Hi ya'all, welcome to what I somewhat affectionately refer to The Land of Too Much Information About Hope. :) This journal is mostly friends-locked, with the exception of the occasional announcement of a public event ( Read more... )

( Info on my May concert )

[cross-posted to ann_arbor_area and ann_arbor_ypsiHi folks, it's that time again - I'm playing in the first concert of our season this Sunday. I'm sorry to say our concerts ( Read more... )

Hi folks, sorry for the late notice - this is a free event happening in Canton (about a 20 minute drive) tomorrow. It's the
second gig for my big band (The Swing City Big Band, I play baritone sax), and we'd love to see you there! Details below.

Note: we play at 2pm. :)

~ Hope

From
a nice article in the Freep....

( Enjoy simpler times, and corn, in Canton )

So, it's a little bit of a quandary. Or at least it *feels* like one. There's the musician me, which I've been trying to develop more and more. But it got to feeling too much like work, and I realized I wasn't really doing it for what felt like the right reason ( Read more... )

This weekend seemed to be a catalyst for some changes.

Today I decided to take Organic Biochemistry through WCC and I canceled my planned trip to the Houlik Saxophone Retreat. Basically, going to the retreat would've made taking the class very, very hard (it's an accelerated class, only 10 weeks, and I would've missed more than a week of classes ( Read more... )

[cross-posted to ann_arbor_ypsi and my personal LJ]

( Featuring works of Gershwin, Bernstein, and the winner of this year's Young Soloist Competition... )

Ya know, it just wouldn't be Confusion weekend without a snowstorm, right? ;)

In other news, Seussical! the Musical opened tonight (remember, I'm in the pit?), and it went better than I expected it to. Not as well as I'd hoped, but given that I've had virtually *no* practice time since break (I've been either at work, in rehearsal for Seussical, ( Read more... )

They rocked, plain and simple. I danced, I hooted and hollered, I clapped so hard my hands hurtNot to mention had two guys flirting with me, and I even (swing) danced (sort of) with one of them. I mean, I *did* dance with him, but didn't really know how to swing dance -- but we managed well enough. ;) And I had a blast, most importantly ( Read more... )

I struggle with finding time to practice my sax. Even moreso, I struggle with finding the oomph, the get-up-and-go, or rather, get-up-and-get-it-out-of-the-case, to practice ( Read more... )