It's been way over a month since I last wrote. Shame on me. I have been doing a lot of studying and been putting way too many hours over at the theatre. I think my boss takes a schedule, blows it up, sticks it on a corkboard in her humble abode and throws darts at it and wherever the darts land, those days are mandatory. She had good aim in October considering there were 11 shows and out of those 11, 7 were mandatory.
But work aside, let's get to the music portion.
Music Theory is moving along nicely, I even secured an A on my midterm. With only a few weeks left in the semester, I'm moving along and my professor has confronted me with the notion of becoming a music major. I'm going to take up the offer to hash it out with her somehow.
Sight-Singing...I'm actually passing. I got a 92 on the midterm, and I was expecting a 65. My professor there is very nice and we're on the same train so we often run into each other as we drag our tired bodies to head home (with me only on the train for maybe 6 minutes while she sits there for 40).
Jazz Band is going just ok. Last week my mother came home from Ireland and I had to miss my trumpet lessons and practice because at the time I was escorting my brother on the bus and train home. However, plans changed at the last minute and I ended up with the night off. There's no school today but they're having a rehearsal, but I don't have to go because I'm not part of the gig next week...yet I have to attend it. I'm not going into that here. So I get to go to a gig. The major gig is on Dec. 9th, which will be my debut as an Adelphi music student...or undeclared music student...or poser music student...whichever you prefer.
Lessons are going nicely. I'm tackling the Haydn, and it's kicking my ass. I think I got through it once and I was very proud of myself. I've found a new love in the second movement. Around measure 20 there's a nice long chromatic crescendo to a high A flat that within context of an orchestra sounds so beautiful.
The jaw is acting up now and then, my health hasn't been too stable, but I'm pushing forward. I feel crappy now but I've been playing through it because it makes me physically feel better but afterwards I feel like a mess. A painful mess. I'm very tired but I guess I just continue forward.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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