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March 9, 2006 at 2:19 AM

As of recently I've decided to enhance my education by studying an unusual subject. And I have a very...unusual mentor!

Muahahah....MUAHAHAHAHAH!

Ahem. In other news at this hour, I am trying to decided what to do for the summer. Here are the possibilities so far:

-I could go to Bowdoin Music Festival in Maine, which I heard about before but I applied this year for the first time. (I don't know much about it, has anyone gone there?)
-I could go to the Perlman Music Festical. I really would like to go there, one of the reasons being that it is actually modeled after Kinhaven, my first sleepover music camp that I absolutely love. Of course, it's really hard to get in, but I have my fingers crossed.
-I could go back to Encore for the second year.

I am going back to the junior session of Kinhaven for my fifth (and final) year, as a violist. But obviously since that's viola, it wouldn't be a main focus. (I love it there so much!)

So those are my choices right now. My teacher wants me to go back to Encore, and I really liked it there a lot. But I want to keep my options open.

I had a voice lesson today :-D This is my repertoire as of current:

I Know Things Now from Into the Woods
Popular from Wicked
You Can't Get a Man with a Gun from Annie Get Your Gun
Far From the Home I Love from Fiddler on the Roof
Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof
In My Own Little Corner from Cinderella

....that's all that I can remember off the top of my head. I feel good about that stuff for having had six lessons so far.

--alice

Could your mentor be...EVIL LINDA?!?!?!?!
of couse!! How did we not think of you as her lil apprentice... oh boy... hehe
About this summer? Simple answer,no question to it. Perlman Music Festival. why? Because you really want to go to it and it would make you happy :)
I live only about an hour or so from Kinhaven. You should tell me when you're going to have a concert there and maybe I can come up and hear you. :)

What about someplace like Tanglewood, or is that not focussed on what you want to do?

You can do better than that! MUAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!
I just moved from Shelter Island, where I enjoyed from the audience side three summers of the Perlman program. If you can get in there, you shouldn't pass it up. Unbelievably awesome gathering of genuinely sweet people and pinnacle of the planet musicianship, and I have the feeling it's not going to remain available for as many years as an institution like Encore, so get while the gettin's good. Besides, Shelter Island is a pretty sweet summer spot to have as your campground, and Perlman's hunk of real estate is remarkable. In summertime, the location and possible connections are real advantages. If you go there, let me know-- I'm still medium nearby, and I can bring a fun box of violin duos if you'd be interested.
-- Gabriel Kastelle