Living in the Woods

mood | sad ] [ music | none. sound of traffic sporadically driving past our house. ] J. and I are currently at home in Bisbee, AZ......

I was recently asked the question (paraphrased), "Do people from the audience talk to the musicians in the pit orchestra?". Yes, t...

Last night, I came back into the pit at the Fox Theatre at the end of intermission and witnessed the tail-end of a conversation between the ...

The night following the explosion, my colleague on Principal horn gave me the inside scoop on the gun's "premature emission" l...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Now that it's half over ... Many apologies for not keeping this blog up-to-date! It would be a daunting task to docume...

I recently received the following question in response to my previous entry, and would like to answer in a new one rather than in "comm...

I subscribe to an online yahoogroups list of horn players, and receive a "digest" of emails sent daily. I occasionally post to the...

Every once in awhile, something unexpected happens in live theatre. Phantom of the Opera is certainly no exception. Actually, it is amazing ...

This is the first time that I have been able to catch my breath here in the "new show city" of Cincinnati, after a very hectic two...

It is a beautiful sunny day in Denver; nearly 60 degrees. The weather has generally been warmer than usual (as it is most places now, during...