haven't posted in a long time, but things have been going well. busy, as usual. i think i'm happiest when i have several things going on... i just invent work for myself. since getting back from ireland (which was amazing) i've been slowly getting back into a practice habit as well as cleaning up around the apartment. here are some highlights, ( Read more... )

happy birthday, america. i feel awful at the moment. so do a bunch of other friends too, which is curious. i feel as though i could vomit at any moment. i haven't yet, but still not too fun. the last few days have been crazy chamber players boot camp getting us ready for this ireland trip. 6 hours of rehearsal a day. which sucks when you ( Read more... )

i love when people try to tell me how to do my job better. because i definitely wasn't doing this on my own without your help this entire past year. and i'm pretty sure that you haven't been doing it longer than i have. stfu.

been back in cinci for a few days now. i will probably update about my travels in the near future, although there isn't a whole lot to tell. I've been alternately productive and really lazy, but i guess that's how it goes sometimes. while enjoying my morning coffee i just ordered 6 cds on amazon. they're having a big classical music sale, so i ( Read more... )

just finished watching north by northwest with jared. really liked it, minus the crazy hurried, awkward ending. but other than that hitchcock is a total genius. makes me wonder what he would do with modern day cinematography equipment. kind of like what mozart or liszt would do with a new steinway. i'm a nerd. anyways, i decree that this will ( Read more... )

Sorry for the lack of postage lately. Not really sure who I'm apologizing to, since I doubt anyone really keeps up with this, but whatever... sorry to you. The school year ended without a lot of stress, surprisingly. I didn't take the virginia audition, so that left my life much less hectic than it could have been. I didn't have any finals ( Read more... )

FUCK!

Some thoughts on my recital/auditions... ala Winstead ( Read more... )

On the drive to school this morning I was thinking of some goals I want to accomplish this summer. So here is my attempt to organize them so i don't forget ( Read more... )

Just got asked to join the Dayton Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet and play a bunch of gigs with them in the fall. Holy crap I hope I can make that work with school and everything. Apparently the principal flute from dayton is also principal with cincinnati Chamber orchestra and thought I had a great audition. Plus I came highly recommended from the ( Read more... )