Annie, The Musical: Pit Orchestra Violinist

Annie was a musical performed soley, and completely by students. Many rehearsals were conducted in the anticipation of the three show weekend, but all of the dedication and time put into preparing for the final product definately paid off.
Our first performance was on January 15, 2009. Children from within the county were allowed to attend and recieve a bried glimpse of the the entire play. All of the performances were held at the Clayton County Performing Arts Center. The pit Orchestra was required to play the music for only the specific scenes given at this particular performance, as compared to running the entire program from begining to end. We played for two seperate audiences from 8:30am until 11:30 am.
The actual debue of the musical occured on January 16th, from 7:00pm until 9:00pm, but I was unfortunately not able to perform that night. I am able to testify that Annie was succesfully executed from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Saturday, January 17th and from 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm on Sunday January 18th.
As a violinist I was able to significantly broaden my musical knowlege and experience. The music from the score for Annie was so much harder and more challenging than anything I had ever played, that I find myself chuckling now when something that would have appeared difficult before is placed in front of me. When originally presented with the challenge of playing in the pit orchestra for Annie, I was very quick to deny the opportunity for many reasons, including that it required me to take much time away from my studies and school itself at times, and the music was just so challenging to prepare in a few short months. However, I am happy to say that I have learned a great deal about playing with other musicians in a new atmosphere and I would eagerly play in another pit orchestra if given the chance. I must say that it was most rewarding also to look up to the eager faces of audience members after the show as they looked down at us with awe and admiration when they realized that the music was live. If only they know how hard it was!

1/15, 17, 18/ 2009
Total Number of Hours : 7