So I must be honest. With one week to go, this has not been the summer I had hoped for. Last year I came here, had a hell of a good time, and it felt like a vacation. This summer, I haven't liked many of the people here, and it's been a lot of work, certainly not a "vacation" at all. Still, I have improved, in fact I think I've improved quite a bit, or at least put myself on a path to further improvements. My left hand feels a lot more sure of itself, and my sound has gotten bigger, and my bowarm more flexible. So despite any downsides, I can say it has been a summer well spent.
Last night was the Heifetz talent show. I did another one of my heavy metal quartets, just like last year, but on top of it 9 of us did a short sketch roating various faculty members. It was a huge hit; literally every line we did got big laughs from everyone, including the faculty in question (although only about half of those in the skit were still present). Honestly we were quite surprised, we thought teh sketch would be really lame, but I guess we got it right.
One exciting thing is that my trio was asked to perform on the closing gala concert. We'll be doing the 3rd and 4th movements of the Shostakovich E minor trio, along with Sunny's trio, which is doing the first movement (I think) of the Schubert trio. After that is a chamber orchestra rendition of the 4th movement of Souvenir de Florence, which will be exciting. I'm definitely looking forward to this concert (partially because I'll be going home two days after).
I've started to realize that I'm feeling very restless. I have no regrets about not going to get my masters degree this year, but I'm still impatient to get the hell out of places I'm so familiar with and move on to something new. I'm really starting to think it'd be nice to go to Royal Northern, if only to go somewhere COMPLETELY new, although I suppose New York would fit that bill too. Problem is, Royal Northern is hard to get into. Better start practicing a concerto. And excerpts. I just discovered that Chicago has a section cello audition this fall, and since I'm within driving distance, I'd be rather stupid not to take it. Finally, a reason to practice 6 hours a day.
Last night was the Heifetz talent show. I did another one of my heavy metal quartets, just like last year, but on top of it 9 of us did a short sketch roating various faculty members. It was a huge hit; literally every line we did got big laughs from everyone, including the faculty in question (although only about half of those in the skit were still present). Honestly we were quite surprised, we thought teh sketch would be really lame, but I guess we got it right.
One exciting thing is that my trio was asked to perform on the closing gala concert. We'll be doing the 3rd and 4th movements of the Shostakovich E minor trio, along with Sunny's trio, which is doing the first movement (I think) of the Schubert trio. After that is a chamber orchestra rendition of the 4th movement of Souvenir de Florence, which will be exciting. I'm definitely looking forward to this concert (partially because I'll be going home two days after).
I've started to realize that I'm feeling very restless. I have no regrets about not going to get my masters degree this year, but I'm still impatient to get the hell out of places I'm so familiar with and move on to something new. I'm really starting to think it'd be nice to go to Royal Northern, if only to go somewhere COMPLETELY new, although I suppose New York would fit that bill too. Problem is, Royal Northern is hard to get into. Better start practicing a concerto. And excerpts. I just discovered that Chicago has a section cello audition this fall, and since I'm within driving distance, I'd be rather stupid not to take it. Finally, a reason to practice 6 hours a day.
posted by Nabir at 9:49 AM
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There is never a reason to practice 6 hours a day!
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