CoLab - Xenakis - Thursday, Friday and the concert

So, wow, just got back in from the concert, wow, right, start at the beginning. So, yesterday, despite being a very busy day, has gone blurry in my mind. The day was a whirlwind of rehearsals, both Xenakis and satellite projects, and was the most tiring day of the ENTIRE project. From what I can remember everyone was working at full pelt and everything started falling into place. We ended the day by running the entire show and it went really well.
Today, everybody was at their battle stations. After viewing the other satellite projects we completely ran the entire show. It was, erm, tiring, but everything went well and their was lots of excitement for the concert. As 7:30 approached the atmosphere got a tad more nervous but, once the audience were all in, which took a while as they were all a little reluctant to sit amongst the orchestra, we began. The Xenakis went off without a hitch. Everyone played brilliantly and most of the percussion sections were even in time. Then, we rushed off to perform the satellite projects which we did 3 times as the groups moved between projects. Here is a a picture of the start of ours.

Then, we all ran back down to play a percussion piece that Nic directed and made up on the spot. It was a brilliant first half to the concert and the atmosphere was electric.

The entire project has been really enjoyable and I know some people didn't like it but hey, the music world is a diverse one, you have to do things you don't like so pipe down, in my most humble opinion. The only thing I would say to improve the project is to use a smaller group for the audio visual project so it can be a little more hands on and "collaborative" but otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed the project and it has been a new and exciting experience. Peace out :)