In the musical “Where’s Charley”, the main character, Charley, dresses as his aunt to shapparon his and his roommates dates. The show was set in the late 19th century and for the two young women to stay with two young men they had to have a shapparon. Charley’s aunt was suppose to arrive the morning of the lunch date, but she didn’t so, using the costume from his school performance, he dressed as a woman and pretended to be his aunt. The only reason the two young women, Amy and Kitty, met with the young men, Charley and Jack, was because their guardian was at a meeting all day and had no idea that they were there. After returning early from the meeting the guardian, Spettigue, was very angry and went searching for the young women, finding
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The music was not perfect for the performances, but hopefully Mr. Martinez, Mr. Udland and the orchestra were the only ones who knew that. There were many times where an individual could not play something so they made something up that sounded similar. This was especially true for the flutes and clarinets, who had run after run of notes, the runs seemed to never end. We thought it was difficult the first day of rehearsal and we were drastically under tempo, I did not think that we could pull it off. I thought that we were going to crash and burn; however, when all of the parts lined up and we were able to hear how the voices fit into the music, I realized that I excelled passed my own expectations, and overall the group sounded great. When everything was put together it was very important to watch Mr. Udland for the vocal cues, for it was nearly impossible to hear the actors on stage. We were given a rehearsal day to come and watch the show, in order for us to hear all of the songs.
There were songs and parts that, even by the last show, I did not understand and had to let Annie, the first chair flute, take. The song “My Darling”, was not one of those songs; I loved the song so much that Annie let me play it by myself. Up to that point I had never soloed and I was scared to death that I was going to screw it up. Overall it was a simple song to do and by the last show I was confident in what I was doing. I gained plenty of experience through this opportunity, making me into a better flautist. This was my first experience in pit orchestra and I loved it, I would do this again in a
The music was not perfect for the performances, but hopefully Mr. Martinez, Mr. Udland and the orchestra were the only ones who knew that. There were many times where an individual could not play something so they made something up that sounded similar. This was especially true for the flutes and clarinets, who had run after run of notes, the runs seemed to never end. We thought it was difficult the first day of rehearsal and we were drastically under tempo, I did not think that we could pull it off. I thought that we were going to crash and burn; however, when all of the parts lined up and we were able to hear how the voices fit into the music, I realized that I excelled passed my own expectations, and overall the group sounded great. When everything was put together it was very important to watch Mr. Udland for the vocal cues, for it was nearly impossible to hear the actors on stage. We were given a rehearsal day to come and watch the show, in order for us to hear all of the songs.
There were songs and parts that, even by the last show, I did not understand and had to let Annie, the first chair flute, take. The song “My Darling”, was not one of those songs; I loved the song so much that Annie let me play it by myself. Up to that point I had never soloed and I was scared to death that I was going to screw it up. Overall it was a simple song to do and by the last show I was confident in what I was doing. I gained plenty of experience through this opportunity, making me into a better flautist. This was my first experience in pit orchestra and I loved it, I would do this again in a