I just got hired today as pianist in the orchestra for a theater production, Scrooge, by my former worship leader, Jeff Moore. He's an amazing professional musician, and I'm honored to be on his radar for this production. It's a Christian production with a different ending than the one Dickens wrote: Scrooge discovers the real meaning of Christmas.
For all the years I've played piano, I've never played in an orchestra pit. There will be many rehearsals involved, but I'm getting paid. Pretty well, too, I think. Worth being exhausted for the next six weeks. Fortunately, I don't have to join the musician's union. So it's all good.
