September 13, 2005 at 7:49 PM

Back to my normal pace now; scales/arps, shifting exercises, etudes, Bach A min (GOT to finish that darn thing), Orchestra, string ensemble.

Our string ensemble has SEVEN concerts this year! And our teacher promoted me to principal second violinist! I'm really exited about that because, we get to play ALL originals (or as our teacher says "All originals except for the ones I've arranged...and those ARE original!"). The worst part about reading the music he arranges is that at least half of it (usually all of it) is a Xeroxed copy of hand written music, which has been clipped and glued onto our score with numerous arrows written over the music, showing us where to leap around.

He took the first (I think) movement of Death and Maiden (schubert) and condensed it into 5 minutes.

I'm going to have so much fun with it all this year! It's challenging but just SO cool!!! And I've printed out my supply of buisness cards, so I can promote myself with ease. I'm off to the practice room now. Ta ta!

From Sydney Menees
Posted on September 14, 2005 at 11:15 PM

What did I say? Fairytale life! Is that 2 words, or one...

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