AWS gets a record deal
April 1, 2008
by: Jenny Baxter – AWS Percussionist
Well that’s half true. The Austin Wind Symphony recorded for Pigeon Impossible, a short animated film written and directed by AWS saxophone player Lucas Martell. Most of the symphony members haven’t done anything like this before so it was an interesting experience.
Practices for concerts are more like a progression, steadily improving pieces until the big night. But for this, we sight read and practiced for one night and then came back the next week to record, fixing and improving on the go. I like to think of it as a kind of musical sprinting.
But now we’re back into long distance performance, preparing for the Adventures in Great Film Music in June, just in time for the action-packed movie season. Check back for updates on our musical progression.
