March 23, 2004 at 12:12 AM

I just got home from my violin lesson. It started off pretty rocky. There are a few sections in the mozart concerto that i just can't get under my belt. My dynamics started off way too loud, but as I kicked back into mod e(i had taken a nap before the lesson) I was playing well. I was extremely happy with some sections, but I knew not to dwell in what is good, but dwell in what is bad for now. Well..halfway through my lesson my friend maria's little sister's friend named Ryan(a violin player that had just started with my previous orchestra teacher mister blaine) walked in and sat in for my lesson. Turns out she is about to use the same teacher as me. He is an amazing teacher, so I was happy for her. Later on she instant messaged me and told me that felt as if I played amazingly. She said that she wanted to play just like me. That was very sweet of her, and I must say it is affect my ego for about 2 minutes, haha.

Earlier in the day my symphony orchestra was playing this piece where the tempo is 144 and in cut time. Most of my part is double stop sixteenths on the upbeats of each beat. I was THE ONLY person in the orchestra who played it, and I played it all the way through (all five pages with repeats) perfectly without stopping and with good intonation. My conductor announced to the class afterwards "I would like everybody to take a look at the young lady over there we all call page...she was right on top of this piece today...why WASNT ANYBODY ELSE?!" haha, then i turned beat red as our viola section leader said "I THINK IT IS TIME FOR A NEW VIOLIN SECTION LEADER!" haha. It really perked my not so good day-up. Well, anywayz..I have 2 exams tomorrow in spanish and english, and I better get started because people from my school are going to be performing tonight at 10:30, and I wanted to watch it. Buh bye everybody!

March 23, 2004 at 12:12 AM

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