so i have this church gig where i play a piece called the christmas oratorio for bass by bach. and i went to rehearsal not having practiced it as much as i should have. on the top of my music, the guy who hired me wrote that the piece was for trumpet in d. to my orchestral thinking, i figured that meant that i transpose up two steps from a b ( Read more... )

so last night, i chilled with ted after wind ensemble. we ended up chatting for so long and he got so hungry that he drove back to the city with me and we ate dinner at around 10 or 11. ted's awesome. he said that during brass ensemble, he spent a long time trying to figure out which guy i'd go for. (none of them ended up working out.) i ( Read more... )

as i'm writing this, my hair is turning blue.

...i mean the format of lj, but i guess it applies to life too ( Read more... )

ignore the last entry. purchase is fabulous.

I don't consider myself extremely religious, but I do make sure to go to the High Holy Day services and even though I am medically excused, I do my best to fast on Yom Kippur...which is why what Sophia said REALLY pissed me off ( Read more... )

It's starting. I can feel it. And it scares me ( Read more... )

it's been a weird day. not bad, just weird.

oh, and i'm playing second trumpet (out of 2) on dvorak's new world symphony!!!

i got my first paper back this morning...

14/15, baby!

AAAAAAAAANDDDDD

it was used as the model paper for the class! i've NEVER had my papers used as model papers.

so excitedddd!