Phantom Orchestra

It's October, and since I love Halloween so very much, get ready for a bunch of Halloween-related posts!  For today's post, I would like to share a little video my mom sent me.  She plays the cello in the Orchestra of Southern Utah, and this is them playing Phantom of the Opera.  However, this must come with a little explanation.  Last year I actually attempted to put together a collection of Halloween music.  I was trying to prove a point for all those who like to pull out their Christmas music way too early and just skip over Halloween entirely.  I determined that Halloween also deserved its own soundtrack.  However, it was surprisingly challenging to find enough Halloween music to populate a CD that wasn't sound effects.  Anyway, Phantom of the Opera was one I deemed acceptable.



Back when I was in orchestra in High School, we used to play this for our annual Halloween concert.  I was a first violin, and it was actually pretty challenging, but ridiculously fun to play!  Anyway, I'm very proud of my mom.  She is sitting first chair in the orchestra (the cellos closest to the director) and she's 1st chair (the cello on the inside).  Love ya mom!