Drum Roll, Please

Oh. My. God.

I went to the first band rehearsal last night. I haven’t played since the June concert. (And when I say I haven’t played, I mean all of the valves on my horn were stuck from disuse!) Despite this, the other horn players threw the first horn parts on my stand. Guess what we’re playing? No, really, guess!

John Williams – Saving Private Ryan and a medley including the Star Wars theme. Michael Kamen – Band of Brothers theme. The first movement of The Planets.

I have been waiting all of my horn-playing life to play the first horn part of the Star Wars theme. And all of the music has fantastic horn parts. Better than any I’ve ever played.

But.

(You knew there was a “but”, right?)

The concert is the same night as the (mandatory) orchestra sound probe rehearsal for the musical. Ack. I have to see if I can get out of that, because I have been waiting my whole entire life to play John Williams’ music in a concert! Maybe they really won’t need the piano at that rehearsal? Or for the whole rehearsal? Wish me luck…