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I love watching Oistrakh play. I love the way his cheeks wobble, I love the freedom in his neck. I love how the passion he feels for the music is displayed right there on his face. Why should it be any other way? I love how his bow fingers act like a spring, how he distributes the phrasing in his bow so that it's down to a science, while seeming so effortless.
If I ever perform Brahms violin concerto, like on a solo recital (hah not anytime soon), I will have a footnote saying "applause allowed after 1st movement".
It can take less than a moment to fall in love with music, and more than a lifetime to master it. That somehow seems so unfair.
I really want to study with William Preucil (Concertmaster of Cleveland Orchestra, and former Eastman faculty and currently CIM faculty, among other things if you dont' feel like clicking on the link) this summer, but I'm not sure yet if I get to choose my teacher. Supposedly I'll get a whole lot of information emailed to me tomorrow. I think it would be pretty cool to have on my resume that my teachers include former concertmaster of baltimore symphony orchestra and concertmaster of cleveland.
My family was gone for a few hours today, so I made myself a Skyy Melon screwdriver and went outside in my backyard (so beautiful today!) and read Portrait of Dorian Gray while listening on my ipod to Barber Adagio, Clair de lune, and the like. My dog must have thought this was a good idea because he stayed right next to me. I was enjoying myself till I realized how many bees were in the back yard. I then proceeded to cover myself in bug repellent (which I still smell from :( ), and resume. The bees were still kind of freaking me out, but I was doing a pretty good job of ignoring them till one of them landed on my drink and I screamed and dropped it. Then I went inside and made a hotpocket and watched tv instead. I'm a wimp.
Last night I hung out with my junior boys in the first time for a while. We went to Cosi (ahhhh, heaven), Baskin & Robbins cuz the coldstone line was ridiculous, West Coast video to check out the misleading DVD sale, and Borders. I was kind of arguing with the cashier at West Coast over the DVD prices, because it made it look like all DVDs were 2 for $10 when that totally wasn't the case. Turns out she was another one of Jin's ex girlfriends and we had no idea who each other was while talking. The irony of it made me laugh. But speaking of exness, it was awesome seeing Adam and his family again, and I'm glad that we can still stay good friends :).
Yesterday morning I had a really last-minute wedding gig. Basically, I was called friday morning and asked to put together a string quartet for saturday morning. It was a little crazy, but pays more than babysitting and secretary work. the music director has a studio in Bryn Mawr where he records stuff and wants me to work with him. It sounds great...I'm not sure if it pays yet though, but if I do it I'll probably at least have access to a good place to record myself. Connections are good.
Friday night I went to the Pod in Philly with Michele, Bex, Candice, Sam, Eddie, and Pat for Michele's birthday. It was nice to hang out with everyone again, and the atmosphere was great. The food=really overrated though, in my opinion. Especially considering how much it cost. Oh well, it was nice to finally go there.
I totally played spider solitaire for about an hour and a half straight tonight, losing like 23 times with a random win here and there. :(. it was ABSOLUTELY pathetic!! I punished myself by practicing an hour of double stop scales and arpeggios and exercises, and then had fun with beethoven and bruch :)
Considering how easy it is to get here, and how little I make friends only, I'm sure there are a bunch of people out there that know all about my life that I am completely unaware of. If you're one of those, would you mind telling me? I'm just curious
If I ever perform Brahms violin concerto, like on a solo recital (hah not anytime soon), I will have a footnote saying "applause allowed after 1st movement".
It can take less than a moment to fall in love with music, and more than a lifetime to master it. That somehow seems so unfair.
I really want to study with William Preucil (Concertmaster of Cleveland Orchestra, and former Eastman faculty and currently CIM faculty, among other things if you dont' feel like clicking on the link) this summer, but I'm not sure yet if I get to choose my teacher. Supposedly I'll get a whole lot of information emailed to me tomorrow. I think it would be pretty cool to have on my resume that my teachers include former concertmaster of baltimore symphony orchestra and concertmaster of cleveland.
My family was gone for a few hours today, so I made myself a Skyy Melon screwdriver and went outside in my backyard (so beautiful today!) and read Portrait of Dorian Gray while listening on my ipod to Barber Adagio, Clair de lune, and the like. My dog must have thought this was a good idea because he stayed right next to me. I was enjoying myself till I realized how many bees were in the back yard. I then proceeded to cover myself in bug repellent (which I still smell from :( ), and resume. The bees were still kind of freaking me out, but I was doing a pretty good job of ignoring them till one of them landed on my drink and I screamed and dropped it. Then I went inside and made a hotpocket and watched tv instead. I'm a wimp.
Last night I hung out with my junior boys in the first time for a while. We went to Cosi (ahhhh, heaven), Baskin & Robbins cuz the coldstone line was ridiculous, West Coast video to check out the misleading DVD sale, and Borders. I was kind of arguing with the cashier at West Coast over the DVD prices, because it made it look like all DVDs were 2 for $10 when that totally wasn't the case. Turns out she was another one of Jin's ex girlfriends and we had no idea who each other was while talking. The irony of it made me laugh. But speaking of exness, it was awesome seeing Adam and his family again, and I'm glad that we can still stay good friends :).
Yesterday morning I had a really last-minute wedding gig. Basically, I was called friday morning and asked to put together a string quartet for saturday morning. It was a little crazy, but pays more than babysitting and secretary work. the music director has a studio in Bryn Mawr where he records stuff and wants me to work with him. It sounds great...I'm not sure if it pays yet though, but if I do it I'll probably at least have access to a good place to record myself. Connections are good.
Friday night I went to the Pod in Philly with Michele, Bex, Candice, Sam, Eddie, and Pat for Michele's birthday. It was nice to hang out with everyone again, and the atmosphere was great. The food=really overrated though, in my opinion. Especially considering how much it cost. Oh well, it was nice to finally go there.
I totally played spider solitaire for about an hour and a half straight tonight, losing like 23 times with a random win here and there. :(. it was ABSOLUTELY pathetic!! I punished myself by practicing an hour of double stop scales and arpeggios and exercises, and then had fun with beethoven and bruch :)
Considering how easy it is to get here, and how little I make friends only, I'm sure there are a bunch of people out there that know all about my life that I am completely unaware of. If you're one of those, would you mind telling me? I'm just curious