I almost have a life again!!!

[codnugget]

There's light at the end of the tunnel. I'm finally done with the musical. And I'm halfway done with my audition tape. After 2 weeks of pit rehearsals and another week's worth of full length shows (3 dress rehearsals and 4 performances) I'm tired. But it was soo much fun! I wish they'd let students play in the pit at interlochen, cuz I would be ON

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[shmeredith]

oh wowzers ben!!! i'm in my school's pit too for fiddler on the roof and i've played my violin for over 6 hours for the past 4 days... on sunday it was a total of 11 hours, not even joking! but i love it and i'm gonna be sad when its over after this weekend. umm and also i got a kick outa what keanan said about the 2 peni. HAHAHHA!

[goodnight_kiss_]

Hey quick question:

I had Keith as my teacher for the past two times at iac, but i was wondering if i should switch this year.
you seem to have more experience in knowing the teachers. i want someone who will challenge me big time but who is really understanding and cool at the same time, so yeaahhhhhh that would be awesome if you could help :)

[codnugget]

Keith's the best teacher apparently, but I've never had him for lessons. He is REALLY weird though. He is one of the most socially akward people i have ever met. And as you know, he's really demanding. Dave's alright and he's the only one who does drumset. But he's also kind of demanding.

And then there's Scott and Kim who switch off in the middle usually. I've had them for the past two years. Scott is pretty well known but a little out there. He's sort of in a constant out-of-body experience, so you sort of have to remind him of what ur working on and kind of set ur own goals. I've mostly done timpani with him and I've improved a lot because of it. And Kim is a good all around teacher. Both are VERY nice. I'd suggest them.

You said u got into orchestra, right? What did you do for your audition tape?

[goodnight_kiss_]

I did:
-the Mayazumi xylophone concetino but on marimba
-#4 of Cirone's portraits in rhythm
-and the third of the Vic Firth solo timpanist book

I didn't want to send my tape in too late so I chose somewhat simple pieces for sd and timp so that I had the time to work em out. And i basically have no access whatsoever to timps so I had to work out a whole thing with my teacher... ehhhhh yeah i'm happy it's all over. how bout yourself?

[codnugget]

I also did the mayazumi on xylophone, but I used a recording of the accompaniment instead of a live pianist