Charly is the busy bee
So I've just finished listening to Shostakovich 10 and I just can't believe that it's on my orchestral excerpt list this year. It's so difficult! I saw my teacher playing it in the last week of the Proms and it was incredible. I have so many excerpts this year, but it can only be a good thing considering I want to do orchestral work. It'll never happen. Dead industry. Go to some concerts everyone! Pay some of the people who work their hardest to try to maintain some sort of musical culture in this country. It is awful really. The teaching situation is terrible and we just have no funding for anything. The rest Europe are so much better than us right now. It's just an awful shame.
In other news... my new teaching job is ok. Complete ups and downs. I made some kid cry today but it was because his mouthpiece wouldn't fit on his clarnet so it's really not my fault. For those of you that don't know - I teach about 15 students in a teeny room in this church for this charity organisation for two hours... all at the same time! It's very badly organised, the people running it know nothing about music and it's all based in this religious social group. I got a bit offended today when the main pastor Saula asked why I wasn't wearing a skirt. Sounds odd, but it's just a part of their religion. I hate it. I much prefer teaching in trousers anyway. But then I get paid well. It's just the most stressful thing. I started 2 weeks ago and they have exams in November. They will fail. I have about 5 flutes mixed in with clarinets and it's just so difficult!
College is awesome. Some mess ups with my Quintet which has been upsetting but I'll deal with it. Life is generally fucking brilliant at the moment. I have lots of hopes for the band now too (even though I'm running scarily short of hours in the week). I feel much more stable than I have for a very long time!
Well, I should be off now, I have more stuff to sort out.
Love you all!
xxxx
In other news... my new teaching job is ok. Complete ups and downs. I made some kid cry today but it was because his mouthpiece wouldn't fit on his clarnet so it's really not my fault. For those of you that don't know - I teach about 15 students in a teeny room in this church for this charity organisation for two hours... all at the same time! It's very badly organised, the people running it know nothing about music and it's all based in this religious social group. I got a bit offended today when the main pastor Saula asked why I wasn't wearing a skirt. Sounds odd, but it's just a part of their religion. I hate it. I much prefer teaching in trousers anyway. But then I get paid well. It's just the most stressful thing. I started 2 weeks ago and they have exams in November. They will fail. I have about 5 flutes mixed in with clarinets and it's just so difficult!
College is awesome. Some mess ups with my Quintet which has been upsetting but I'll deal with it. Life is generally fucking brilliant at the moment. I have lots of hopes for the band now too (even though I'm running scarily short of hours in the week). I feel much more stable than I have for a very long time!
Well, I should be off now, I have more stuff to sort out.
Love you all!
xxxx