Renewed Sense of Violinist Dedication

June 14, 2008 at 3:04 AM

Wow, it has been a while since I last blogged here. Ok, ok, so it's been over a year. I'm not sure why I haven't written here for a while. Wait, yes I do. For a good chunk of this last year I HATED violin. I played it...kind of. My practice time was slim and I just kept coming up with excuses not to practice. I've also really been busy with school, work and other activities. I gave my Jr. recital a couple of months ago and let me tell you, that was learning experience. I learned that I still love the violin and have a long ways to go in pursuing what I want. But I still want it. I'm trying really hard right now to catch up. I'm making my practice time longer and more efficient at the same time. Essentially, I'm getting back into the swing of things.

I'm getting ready for grad school auditions...it's scary. I'm planning on auditioning for Bowling Green State University, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of South Dakota and that's about it. At this point, I doubt I'll get in. I mean, I'm just now getting a serious learning in of Bruch. My chamber music experience is almost nill since starting college. Also, my mediocre practicing has led me to still have many of problems I came to Luther with. However, this next year will be a year of change. I've formed a string quartet, I'm possibly switching teachers, I'm auditioning for the LaCrosse Symphony, and I WILL be in the Symphony and Chamber Orchestra's here at Luther this coming year. Of course, the only definite thing in what I just said is the string quartet. Everything else depends on auditions or to which violin teacher I'm assigned, although I requested to change to the new one.

Back in November, I bought a new violin, to me anyway. It was made back in 2003 by Jonathan Cooper. That cost me...or I should say my parents, a pretty penny. I love the violin though and it has helped me improve greatly. It allows me to be more free as a player which has helped greatly with the whole tendonitous issue. My bow really needs to be rehaired but I have no idea when that'll happen. As of the right now, I'm playing a community theater musical production Pippin and getting ready to play in a wedding.

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