Viva la Trio!

Yesterday was the first public recital given by Trio, and I'm pleased to say it went off quite successfully! The performance was well received, and we even got enough of a free-will offering to pay our accompanist's fee. There was a bit left over to pay for part of the other incidentals (programs, food for reception, etc.) but we didn't quite break even.

The money is really beside the point, and I must say we were grateful to receive even enough to pay our accompanist! This recital was first and foremost our first opportunity to present ourselves to an audience, and that is such an important thing for a performer to do. A singer can hone and refine her product as much as she wants in the setting of a rehearsal, but until the singer actually puts herself "out there" for others to experience she isn't really making art. In the privacy of your own studio or rehearsal space "Sempre Libera" may as well be solfege.

The completion of this recital also marks the passing of one major stressor in my life. As lovely as it was performing yesterday, it has been a big drain on me learning music, memorizing passages, coordinating schedules, getting programs printed, etc., etc., ad nauseum. We don't have any more gigs scheduled right now, although one is pending for December or February. That gives me at least three months to return to my primary stressor in life, the transgenic (technically, conditional knockout) mouse I'm generating in the lab.