Yesterday for me consisted of a trip out to Grays, Essex for a string orchestra concert with the Woolmer Philharmonic Orchestra. Bit of a long day but it’s another paid freelance notch on the axe. Music including Barber’s Adagio, the Vaughan Williams Tallis Fantasia, and various other things presenting less specific challenges to the violas (being what I was playing this time). Having only got the gig on Monday, practising has taken up quite a lot of my time this week! And having not got to bed till about 2am, sleeping has taken up all of this morning …