Stuffing.

November 26, 2005 at 12:22 AM

Quick work run-down:

I'm playing a church gig with a pianist friend this weekend, for which we get to play pretty music--Beethoven G Major Romance, Schubert An Die Musik (fortunately I'll just be playing the vocal line, not attempting to sing it), and Kreisler Liebesfreud. This coming week we have mid-year orchestra auditions, which seems a little soon to me since I'm still adjusting from the quarter system, but the end of the semester is indeed quickly approaching. I've built a pretty good foundation for Korngold; the last movement will be the hardest by far. Still, I really enjoy working on the piece, trying to get the best sound possible, and attempting to make it more gold than corn, to reverse the expression. I have a much bigger load next semester with more classes including orch rep with Amy's fabulous teacher Steve Rose, and second-year German, plus of course a junior recital. I've also started mulling over summer festivals, mostly orchestral ones, which will have auditions during that time.

Mitsuko Uchida concert at Severance tonight! Unrelated, I heartily recommend the new movie version of "Rent" to anyone interested. The singing is great and it's really well-done. Happy turkey leftovers to everyone!