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Has anyone here ever had the pleasure to play solo with an orchestra? I have, and it's so cool! There's this director of the orchestra I play in, and he likes my playing, so he let me play solo with his other orchestras for two concerts! And I had more of those lucky chances! You feel so free and powerful to play the solo while the orchestra's following you! How do you feel about it?
I did. I was the concert master of my school orchestra as a freshman. I had the pleasure of playing this thing called a cadenze. For those of you who may not know a cadenza is when only 1 person is playing and everyone else is silent. It was so cool cause I could hear myself echoing around the auditorium where we were playing.

O, I can perfectly understand what you mean! Playing a cadenza can be the nicest thing of a concert! Many musicians think they have to show what they can in a cadenza, but for me it's a place where everything calms down.