I have my conference registration and I have most of my hotel nights booked – the only exception is the night I’m en route home, and that’s only waiting because I’m not entirely positive what my schedule is that day. …

It’s been six years since I was last at an International Double Reed Society Conference, a  multi-day event full of every kind of music imaginable (almost all wonderful!) on any number of bassoons, oboes, english horns, etc.  This year’s event is …