June 2003

June 21, 2003 09:38

Hi Guys, I am leaving for Killington Music Fest and Summit Music Fest tomorrow, so I wont be posting for 2 months! I'll miss all of ya, and I am sure I'll have lots of ideas and techniques to share with you when I get back...if you feel like dropping me a note, my camp address will be Ttoes86@YAHOO.COM

Cheers, and have a great, productive summer!

Chloe

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June 18, 2003 20:07

Hi guys, thanks for you guys who through me a little pity party after my blog yesterday. I am feeling better...I practiced alot today. I am soo tired bc Im teaching vacation Bible school music classes, but hey, I love kids and music, so it is wokring out. I did alot of bach today, a lot of Rode, some Paganini and enough of the concerto. yea for Dvorak...haha.

chloe

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June 17, 2003 18:54

I am right in the middle of one of those self doubting mental breakdowns that I get every once in awhile where I question my ability, and lay around and cry and yell about how I am not going to get into any schools or amount to anything. Then I fall into my parents arms and they say, oh yes you will, just turn that emotion into more practice... I do this alot, but I am particularly bummed. And the thing is, its not a founded tantrum. Like, if I were not doing well in my studies with violin I can see having the sobfests, but I doing well, and working as hard as possible. I am just unstable I think. This will pass by tomorrow. I need some kind of guarentee. I need reassurance constantly. I should be more self sufficient. I just worry I am not working hard enough, and that I wont conquer and perfect my music, and not get where I want to be. Whine whine whine, I know. but I am just in the mood.

chloe

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June 14, 2003 12:51

7 days til camp! I am so excited!

Anyhow, I am on a practice break. My mom just conducted a music camp concert...she did a gret job. She is such a lively conductor :) I am trying to improve my rhythm right now. I am married to my metronome. Argh. I am teaching vacation bible school music classes this week!

chloe

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June 12, 2003 07:04

Well, I am on a practice break, so I felt like writing. I am so proud of myself...I have been doing 5 hours every day and accomplishing so much. My dad even camein the room when i was practicing the thrids in the Dvorak (3rd page) and he was like, "Wow, you are being so diligent!" Which is a big deal for him. So, I am happy, and I actually feel like I can live up to this name I have created for myelf in this town. Like, for the past few years, I feel like I haven't lived up to who people think I am in this tiny town...Like, I won solos and competitions, but I didnt think I ever deserved them..ever!!!, and I didn't think I had the capability that people thought I did. Well, Duh! I just needed to actually work hard in the practice room! go figure. haha. Well, I am 2 minutes into my 3rd hour so i better get my behind back to the stand and do Paganini. I think I am going to have an affair with Simon Fisher bc I love his exercises so much. heh. jk. Hmmmm I am in actually a decent mood for just working on my bach!
chloe

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June 9, 2003 20:12

Big News! I just went to a gathering at a friend of my father, who just happens to be a composer. He told us he is planning to write a piece especially for me to play with the orchestra next year. Holy coW!!! I am so psyched! I can't wait!
chloe

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June 9, 2003 07:19

Ah,I finally am having a productive, motivated practice after two days of feeling completely useless. I even contemplated why I was trying to go to a conservatory yesterday..but all that has passed, thank God. I have days like that once in awhile. I spent an hour warming up with Simon Fisher (ahhhh), scales in 3 and 4 ocataves, and bow exercises. Then I did some Rode and Dont Caprices, which forgive me, are fun, and I can feel my octave and shifting going so much more smoothly. So then for the second hour I worked on both mvvmts of the bach. I worked backwards through the piece on really nitpicky things. But guess what? at the end of the hour, I decided to try to play thru both mvmts straight, because I am having problems with endurance, and, tada, I made it! and it wasnt sloppy at all! yea! O, well, I am on my 10 minute break, and I have 2 more hours, but that never seems like much....

chloe

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June 5, 2003 09:26

Today has been a really good practice day. I love the 2nd Dont Caprice. It is so fun...it's like a yoga class for your fingers. haha. And Bachw as really good. I did really careful metronomic work, and make alot of decisions about bow style...there are so many options...and Paganini was ok, but I need to do more work on #14 today. I did a bit of Dvorak, but I am saving most of it for afternoon practice. Todd, I got measure 21 and 22! yea. We went contradancing again last night. it was a blast. ok, I am going to get back to work.
chloe

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June 3, 2003 09:35

I didnt practice yesterday bc of my sister's pool party, so now I am regretting it. I have such a hard time getting back into it after I skip a day. i feel like I have no technique or talent! I am ont practicing well enough. Quantity is not quality. So I am doing like 6 hours and getting nothing done. I am exaggerating, but I am just fed up. Paganini is fine, but I am scared I am going too fast thru the dvorak.
chloe

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