Final Performance Team Rehearsal

A Tuning the Air Journal

Monday, October 3, 2011 – Final Performance Team Rehearsal

Our final full team rehearsal before Thursday’s opening night. All performers present and accounted for, including Joel who was hearing the new material for the first time, and Darlene who is performing on (at least) two pieces in the set.

For the first part of the rehearsal we focused on the B Minor Prelude and “I Am The Walrus”; the most complex arrangements we have in the set. This took most of our time. We took a look at a number of passages, sections, and transitions from other pieces; detail work to bring the repertoire together.

After a break we sat down to run the set, basically the same as Saturday, with the addition of the Bach prelude. Other than a couple of false starts, and some quick discussion of practical details, we simply went through it as if it was a performance. For all of us, information gathered in terms of the personal work we need to do before Thursday, as well as some section work we can do at the Wednesday afternoon mini-rehearsal.

Here we go!