You know what a flash mob is, right? When seemingly random people spontaneously break out into song and/or dance in crowded public places?
(from Pearl FM’s facebook page)
Apparently a full orchestra can do this.
I had my doubts when called up Thursday afternoon about participating in one of these on Saturday morning in San Antonio. We’ll have our instruments…won’t that seem obvious? Are we memorizing the music? Is it going to be super cheesy? (surprisingly not/no/cheese is good)
The group was made up of San Antonio Symphony members, students, teachers, and other area freelancers like me. The plan was to run through the William Tell Overture a couple times at 9am at Trinity University. After that we would all gradually head over to the popular farmers’ market at Pearl Brewery and were told to wander around ignoring each other. At 11am, the english horn player would start playing her solo; we were beginning at the middle of the overture.