{"id":8957,"date":"2018-07-12T10:16:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=8957"},"modified":"2018-07-12T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T09:20:09","slug":"hannahs-american-diary-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2018\/07\/12\/hannahs-american-diary-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Hannah’s American Diary: part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Music Performance Scholar Hannah Ost<\/strong><\/a> is currently working in New York at the French Woods Festival\u00a0 for the Performing Arts<\/strong><\/a> as part of Camp America. Alongside her busy schedule, she’s keeping a festival diary for the rest of us to enjoy: here’s the first instalment…<\/p>\n

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Tuesday 10 July<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"It’s been almost a month since I landed in the US so I thought I would update you on what I have been doing at French Woods Festival here in New York!<\/p>\n

In the morning, I teach voice lessons to whoever wants to sign up. I have had as little as two students in two hours and as many as nine (which was a crazy day!)<\/p>\n

After lunch, I am the Assistant Musical Director for two shows: James and the Giant Peach<\/em>\u00a0and a rewrite of Snow White<\/em>\u00a0which I have helped rewrite some music for. I mainly teach the solo numbers, while the Primary MD teaches ensemble songs. I’ll be playing the Keys 2 part in the pit band for the first.<\/p>\n

I have also been given my assignment for the next session, which begins next week. I’m going to be the Primary Musical Director for a show called Junie B Jones<\/em>\u00a0and I’ll be playing Keys 1 and conducting the pit band for that show too!<\/p>\n

I’ll keep you posted…<\/p>\n