Hi everyone!
I've posted a few times on here, but thought I'd introduce and share a little bit about myself.
My name is Mike, and I currently am working towards a degree in music performance in flute performance, after taking a few years off from college to work full-time. I was originally an oboe/English horn and saxophone performance major when I lived and studied in Chicago (but for some reason, I ended up playing bass and contra-alto clarinets with their wind ensemble, but eventually played my primary instrument at the time in that ensemble), but when I moved back to Indianapolis, I decided I wanted to focus on flute (and piccolo and alto flute), and did extensive playing on all three flutes this past year at college with their wind ensemble, flute choir and chamber orchestra. I also played tenor II in the university's Jazz Ensemble for a semester. After I graduate with my degree, I plan on looking into getting my master's in multiple woodwind performance at some point.
In addition to that, I also play with several theatres in the general and surrounding Indianapolis area, mostly with community theatres, but I also have done a bit of paying work here and there. Right now, I play and own recorders (SSAT), piccolo/flute/alto flute, oboe, Eb/Bb/bass clarinets and SATB saxophones. I'm considering adding either English horn or bassoon (or even both) to my arsenal in the next year or two from now.
Most of the shows I do usually land me low reed books (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone). I've also done some upper reed work, and am currently in rehearsals for a production of CITY OF ANGELS which opens next week, on book 2 (piccolo, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone), and then I'll be playing reed 3 (flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, optional bassoon) for YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN with a different theatre in July, and I'm super excited for both of those shows to open. I started doing pit playing my freshman year of high school, and haven't regretted it since!
After I get one, or both, of my intended degrees, I plan on trying to start making a living by doing theatre pit work, or teaching woodwinds privately.