So, it will take a lot of money but I think I will save up for a once-a-year trombone/musical pilgrimage to happen every winter! I crunched some numbers together, and indeed, it will be expensive but I should be able to handle it if I save properly! There are some cities in this country (other than Houston, of course!) that have a high concentration of young, energetic, and prime time players!
The pilgrimage will include lessons with 3-4 players of that city and hopefully I can attend a concert by the local symphony. Luckily, I have friends in all of these cities and that will off set my housing costs (hoping that they are nice enough to let me crash)!
This winter I have decided that I should go to Washington DC. I have made a similar pilgrimage to the city of Atlanta and I think I will do that again for the winter of 2011. DC contains a very high concentration of fantastic players as there are a complete handful of extremely high quality ensembles there such as the Navy, Marine, Army, Air Force bands as well as the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and Virginia Symphony, Kennedy Center/National Opera.
So some other cities I hope to go to for the same purpose are Atlanta, NYC, San Fransisco, Boston, and Los Angeles.
wow, this would be cool to do once a year..
