DR Noel, when do rehearsals begin for Such Good Friends?
September 6.
Today was an amazing day. First, we did an interview in which I had to sing three songs. Why me, you wonder? Why not someone...competent? One of the reasons is that a certain union won't allow its membership to sing on certain kinds of interviews.
So helpful - huh?
Then, chez moi, my director and musical director and I started going over the score at 2. We finished at 9:30 having never stopped for a break. Seven and a half hours refining intros, accompaniment feels, scene change music, harmonies, extended endings, cues. And, of course, we didn't finish.
To some, this process sounds like hell. To me, it's a dream. To examine, measure by measure, what I've composed and why I've written in that way, with an eye towards making it better: I can think of no better way to spend an uninterrupted seven-and-a-half hours.