Starstruck while Playing
I feel so blessed at today's mass.
I got to play with no less than Ray Sison. In case you don't know, he, together with Lionel Valdellon recorded Vespers 1 and 2. He's a professional flutist (he's with the MSO) and one of my inspirations in my flute playing. So you could imagine how starstruck I was.
I also heard his flute is worth about half a million pesos (about US$10,000.00). I now know it's true (it's a Verne Q. Powel, American-made, B-foot professional model). And just to prove how low my level of flute playing is, I did not hear the difference when I tried that half-a-million-peso flute. I even found it difficult to play the low-B. But then again, never in wildest dreams did I imagine even holding a valuable flute like that, much less try it out.
I hope I could say I held my own for tonight's choir. But I'm not even a fraction of his level of play. He was really fast and plays mostly at the third octave during the mass.
But even then, I feel so blessed and honored to have even played with him tonight. I hope someday I can be worthy to play that kind of flute.
And I hope he plays with us some more so I can learn more from him.
transcription by Punzi @ 10:34 PM
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