September 8, 2005 at 9:24 PM

Oh my gosh.
What have I DONE?!
That benefit concert I'm playing at...well, I thought it was just going to be the university peoples watching me. You know, faculty, staff, benefactors...
Ha.
Double Ha.
I've just been told that they're ADVERTISING this shindig on radio stations.
WINK news interviewed the leader of it all.
I am one out of four soloists performing.
I am the youngest, being fourteen.
I am so freaked.
Me, amdist the college students.
Playing La Folia, a piece I just pulled out to review last week.
And I'm going to be performing it for a crowd of anywhere from 500-3000 people.
I thought it was going to be SMALL.
And my accompaniest is...well...busy. And he can't rpactice the music as much as he should.
But I he'll be playing on the organ.

Corelli+electronic perfectly tuned organ=total coolness.

That's something they don't teach you in math.

Anyways, at the same time, I'm kind of...exhilarated. I have quite a resume going at my age. I can't help but thank God for all these opportunities that are coming my way.
Looking back, last year, I was ready to kill my violin and all the trouble it brought me. Now...I'm ready to kill myself for all the trouble I'm bringing my violin. ;-) Okay, so maybe not, but you get the picture.

If anyone wants me, I'll be here, contemplating life with Satie and his gymnopedie No. 3. That music is so beautiful it makes me want to cry. Every time.

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on September 8, 2005 at 10:12 PM

It's fun to hear your gig advertised on the radio. Try to hear one.

I used to play Corelli with an organ too. It was a pipe organ in a chapel with a high vaulted ceiling with my friend "nervous Glen" at the controls.

From Sydney Menees
Posted on September 9, 2005 at 2:13 AM

OMG Knot!!! That is soooooo cool!!!!!!! Don't be upset, you are a great violinist and others will see too. I am sitting here envious right now, although, I would be nervous too!

From Dougie Lawrence
Posted on September 9, 2005 at 10:18 AM

Organ and fiddle is brilliant so make the most of it and enjoy yourself.
I once heard Heifitz doing the Vitali Chaconne with organ and nearly crashed the car.
If you haven't heard it,TRY TO.
Dougie.

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