Moot Thoughts & Musings

I'm doing something I've never really done before. I'm conducting a performance. Sure, I've taken conducting class and can do it in theory, but I've never really done it in practice.

For Christmas, our church is doing a few numbers from Messiah, with whoever wants to participating. At first I was dubious, but I showed up at the first rehearsal last week to sing in the choir, I was impressed at the level of talent our smallish congregation could muster. From the congregation, we have a little orchestra comprised of 3 violins, 2 flutes, and 1 (2?) cellos, along with keyboard accompaniment. And, from what I can tell, about 15 voice choir, pretty evenly spaced throughout the parts. The two soloists are really great. The only thing they lacked was a conductor. So I though, hey, I've had conducting class, I could basically sing Messiah in my sleep, a challenge would be nice, and even if I'm just up there beating the beat, that's better than nothing, so I volunteered.

Yesterday was my first time in rehearsal, and I must say, I thought it went pretty well. I can tell where I definitely need to improve myself, but I felt encouraged by how it went--more than even just conducting, the whole leading a rehearsal thing, too.

So here's to new challenges and experiences!