Life of a Substitute Teacher

I almost hate to waste your time

Today was slow - really slow. The schedule for lessons is complete. Music selection and score study is complete (believe it or not). Everything is complete. The only real thing I did today was conduct part of the morning rehearsal; it went well, and it was definately the first time I was up on a high school podium in three years. I warmed them up, played two songs, and was done. Oh yeah, we rehearsed a bit too - no big deal.

Jazz band was fun today though - we finally got the group playing and I sat in with the alto saxes. For reference, my other major in college was jazz composition, so I've been sitting in jazz bands all my life, with the exception of high school groups (I accompanied the show choir instead). So, it was a learning experience there. This was the most that I've played alto sax in a very long time - I'm close to actually having an open cut in my mouth where my teeth hit my lower lip on the reed (yummy!), and my lips are almost split as well (yes, my fault for practicing during lunch though - shame on me!). It felt good to take time and just play. My intonation right now is really off though on that saxophone; I just don't know the specific instrument well enough yet. Once I know it's specific tendancies, I'll be fine.

Other than that, not much happened. Got to sit in on a meeting with the vice principal and SCT to confirm lessons and study halls - easy there. Listened to music. Watched the rain. I know it's going to get busy as of next week, but I'm looking forward to it. Right now I'm desperately bored!

posted by Amanda @ 3:45 PM