Hello to all our fans!
It has been a while since our first post as things have been pretty busy for us here in Blue Door Land. Our violist has started classes at Brooklyn College along with a new job teaching at a charter school. Our second violinist has been putting together our new website which will hopefully be up and running soon, along with designing some business cards and fliers for when we play at gigs and other places in and around Brooklyn. We have also been rehearsing every week in order to get ready for whatever comes our way.
Our next wedding is coming up on October 8th. We are playing for the wedding of a friend of our cellist, Sharon, at The Swan Club on Long Island. Preparation for this has taken quite some time as she has requested some very specific pieces of music for her ceremony. The processional, "Sanctuary" by Twila Paris, needed some rearrangement and extra rehearsals with the pianist, Shannon. We have to thank Ripley-Grier Studios in Midtown Manhattan for not only accommodating our first room rental but allowing us to move to another room when we had to have a few more minutes to run through some items. The rehearsal went well and we are excited to have the bride here her processional in two weeks.
We have been rehearsing to not only get ready for the upcoming wedding but we are also in the process of expanding our repertoire to include some bluegrass and fiddle quartet music. So far we have only been working on one piece (the other books are on their way), but it has been a lot of fun. Hopefully we can have some recordings up soon so those who are curious can hear what we sound like.
That's it for now. When we get more playing opportunities in the community we will keep you posted.
