I discovered Rachmaninov when I was an undergraduate at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN. At the time, I played 4th Horn on the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1. That was when I had time to practice the French horn and devote myself to music. Now, I have the time but no French horn. So I did what I could do and became a tenor.
I sang with a local church choir and the Webster University Choral Society for several years in the 1990's. But working nights often interfered with it. I also had season tickets to the St. Louis Symphony the last few years I lived here before moving to Hays, KS. I learned to appreciate good music and what an outstanding orchestra we had locally. It's a hidden gem.
All that was before I sold my French horn when I went to South Africa for a vacation. Now, I curse my luck. But I still want a double barreled French horn. I'm thinking about a professional Yamaha double barreled horn. Those are expensive. It would take me a while to come up with the money for one. My luck being what it is, that won't be for at least another two and a half years.
Right now, I have few musical outlets besides my CD collection. I'm not singing with anyone. Though it would be good to have an outlet. I don't know if the Webster Choir Society still meets on Tuesdays evening. It might be worthwhile looking into. The problem is I don't know if my writing group will switch dates from Mondays to Thursdays when they finally chose a new location this summer. I'll have to see what is going on at Webster University...
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