What a week it has been!(or rather, what a month =X) Just finished my concert, Sinfonia 2007 2 days ago. It was a very very great experience to me and also fun to be a cellist for the orchestra.
However it also happens to be one of the saddest performances too.
Our resident conductor that we call "Lao Shi" is retiring and the performance is also his last time conducting us.
Believe me. The times I had with this old man was crazy during the previous years were kinda crazy. It even came to a point where i seriously disliked him. But something did come out of those crazy days. (Crazy due to the fact that I am always the target of his scoldings and shouts). I improved A LOT. I layed A LOT better within a year and I also could keep up with the winds and catch up to them. It was all thanks to this guy too.
He also taught me how to appreciate and make music too. I couldn't understand at first but now I finally do. He has own style and It's no wonder that the band loves him so much.
We played a songs dedicated to him and well... it was a very tearful song for all of us. I can safely say each of us were moved as each remembered our times with him. Even he cried as he listened. Subsequently, everyone of us started tearing too. Even I cried even though I wasn't close to him. I cannot imagine what the band people are going through. I think I cried the most out of the strings section =x(Maybe I got scolded the most and was under him the longest among the rest)
I will always remember him and this particular performance. Although I may not understand why he put so many winds in the orchestra, but I definitely could understand his music. I am honoured to have been taught by him.
The performance was probably not the best. But it was defnitely fun and memorable.
