It's the fourth day of summer training camp.

Today is the last day of the summer training camp in Kitashiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture, which started on the 20th. The string section started practicing at the restaurant from 8:30.

Yesterday afternoon, after a six-hour practice session in which we performed Brahms' Symphony No. 2 from beginning to end under the direction of Yanagisawa Toshio, we took the Ryuo Ropeway, which is right in front of our training camp, to the SORA terrace at an altitude of 1,770m to change our mood.

We were able to take a commemorative photo marking our final arrival at the plateau, using the camera of cellist Abe Hidetoshi, a university student from Fukushima who always acts as our recorder.

We returned to the camp and had dinner. The person singing "Itadakimasu" together with the fourth new member was a Fukushima university student, Ryosuke Ootsuka, on the cello.

After eating a hearty meal that matches the amount of practice and your young metabolism,

A delightful gift was waiting for me.

This is Hyouka, which we receive every year at our summer training camp from Mari Watanabe, who serves as the MC for our annual concert.

Thank you very much, Watanabe Mari, for the exquisite gift during our scorching hot summer training camp!

In the evening, we were again fortunate enough to have two teachers from the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra come and give us instruction.

Cellist Ryo Takebayashi.

While holding his own instrument in one hand, he took the helm and gave passionate instructions on how to create a string ensemble that is ``Brahms-like.''

Meanwhile, the wind and percussion section features Sakahashi Yanami on the flute.

He spoke with a light-hearted manner in a pop outfit, and taught us the details of expression while talking enthusiastically about the density of air blown into the instrument, and about a demonstration full of human stories that AI cannot play. When I asked him, he told me that he has a regular program on a local radio once a week. It makes sense.

I couldn't help but post the program's homepage.

http://www.crt-radio.co.jp/program/64?w=0

These two teachers have been giving valuable practice sessions since the morning of the final day of the festival. Everyone is steadily improving, and the overall harmony is coming together.