My Most Embarrassing
Musical Moment
By Aubrie Dionne
Playing the Maestro
starts out with Melody’s most embarrassing musical moment, and something I’ve
always feared- not having your music on the first day of rehearsal. In fact,
sometimes I check to make sure I have my music two or three times before I
leave the house! In Playing the Maestro,
the violinist, A.K.A. Melody’s ex claims he sent her the music and she lost it.
See- he has a sister who wants Melody’s principal chair. So, what do you think
really happened?
My most embarrassing moment was at a musical festival in
high school. I was first chair in an All New England Band, and I had this solo
in the middle of a piece after a whole bunch of measures of rest. I’m not sure
what happened, because I’m usually a good counter- I use my fingers just to
make sure I keep track by pressing down a key of my flute per measure. And, I’d
nailed the solo in rehearsal. But, this time, during the concert, the measure
seemed to go by too fast, and I missed the entire solo. There was silence when
the flute should have been playing.
I was mortified.
Usually the conductor has the soloists stand up at the end
of a piece, but this time, he just went right on to the next piece. I’m not
sure if he knew what to do about it, either. But, there was no standing ovation
for me. I felt like crawling under my chair and dying. Not only that, but the
second flute was good enough, she could have played it, and I bet she was
wondering why she just didn’t pick up her flute and come in for me.
Music mistakes happen, let’s face it. The more
you can look back and laugh at them, the better! If anything, it makes for a
great story!
Melody
Mires has sworn off dating musicians, but when the sexy European
conductor Wolf Braun takes over her struggling symphony, her hesitation
almost flies out the window with the notes of her flute—until he opens
his mouth. Wolf is arrogant, haughty, and seems to have a personal
vendetta against Melody. Oh, and he’s
her boss. If she wants to keep her job as principal flutist, she’ll
have to impress Wolf while simultaneously keeping her undeniable
attraction to herself.
Wolf
came to America to get as far away from his past as possible, and to
recover some of the swagger he had as one of the world’s best maestros.
He never imagined being forced to reassess the entire orchestra’s
talent—and potentially fire anyone who doesn’t make his cut. Dating the
attractive flutist is out of the question, but as their feelings reach a
fever pitch, can they risk both their careers for a chance at love?
Aubrie
Dionne is an author and flutist in New England. Her writings have
appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, Emerald Tales, Hazard
Cat, Moon Drenched Fables, A Fly in Amber, and Aurora Wolf. Her books
are published by Entangled Publishing, Lyrical Press, and Gypsy Shadow
Publishing. She recently signed her very first contemporary romance, Playing the Maestro, with Entangled Publishing, which will release in Feb 2013 and her YA sci fi novel with Spencer Hill Press titled: Frozen: Part One of The Timesurfers,
which will release summer 2014. When she's not writing, Aubrie teaches
flute and plays in orchestras. She's a big Star Trek TNG fan, as well as
Star Wars and Serenity.
