March 5, 2003 at 5:14 AM

Well it has been an interesting few days. I am now conducting my own composition for the upcoming symphony tour, which I'm quite nervous, but excited about! We have an amazing program set up with a slue of great soloists! I'm really looking forward to connecting with the audeince at intermission and after the concerts. I really love doing that and finding out how they enjoyed or didn't enjoy the concert! My competition is tomorrow and I can hardly wait to get up there and play my solo Bach! I hope it goes well. I am the only competitor in my part of the competition, which is a first in a long time! I just love performing, and am happy that my teacher will be there along with some relatives to see me play!

I'm really falling in love with Kelly-Marie Murphy's music. It's so beautiful and has a sound that is so original and beautiful. I love her cello concerto, and Huron Carol alot but all her other stuff is great too! I can hardly wait until a CD of her stuff is realeased. Another Great composer of today that I have also fallen in love with the music of is Christos Hatzis! His work "Constaninople" for piano trio and two vocalists is just an amazing work and is so well written and you never get bored of it! The movement "Old Photographs" which is just for the piano trio, is full of so many great musical ideas, and it's my favorite movement! Well it's getting late here and I have a competition tomorrow so I will sign off for now.

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