A caroling we go!

November 18, 2005 at 6:06 PM

This is going to be quite short because I still have a couple of things to finish packing up before I leave for Vancouver

Today I get to see snow and lots of it! I'm going to Vancouver to hear my sister peform and for a lesson. I'm very excited for both! The snow part comes in when driving through the mountain passes. We've had snow where I live a few times now, none of it has stayed much more than a day or so but I do really enjoy having the white stuff to trapse around in and smell! There's something about the air when there's snow that is really appealing to me.

I get my second shot at the Eckhardt-Gramatte Caprice No. 10 on Sunday. I haven't had quite as much time to practice this past week as I would have hoped but time considering, I think I've done fairly well and getting myself prepared for both my lesson and performance. My local teacher has another student playing in this Canada Music Week concert that I will be playing the E-gre caprice in. She's a younger student, who is doing really well! I've been subbing for my teacher for a couple of her students while she's been away and I got to hear and work on the piece this girl is playing. It's a really fun piece called "Galloping Junior" and you can see the fun and enjoyment on her face when she plays the piece. It has this air and dance-like quality that is really infectious and she does an excellent job of the work and it's challenges!

Another student this past week who I got to teach while my teacher has been away is a really neat kid who I taught last year when my teacher was off due to injury. He's homeschooled and autistic and one of the neatest kids you can meet. He didn't want to play the melody of Jingle Bells, he wanted to play the harmony and be "different" so he's playing harmony and quite musically too! He is also working on a Canadian work at the moment (we tried to convince him he should play at this Canada Music Week concert but he declined) that is very dance like and almost has a hoedown feel. When he first played it for me you could hear the notes well but you could tell he wasn't really into it, I gave him a new way to think about it and made him try just the first two bars after hearing my do it with that image in mind. He did it and the whole piece just came alive! It was great!

Everyone in my studio, almost everyone anyways, is playing Jingle Bells these days for upcoming recitals and performances and it's starting to feel like Christmas with the snow, the carols, and never ending concerts that are near approaching! I love this time of year, even though it's busy and hectic. There's the sense of everyone working together and preparing for things and it's a great feeling!

I must be off!

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