Premiere Day! 30 May, 2006

The last rehearsals with the orchestra were this morning and we’re all excited about the first performance tonite! The way it looks right now we won’t have that big of an audience. The Luxembourg crowd is most likely not familiar with the director or the Volksbühne so its not so exciting for them. [...]

redeeming quality 27 May, 2006

Ok since my last post was so negative I decided I would blog about the nice part of luxembourg today. I went and explored the valley with two of my colleagues and it was absolutely breathtaking! Its like a completely different city down there. Ancient sand stone, gardens, and lovely old houses [...]

The Grand Freeway of Luxembourg or The Grand Shopping Center of Luxembourg 26 May, 2006

or This Place is Boring! My apologies to “claude” who commented on the last posting, but Luxembourg is LAME! Ok Ok, in all fairness, its politically and historically interesting and there are lots of beautiful old buildings among the tasteless new buildings, but not much else. Around every corner theres yet another [...]

The Grand Duchy (Dookie?) of Luxembourg 21 May, 2006

Tomorrow its off to Luxembourg with the Volksbühne!  I'm really excited to travel somewhere I've never been, especially with the trumpet as my excuse!  Thought I'd share a few interesting facts about Luxembourg..
Although Luxembourg is one of the smalles countries in Europe, only about 1000 square miles and just under 500,000 people, it was a [...]

Wagner meets Tales from the Crypt meets a Mens Bathroom Stall 15 May, 2006

I’d like to take this oppourtunity to first fill you in on the story of “The Meistersingers from Nürnberg” by Wagner. In short, its about a song competition way back in the day. The singers are trying to be part of the “Master Singers” group in Nurenberg and must compose their own song [...]

Me a soloist? 6 May, 2006

I've had this week off from work at the theater due to a lack of music to rehearse.  The arranger is just taking his time!  But for that the weather in Berlin has been amazing so I've spent lots of time outdoors on the bike!  It looks like the next month or so is going [...]