September 2005

September 15, 2005 17:15

I got to conduct today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was really fun! (But I'm really bad at it.) Appearently, conducting is now a requirement for the high school orchestra. So, 5 of us went today. And, though I wasn't conducting at the correct tempo, they stayed with me (for the most part!) Anyway, I hope we'll get to conduct more often, cause I'd like to get better at that.

Recently I've been thinking about trying to get my skill on the flute back up to the level it was a few years ago, and play in the marching band next year. So, I'll have to talk to the conductor about that...

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September 11, 2005 17:48

Recently, there was a discussion on this site about the quality/cost of violins and apprecaiting you cheap violin. Several people were saying that the player's skill makes the bigger difference in the sound. Well, today I got my nicer violin back after about 4 weeks of it being repaired. And it was amazing! It sounds so much better than the violin I have been playing recently.

It is so much louder, and it responds faster. The bridge is a lot flatter, so I'll have to get used to that again. But it was so much fun to get to play that instrument again.

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September 9, 2005 19:37

I just heard a really great recording of... ummmm... see, that's the problem with radio... It was a piece I recognized for violin and piano (that narrows down the options...) Sigh... it actually sounded like a piece that would have been fun to learn.

Anyway, my lesson today was cancelled because my 6-year-old foster sister was visiting from school (she attends a boarding school 5 hours away). She is the greatest little kid, so it was worth it.

Beethoven's 5th is starting to come together. Its really fun to play. I think I like playing in an orchestra more than solo.

The highschool is, as always, great fun. Except for the fact that it is FREEZING in the rehearsal room............. My teacher gave me the latest project for the music library. I'm going through each full/string orch score the school has, and seeing if it is on the big festival list. I think it will be a really fun project, cause now I get to see exactly what scores we have... Like the Bach Organ Preludes and Fugues for string orchestra (maybe I could talk the conductor into letting us play those...).

Well, I guess thats all for tonight.

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September 1, 2005 21:49

Well I guess the most exciting music related news is that I got all the approval and funding to start a Tri-M chapter at my high school. All the paper work is being put together this and next week.

But then, completly of the subject of music, yesterday there was an explosion and fire at one of the gas stations in town. No one was killed (only one person was hurt), but it was exciting. Appearently they were transfering fule, and it sparked from static and it exploded. Also, since my high school is the main evacuation center, there were plans to move all the students if the firs spread and anyone else had to be evacuated.

Well, thats all for now...

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