[Dixielandjazz] Slightly OT - article/program about the "Freeway Philharmonic"

[David Richoux]

http://tinyurl.com/29w8jd

> French horn player Meredith Brown had a busy weekend.
> Last Saturday morning, she drove from her home in Vallejo to San  
> Rafael for two back-to-back rehearsals with the Marin Symphony,  
> then played an evening concert in San Jose with the Symphony  
> Silicon Valley. Sunday's schedule was more grueling: morning  
> rehearsal in Marin, afternoon concert in San Jose, evening concert  
> in Marin.
> And you thought your commute was rough.

I have had a few days like that - 3 gigs in one day with 3 different  
bands, but these musicians do it almost EVERY DAY!

I liked the closing quote:
> "There are three things you want out of an orchestra job - that it  
> pays well, that's you're playing with good friends, and that you're  
> playing good music.
> "And if you have two out of those three, you can make it work."

Dave Richoux