Am I beginning to get repetitive? I don't mean to, but really, at this point, the only thing on my mind is making it through to the end of next Wednesday. My first exam is tomorrow morning: Music History. I'm not worried about it at all (we're even allowed to bring a cheat sheet with whatever we want on it), and since the intro MH course is a ( Read more... )

I'm not feeling particularly Christmassy tonight, even though Jenn's juries are finally over and we're in the middle of another snow storm. I've begun to realize just how much studying I have to do before exams, and there's nothing I feel less like doing right now. Anyway... it will get done, and a week from now my last exam will be over (haven't ( Read more... )

I think it's time for some Vaughan Williams. I just finished an essay on Britten, and I feel like RWV's taken more of a bashing than he deserves (Britten didn't like him). So here's one that we used to do at St. Paul's every year (no more, apparently):

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The music department always has a Christmas Collegium on the last day of classes in the atrium of the Conservatory. Everyone gathers around the tree, and somebody plays Santa Claus, and general warmth and fuzziness fills the place. They enlisted me to play the carols on the little positif organ this year: fun, even though it's kind of tricky to ( Read more... )

We had our university choir concert last night, and right afterwards... a snow storm! SO perfect! And my essays are finished, and tomorrow is the last day of classes, and two weeks from tomorrow we'll be headed for Digby for the best week of the entire year. And I have new fuzzy sheets. So much goodness ( Read more... )

Wow... I love it when I stumble upon something that I'm looking for, but which turns out to be exactly what I want. I just found this video of King's doing an Eric Whitacre piece I'd never heard, "Lux Aurumque," and it's absolutely amazing. I'm not even going to try and say any more about it. Just listen. But one thing: keep your eyes open. The ( Read more... )

Just back from a party, and feeling both happy and like falling into bed right away. So here's something short and happy:

This is Westminster Cathedral, and I know the quality isn't great, but it's still a good performance.

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It's after midnight, but I'm slightly giddy over the fact that I just finished reading the last short story for English. And that, after tomorrow, two out of three final papers will be passed in. And that I have about two or three paragraphs left to write of the third one ( Read more... )

I can't tell you how much I'm loving taking time to find a carol and post it every night. It's a quiet, very peaceful time that I look forward to all day. And speaking of things to look forward to, I just realized that, two weeks from today, I will have just finished my last exam. Thinking of all the studying that has to be done before then is a ( Read more... )

Today's progress: now halfway through my LAST ESSAY. So close.

This carol from Gloucester Cathedral was perfect for my after-midnight/this-week-isn't-going-fast-enough mood.

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