November 8, 2004 at 3:12 PM

Had a couple of assessments today. Performed a couple of excerpts from Philip Glass' piece Strung Out for Amplified Violin, which was preceeded with a talk about electric violins. It was supposed to be 5 minute talk, 5 minute performance, I think i did a 5 minute performance, 6-7 minute talk, and I still didn't get through everything i wanted in the talk. Makes me think that perhaps I should really research the history of the electric violin, there's some really interesting things (like the elettro dianamicco, which was audible from 8km away). A friend and I saw the tutorer afterwards and asked if we could know how we went. He said he couldn't tell us, then said that we'd find out in the mail sooner rather than later, but then said that we both did well... ok :)

Had my PRactical Exam in the afternoon. This was the big one for me, as I thought I'd do fairly well, and my other exams look fairly easy. My practical is the one I'm most likely to stuff up however.
My program was Telemann Fantasia 1, Haydn G Major mvmt 1, and Weiniaski Legende. I was going to do Suk, but I didn't have it ready. I prepared all three pieces by memory, a big step for me, as I've never really played by memory before.
The exam went well - played Haydn, and was asked for Weiniawski. A couple of memory slips, and my teacher thought that I rushed a bit and the tempos might have been a bit fast. Next year I will plan to have some rehearsals with my teacher.

The ajduicator said that I need to work on my intonation and sound a bit over the holidays (which is good because I've been meaning to do alot of work over the holidays). My teacher also wants me to work on my technical work (which I've also been meaning to work on). I had one of my lecturers and my teacher in on the exam. My teacher said afterwards that he was pleasantly suprised at how well I did. I think you've got to be doing at least something right if you can suprise your teacher in the exam :>

WEll, it's a week and a bit left of exams, light violin duties for that period as I prepare the Suk for my concert in December. I've got a couple of assessments on Friday - History and Aural. I've got my Harmony exam on the Wednesday after that (my only real sit down written exam), and my piano proficiency and chamber music final assessments on the thursday, then I'm finished for the year.

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