Oh my goodness it has been quite a year! I am very pleased to finally feel confident enough that we *can* get back to rehearsals to write this post. We have been waiting, and I have avoided promising something I could not guarantee. Now that so many of us are vaccinated (myself included!) and hopefully …
Lockdown continues… We have all spent several months practising in our houses, away from each other, and meeting online to do what we can. As an orchestra we cannot really all rehearse together – it is not possible to both play and hear when dozens of people are on a single video call. Ok. So …
Oh Lovely Orchestra! I AM SO EXCITED!!! Of course this is a very serious time and my last formal communication was to end all face-to-face meetings until this health crisis is over. As you know, and can each attest to, we love our music and I am very strongly of the #YesICan attitude. This does …
Dear Wonderful Orchestra, I realise that I am jumping the curve slightly, as the NHS advice is not yet to cancel anything, but I have a duty of care to you all and am cancelling rehearsals at least until after Easter. As an ensemble we are all in quite close proximity to one another, breathing …
Has it only been two weeks since our concert? Amazing how time goes so fast and slow in the summer. Our final concert for the semester was on July 11th and despite being the same night as the England match in the World Cup, we had a full house. It really sounded good and there …
