4.14.2004

Almost done!

I am currently in the midst of music history listening journals, which are the last major thing (besides finals) that I have left to do in my undergraduate career. I'm tempted to be nostolgic, but...no. I can't wait to never have to do them again (says the person who's probably going to grad school). In any case, there are only two more days of real school. I haven't really thought about it too much because I haven't had time, but I think I'm really going to miss being here. Maybe not. We'll see. It all depends on exactly what I'm going to end up doing after I graduate. And now I'm just rambling so I won't have to get back to my journals. Only 5 left to go (although four of those are Beethoven Symphonies, so '5 left to go' is a fairly relative term in the amount of time it will take). But actually, they are going pretty fast this semester, which I like, and i'm still getting A's on them, which I also like, and I'm starting to get sleepy, which is bad for doing music history listening journals so I had better go finish them before I get too tired to care and...oh wait...no...that's the difference between me and the sophmores. I actually do my work regardless of whether I want to or not, they don't. Ha. Ha. (Sorry, current thing that annoys me. Some of them just don't get it. Anyway...)
Oh yeah, we had the recital last night and it went pretty well. It was long (1:45) as we had 27 people playing. Most everyone did well, including me. Everyone really liked the piece I played (a Grieg Notturno) and said I played it beautifully. I'm glad because I would prefer to end with a good performance than a crash-and-burn like last semester. Now I just have to get through juries...oh well, I'm ready...mostly.
And now, I really should get back to my journals...I've discovered pre-classical music is kinda cute. It's like a mix between the elegance of Baroque with the simplicity of Classical, and the composers all have really long, hard to remember, somewhat silly, names (Giovanni Battista Sammartini, for example). Once again, that's beside the point and I need to get back to work. Later.
See you all on the flip side.

4.07.2004

Another long time with no update...

Well, school's almost over. Just a matter of weeks. I have some largish projects to finish up, but nothing spectacularly difficult. On a cool note, I conducted one of my recital pieces today in chapel (the title is Golgotha, and it was for Holy Week, so it works), and everyone really liked it. So, that was nice.
Gotta go to choir. Later.