I spent all day playing kid shows, and it was interesting how much the band march section hurts versus the orchestra marches.  I can play the 3rd mvmt from Tchaik 6 all day, but why did the thunderer hurt so much.  Well I spent the rest of the day writing out my warm ups for my current and future students.  Its really easy to play a daily routine from memory, but a different story to write it out.  But for those of you interested my daily routine will be posted by dec.  I bet you all can't wait, I know a couple of my Kiwi mates will enjoy them.  

Today was our first day of rehearsal for Mahler 2 in the Tabernacle. It was my first time inside, pretty cool place to play. The choir is great! It's also fun to play with Jim Nova - he's playing 3rd this week and sounds awesome as usual!


Thanks to everyone for all the recent e-mails/facebook/texts - sorry if I haven't gotten back to you, but your comments are very appreciated!

I have been busy preparing for my audition this weekend for the Vancouver Symphony. I'm happy to announce that the hard work paid off as I was awarded the Principal Trombone job!

The audition was well-organized, to the point, and efficiently run. I enjoyed seeing some familiar faces and meeting some new trombone players. 

Vancouver is really gearing up for the olympics, wish I could be there earlier to experience it. Thanks to Bob Kastner for yummy sushi suggestions on my first night there. The city is beautiful and my family and I can't wait to learn more about it! 


Thank you Bill Z, Rusty M, Larry Z, Craig M, Bob T, and Charlie R for listening to my mock auditions and not mocking me!!