Another exciting opportunity

Even though I was plagued with food poisoning on Monday (thanks to sour-sour cream, ick!), there was something positive that happened on that day. I recieved a call from the NW Florida Philharmonic to play in their childrens concert tomorrow (Thursday). I had contacted the conductor and personel manager earlier in the month, but there are currently no horn openings (all of their horn players come from Mississippi) so I was unable to audition. Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to recieve a phone call asking me to sub this week! Last night I went to the rehearsal and ended up playing first horn and being the only horn present (there was supposed to be one other there - small section due to the childrens concert). This really put me on the spot, but I did alright and have hopefully secured a spot as a sub. That is very exciting! Hopefully I will do well at the concert tomorrow morning and get more calls in the future. The networking has begun! :)

I also have an audition on Friday morning for the NW Florida Symphony orchestra. Again, there are no horn openings, but at least this orchestra has asked me to audition. I have been preparing for the audition for a couple of weeks, but have not been playing the music as well as I want. Today was absolutely no exception. Sigh.. Hopefully I can do well on Friday morning.