travel
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What time zone am I in?
I travel. A LOT. I’ve frequently had months where I have concerts every weekend in a different city, which means I’m home Monday-Tuesday, swapping out suitcases and musical scores before heading to my next gig. One memorable week last year had me doing a 36 hour turnaround between weeks in Brisbane, Australia and Montreal, Canada. Good times. I’m frequently asked how I deal with jet lag when I’m on that kind of crazy schedule crossing multiple time zones and spending, at max, 5 days in any one zone. So I’ve compiled a list of tips to of what keeps me (mostly) functional and (somewhat) sane: Hydrate like you’ve just…
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May the Force be with you
One of the great pleasures of being a conductor who specializes in feature-film-with-live-orchestra concerts is that I get to do movies that I absolutely adore. I’ve been on the Harry Potter junket for a couple of years now and that’s been a huge amount of fun. (Those are Gryffindor and Slytherin scarves, for those of you not versed in that particular universe!) While I adore Batman and Fantasia and Ratatouille I have to confess one upcoming movie gig has the fangirl in me squealing with delight: I mean, I saw it in the theater. Six times. My brother and I owned an LP of what was essentially the music and…