This past week, I joined the Stockton Symphony for a concert that included Smetana’s The Moldau, He Zhanhao & Chen Gang’s Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto, and Brahms’s 3rd Symphony. I had the pleasure of playing with my friend Nicolasa Kuster, who teaches bassoon at the University of the Pacific, and one of her former students, Annalea Milligan. Here’s a shot of our section after the concert (stolen from Prof. Kuster’s blog):
