So, at the end of week two, I FINALLY have internet. So here I am. Too much has happened to post about, but what the hell, I'll give it a shot.
The most notable thing is that I just took two lessons and a masterclass with the Israeli cellist Amit Peled, on the faculty at Peabody. This SOB is HARDcore, like ridiculous. He gave me some twenty intonation excersizes to work on, told me that I just can't play in tune and that I can't be a professional unless I learn how. So I have my work cut out for me this summer, but first to get out of this slump of feeling the impossibility of the entire intonation situation. I don't think my intonation is as bad as he says it is, but I guess it's pretty bad. Ah well. That's why I went to the bar tonight and drank much more than usual . . . he said similarly harsh things to Sunny, I guess, in a different way, but wow,, what a hardass. I think I want to study with him in graduate school, if anyone could motivate me to practice it would be him, and I think he has the answers I need with to fix some intonation problems.
Tomorrow I'm playing music for an improvised dance for four dancers and horses. Don't ask.