August 6, 2005 at 3:24 AM

I can't believe it, in 3 weeks from this Saturday I will be moving into my college dorm. I also can't believe it will be with my former concertmaster either. Somehow, without requesting it, they paired us up.

I talked to my new violin teacher at Luther and she is going to have me very busy. We are going to systematically go through the Kreutzer Etudes fall semester, start with the de Beriot a minor concerto (or Bruch or Symphonie Espangol, she'll decide once she hears me play), Leibesleid and Leibesfreud, solo Bach and lots of scale practice. All I can say is bring it on. I think I will go to Grad School right away. I really want to try out for CIM and CCM. Those are my ultimate goal. The next best thing for a graduate orchestra would be UofA Pheonix. My H.S. orch went down there and sat in on a first rehearsel of new repetoire and they were just amazing. They were sight-reading Swan Lake better than I have heard any group around here perform any piece. I was just struggling to keep my place, and it didn't help that I was sitting right next to the pricipal second violinist who was utterly amazing. She made me feel so inadequate. As far as right now goes everything is going great. My student is absolutely magnificent. She does everything I tell her and every week things just get better and better. I assigned her to work on the rest of an etude and she played it almost perfectly for me the next week...astounding. I have begun to introduce shifting. That will be tougher to get her to understand but I believe she will get the basics of it before I have to leave.

I can't believe I only have 3 lessons remaining with Maria. I will miss her deeply. Without her constant pushing for perfection I would not be going to one of the best schools in the midwest both musically and academically. I would not have played after high school and would not be making my career music. She has helped me become a more confident person and I will forever be grateful to her for that. I never would have gotten one of the bigger music scholarships from Luther without her help and constant support. I have grown so much as a violinist in the last two years. We have become more than student and teacher we have nearly become collegues, since now I have had some students of my own. We have also become friends. On my lesson last tuesday we discussed when I would be leaving, my last lesson with her will be on the 21st of August. I said to her that that would be my last lesson with her before I leave and she responded, "yes, it is, and I will cry." As I write this entry my eyes are becoming puffy and red and I want to cry. I will miss Maria. Sometimes we would have a lesson that went for 1.5 hours and she would only charge me for 30 min. Well, this post is to you Maria, for how much you have meant to me as a violinist and as a person...Goodbye

From Annie Madrazo
Posted on August 11, 2005 at 2:24 AM

Hi there. Just wanted to tell that your post is nice, and heartwarming.. Good luck on your music career! =) God bless. =)

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