Concerts and tickets and tests (oh my!)

March 28, 2007 at 1:23 PM

This whole week has been just lovely. For starters, I performed at Ave Maria's Second Annual Festival of the Arts on Sunday. Despite a somewhat disapointing turnout, the concert was lovely and I felt I played quite well. A touch scratchy on the tone and a tad messy on the runs, but overall (considering I couldn't warm up beforehand)I thought it was pretty good. My accompanist thought it went much better than my competition back in March, so I'm happy with it. And to top it off, the audience really seemed to enjoy it, so I couldn't ask for more.
Monday was the Feast of the Annunciation, the namesake event of the university, so we went out to the permanent campus for Mass. Everything is going beautifully! I can't wait to go to school there next year! Unfortunately, the oratory won't be done until February or so, but the rest of the campus looks fantastic and the town is going to be really beautiful.
Then, yesterday, I found out that I got free tickets to the Philharmonic Center for the Arts 25th Anniversary Gala Event! This is a huge deal, because at $1000 a pop, I never could've afforded tickets. The Phil has been exceedingly generous with free tickets, but this one has to take the cake. I certainly got my money's worth out of the Youth Orchestra (in fact, I'm playing on full scholarship, so this is all completely free!) Huge thanks to Myra Daniels, who seems to have provided all these wonderful opportunities to hear great artists live!
Tomorrow is a Chemistry exam, which I am determined to do very well on. These past few chapters have been pretty easy for me, so I hope to get an A to balance out the C+ from my midterm (oh, that was a wicked exam!)And Seton is still evil. Curse them.
Now I just have to wait and see what wonderous event comes my way today (dare I expect anything?)

From Jim W. Miller
Posted on March 30, 2007 at 12:25 AM

If I paid $1000 for a ticket and I found out people were getting them for free, I'd go on a rampage! I'd be taking chandeliers and wall art home with me. Maybe some furniture.

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