Well where did this summer go?
Here it is, Labor Day Weekend, and school starts next week. Band camp has come and gone (to my daughter's relief, I think) and they're looking forward to their first show. Parent preview night was Thursday 8/28 - I was travelling on business and missed it!
Community Band has started up again. Our first rehearsal, the clarinet section accounted for 50% of the entire group! Yeah! We've got a nice mix of returning players and new faces. Should be a fun semester...NO PRESSURE...don't forget your pencils, people! Our first performance is coming up - September 11, for the City of Cerritos' Patriot Day Observance.
The Clarinet Institute of Los Angeles will be playing this Sunday, August 31, at our usual location in Pacific Palisades. Hopefully it won't be too hot and humid....
...but NOTHING is as hot and humid as Irving, Texas, where I was this past week on a business trip. Temperatures were in the 90s and humidity about 150%. No kidding. Really. I'm grateful for California weather that I tend to take for granted.
Coming soon...an overview and opinion on various clarinet method books.
Until then...
Have fun!
The clarinet clairvoyant