the costume debate

October 30, 2005 at 5:22 PM

Today I'm performing in a student recital both as a student and with a bunch of my own students! I have 3 Suzuki groups playing and one of my students is also doing a solo. Because it's the day before halloween the kids all get to dress up in costumes if they want. I've given the warning to everyone that they must test their violins out in their costumes before showing up to play. Now all my students have asked me what I'm going to dress up as. I've declined to give them an answer beyond "we'll see." So I'm thinking, now that I have about 3.5 hours left to either come up with a costume or not, I'm thinking the response when "what are you?" is asked is "I'm a piano teacher!"which isn't all-together lying.....or "I'm a violist!" which is also in fact true. But then a couple nights ago a friend of mine suggested I should be Paganini. Hmm....*ponders* I don't know yet if I'll do that, but "we'll see." The last time I went trick-or-treating (11 or 12) I was Beethoven so Paganini wouldn't be too far fetched, especially for a recital.

So today, I will be playing May Song, Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus, Three Twinkle Variations and will also get to play a gorgeaus Eckhardt-Gramatte Caprice I've been working on for a couple of weeks now. I'll upload a recording of the Caprice to this blog entry.

One week of school has gone by now and it really does feel good to be back. My one English teacher appears to have aquired a new samurai type sword which he hasn't demonstrated in my particular class yet but there's still a few months left in the year to see it yet.....

There isn't a whole lot that's new happening with me, just getting back to the grind of getting up early instead of sleeping in and attending classes and turning in assignment. Happy Halloween everyone!

From Pauline Lerner
Posted on October 30, 2005 at 7:24 PM

You sound really good, and that's a beautiful piece of music.

From Boyd X
Posted on October 30, 2005 at 7:37 PM

YO nice vibrato

From Boyd X
Posted on October 30, 2005 at 7:37 PM

i think your e string is TOO bright

From Pratik Desai
Posted on October 30, 2005 at 9:37 PM

Wow- that's a really nice piece, and it's played very well, too!

From Kelsey Z.
Posted on October 31, 2005 at 12:19 AM

That's not me playing (I wish it was!) :) Maybe once I have played the piece a little longer I'll post a recording of it.

From Carley Anderson
Posted on October 31, 2005 at 7:58 PM

So, who IS it playing?