just when i think i'm so ready to be done with my job and move on to the next thing in life, i get to do some cool stuff at work. working for music organizations is pretty cool in general, what other job are you required to be a part of beautiful concerts in beautiful settings involving some of the most talented musicians in the country?
but there are lots of other random unexpected things you get to do. like last week reilly tells me he needs me to turn pages at his organ concert at the kennedy center. i'm like, man i don't want to spend my thursday night doing this! then when i get there he says, oh by the way i also need to you to play the zimbelstern at the marked places (this is just a button on the organ that you push on and off and it makes little twinkling bells sounds). no prob i can do that! so while i'm bored by this whole thing, at some point i realize, wait: you live in our nation's capital, you're on the stage of the kennedy center with a full audience, you were just hanging with eschenbach backstage, and now you're technically playing the organ. probably not going to happen again... this is actually pretty cool!
i've also gotten to check out lots of embassies and ambassadors' residences over the last few years. being inside the buildings can really make you feel like you have traveled to the country. everyone is speaking the language, the furnishings and other decor have been shipped over, and they give you customary food and drink for meetings. some are nicer than others, like the 4 course french embassy meal that lasted for hours and was only supposed to be a short lunch meeting. i have no idea what i ate, and left completely drunk. it was wonderful. the belgians also really know how to get it done, and lucky for us the current ambassador loves bach and our organization, so we get to spend lots of time there :)
today we met with the russians to promote our upcoming rachmaninoff vespers concert. it was just a short meeting, but we were treated with coffee, tea, and russian chocolates. since most of the meeting was in russian, which is so beautiful and rhythmic that it makes me sleepy, my mind wandered from the cups and saucers to the artwork to the chandeliers and back.
i guess the point is, i've been so ready to get out of here, but when it comes down to it maybe i'll miss this place just a little.
^^from the space room. obviously.^^
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