FUCK MY LIFE.
I was so excited for the opera. There was one damn ticket left, and Professor Brandt offered it to me. I was so pumped. I bought a new dress, I picked up the score from the library so that I could learn some of the music, I went to bed early, I charged my camera, I set up my outfit the night before ( Read more... )

I am so excited for Rusalka tomorrow!
I did really badly in opera today.
Well, okay, I didn't do badly. I remembered all my staging and my lines and everything, and I was good with the acting...but one of my Edith solos didn't sound as good as it should have, and I suppose I was unreasonably nervous because I'm so concerned about impressing ( Read more... )

I'm seeing RUSALKA with none other than RENEE FLEMING in the leading role this Saturday at the Met ( Read more... )

FUCK MY LIFE. There is no time to sleep because of my harmony work ( Read more... )

I am going insane. This waltz project is really destroying my life, and it shouldn't be...I mean, I was able to write my own waltz in .5 seconds. But these requirements of his are just really tripping me up! It's not that I don't like the requirements, or I'm knowingly being stubborn...I just can't write a waltz that makes sense while going ( Read more... )

I have way too much work. I've been writing all these waltzes that don't fit in with what Dr. Stevens wants. I mean, I'm trying...but I just have a mental block against what he's asking us to do. There's this certain chord progression that he's saying will be perfect, and I can't figure out how to write something while using it. I'm tres ( Read more... )

I'm slightly sick, but feeling okay at the moment. I have this waltz to write for harmony that I'm not done with yet, because I keep writing other things once I sit down at the piano ( Read more... )

Okay so basically my day was chock full of awesome ( Read more... )

I had a wonderful day. I can't detail it just yet because I want to try and get to bed so that I'll be able to wake up for my 10:00 opera rehearsal tomorrow morning. But I always want to at least briefly acknowledge it here on lj if I have a good day, because it helps me with staying positive ( Read more... )

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