bone in sub

orchestra is great this term. i’m playing timpani for debussy’s nuages, which is wicked, and some new composition. the new one, as i’ve written before, is more fun than i expected after looking at it, but there’s one section at the end that has about as much pedaling as rosenkavalier. the first time we ever ran it, though, i had practiced it well enough that i hit every note. i had the biggest smile on my face towards the end of it.