chamber orchestra (below)
is the chamber orchestra (below)
this is a girl i met at summerfest. she is in the yellow skirt. sorry its blurry. she plays violin.
that pretty much wraps up my week. if you have questions post a comment with it and hopefully i'll answer...
