Composer Eric Whitacre is planning on starting up a traveling "Music Academy" of sorts that would consist of a few days of masterclasses and performances, and is looking for ideas.

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:O

8D

*flail and squee*

Yeah.  See my previous post for why I am very excited about this.  Possible masterclasses, choir, and wind ensemble with freakin' Eric Whitacre = ( Read more... )

Busy, but thought I should post this since I think some fellow North Americans might be interested in this bit of Doctor Who DVD news...

*runs off to class*

Thanks to BBC America and iTunes, I have now seen all of Series 5 of Doctor Who, including the finale.  Spoilers!

( Squeeing ahead... )

I finally saw Toy Story 3 about a week ago.  I cried.  A lot.  (In a good way.)  Gah, Pixar, why are you so awesome? TT

I also saw The Sorcerer's Apprentice today.

( Very mild spoilers... )

I'm having a bit of a Shakespeare overdose right now.  A couple months ago I saw live productions of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Julius Caesar; read about them in this post if you are interested.  However, the event that really kicked off this post was the US premiere of the recent BBC/RSC production of Hamlet this last week.  It aired on PBS as part ( Read more... )

About two months ago I had the privilege of seeing two live performances of two Shakespeare plays, performed by two separate companies:  Macbeth and Julius Caesar.  Spoilers for both follow.

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I have now seen the first episode of Doctor Who with Matt Smith as the lead and Steven Moffat as head writer.  Spoilers under the cut.

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A new trailer for Doctor Who has been released.

( Rambling thoughts here... )

Finally got around to seeing "The End of Time, Part Two," as well as the trailer for the next season of Doctor Who.  Major spoilers under the cut.

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I just watched the Doctor Who episodes "The Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time, Part One" (many thanks to BBC America and friends with cable).  Major spoilers ahead for both.

( Major spoilers here... )