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コンサートサロン・パウゼ

I attended an event called “Scribble Of Melody part II” at Kawai Music Aoyama’s Salon Pause in Aoyama (from Omotesando subway station’s Exit A1, a 1-minute walk). The event was open to any genre, with participants eating and drinking wine and other refreshments while each performed on their own instrument or sang. The only qualification for taking part was being of legal drinking :pint: age. It ran from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and I ended up playing the flute for the first time in ages. In keeping with the New Year season, the piece was Michio Miyagi’s “Haru no Umi.” I was the 2nd performer from the end. I was first invited in early December, chose the piece on December 19, and practiced only a handful of times. The extent to which my ability had deteriorated was almost too painful to watch, so for the first time in ages I played exercises such as Hanon on the piano to revive the muscles in my fingers, and did isometric training to build up the muscles in my left shoulder that support the flute. It was quite an ordeal. But I was amazed that, thanks to all that, my frozen shoulder went away.

The program featured singing, flute, piano, flamenco guitar, and even a band with a banjo.

After taking part, I realized how meaningful it was that the qualification was “being old enough to drink” and that the rule was “listen while eating.” In other words, everyone had to be a sufficiently mature adult to laugh off and forgive the rough spots (?) in the performances and anything else that happened. One person performed a song they had written for their daughter’s wedding, and it made me think that this must be what salons were originally like. Next time, I think I’ll perform a piece of my own composition 😀

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