When the audition openings memo was posted on the wall backstage at Davies Symphony Hall, I couldn’t believe it. It included a second trombone opening for the San Francisco Symphony which paid $55,000 (~$152K in today’s dollars). I was giddy with anticipation because trombone positions rarely open (i.e., John Engelkes, one of my brass coaches,…
No spa day could have fixed my level of burn out. Not even a week-long yoga retreat to Bryce Canyon. I learned the hard way, with a trip to the emergency room thinking I was having a heart attack, that I needed to take better care of myself. I learned that it comes down to…
Today’s featured woman is Cynthia Adamson (Boeh) Alberth. I first met Cynthia at a Golf Tournament in 2006. We were in San Diego for the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Annual Meeting. Somehow during this tournament, the organizers put all the “girls” together in their own foursome. Fate must have been smiling down upon us that…
Yesterday we returned from our annual camping week at the Lair of the Bear where we spend the entire week off the grid. Today we did 7 or 8 loads of laundry… (I lost count), returned the camping gear back to its home in the garage (while taking the opportunity to reorganize it into a…