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« Last post by Izee on December 24, 2023, 01:33:31 PM »https://youtu.be/6jroBAl3WW8
A very nice performance of this lovely song. Please enjoy
When I was younger, I was often called to play my cello in Church Performances of various orchestrations of Christmas Music and plays. Some were very nice semi-professional compositions and plays, and we would rehearse several times and perform the work at multiple events. But, a few times, it was just our string quartet with a piano, and we would be off to the side in a church and play the music as Parishioners sang. My most memorable one was at a small Church, they gave me $50 and FED ME DINNER with the Members, and there was just a guitar with me. We played very soft works, like this one, and, well...it was a very Spiritual Moment for me. I drove home feeling very relaxed, and full, and happy to have participated in the Service.
*S*
My violist friend and I would help each other get 'gigs', if a group hired me, I would ask if they needed a violist, and get them to hire her if they needed one. One Church liked the way I played, and they would contact me in late November, and ask me to gather the musicians they needed for their work. She did the same, and I was always happy to have six or seven 'gigs' lined up before Christmas, I would get a nice amount of spending money to buy gifts for Family and Friends.
We would, however, make fun of another violist...we called her the "Gig Slut". She would seek out places to perform...and was quite skilled as a performer so she did collect a lot of gigs. A few times, I got a panicked call from the Gig Slut asking if I had the next evening open, that she REALLY needed a cellist for a performance she had just lined up. If I was open, I always said 'Yes, what time do I need to be there?"
But, seriously, I always enjoyed performing on my cello at such events, they were low key, no stage fright, and the audience was always happy. Once, our quartet was in front of the Altar, and a young girl and boy wandered over and stood beside me, watching ME play!!! I smiled, and briefly spoke to them when the service was over, and let them touch my cello and bow, and said that when they got older they could learn to play one, too. They were most mesmerized by my bow, and I explained that it was horsehair that were the long fibers, and then took the screw off the end of the bow and their eyes got wide seeing the cascade of yellow horsehair. I broke off a hair for each of them, and they were amazed. I do hope that one, or both of them, took up a string instrument when they got older.
A very nice performance of this lovely song. Please enjoy
When I was younger, I was often called to play my cello in Church Performances of various orchestrations of Christmas Music and plays. Some were very nice semi-professional compositions and plays, and we would rehearse several times and perform the work at multiple events. But, a few times, it was just our string quartet with a piano, and we would be off to the side in a church and play the music as Parishioners sang. My most memorable one was at a small Church, they gave me $50 and FED ME DINNER with the Members, and there was just a guitar with me. We played very soft works, like this one, and, well...it was a very Spiritual Moment for me. I drove home feeling very relaxed, and full, and happy to have participated in the Service.
*S*
My violist friend and I would help each other get 'gigs', if a group hired me, I would ask if they needed a violist, and get them to hire her if they needed one. One Church liked the way I played, and they would contact me in late November, and ask me to gather the musicians they needed for their work. She did the same, and I was always happy to have six or seven 'gigs' lined up before Christmas, I would get a nice amount of spending money to buy gifts for Family and Friends. We would, however, make fun of another violist...we called her the "Gig Slut". She would seek out places to perform...and was quite skilled as a performer so she did collect a lot of gigs. A few times, I got a panicked call from the Gig Slut asking if I had the next evening open, that she REALLY needed a cellist for a performance she had just lined up. If I was open, I always said 'Yes, what time do I need to be there?"
But, seriously, I always enjoyed performing on my cello at such events, they were low key, no stage fright, and the audience was always happy. Once, our quartet was in front of the Altar, and a young girl and boy wandered over and stood beside me, watching ME play!!! I smiled, and briefly spoke to them when the service was over, and let them touch my cello and bow, and said that when they got older they could learn to play one, too. They were most mesmerized by my bow, and I explained that it was horsehair that were the long fibers, and then took the screw off the end of the bow and their eyes got wide seeing the cascade of yellow horsehair. I broke off a hair for each of them, and they were amazed. I do hope that one, or both of them, took up a string instrument when they got older.
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