Good Evening!
Back from the show. It's going to be very interesting playing the show on Saturday. The notes won't be an issue, but hearing the notes will be. The Landmark - formerly known as The Mosque - has to be one of the most acoustically unfriendly places ever built. It seems like a place that should be nice and "live", but it's surprisingly muffled and dull. Unfortunately, it's really "dull" in the orchestra pit. I was sitting next to between the keyboard and the harpist, and it was quite "interesting" trying to hear anything. And forget about trying to hear the concertmistress, or anyone else on the other side of the pit.
I'll have to fuss with the volumes levels on the monitors throughout the show which I'm not really looking forward to. At this point, I'm even thinking of sitting in again tomorrow just to take more notes on when I'll have make those adjustments. The keyboard player/assistant conductor was "apologizing" for the poor sound, but what can you do?
Oh, and, of course, the keyboard is right under the front still stage speakers, so I get lots of vocals. I just need to keep reminding myself to follow the "stick" and not the stage.