Ugh..I'm so over my head lately. I am setting up a pretty crazy audition schedule, and I hope it pays off. I just have to do more of them...so here we go!  I am planning on Atlanta, Oregon, TMC, Springfield, and if my recording is accepted NYPHIL. Cross your fingers...LOTS of excerpts! 2 months! PLUS BPO is doing the Lutoslawski concerto for ( Read more... )

Today I taught for 7 hours and then I came home and I'm trying to organize my winter practice schedule, gather records, excerpts, dates, etc. I also need to start my christmas shopping...I'm WAY behind. I'm sort of "on the fence' about sending a recording to Chicago or just forgetting it and putting my energies into other auditions, as Atlanta and ( Read more... )

hmmm...I guess its been a while. Poor Nora asked about my audition months ago and I just up and disappeared.  Truth is, my computer is very old and almost dead and unless I'm on R's computer I do very little as ANYTHING takes forever on it.
    Life is good but this fall has been the busiest I've ever had. I just got a new car, a Subaru Impreza and ( Read more... )

Well, tomorrow is the big day. I"m as prepared as i'm going to get!  I like Milwaukee, it seems like it could be an ok place to live. 
     My flight was relatively un-eventful. Grandma and I took off at 7am on Saturday from Logan and we landed in Milwaukee at 8:10am Milwaukee time.  I chose to stay at the hotel across the street from the hall so ( Read more... )

OH MY GOSH. I totally used the same title for the last 2 posts, completely by accident. I"m such a one trick pony soemtimes!

Well, one week from now I will be in Milwaukee on the eve of my audition! I can't believe its getting so close, and I can't believe I suddenly feel like I"m cramming for it. I was hoping to really practice for it this summer at Tanglewood, but Tanglewood gave me enough rep to work on that I had to focus on those things and not much else. I'm so ( Read more... )

I"m a few days closer now, I leave in 11 days-and today was my birthday. I feel like there is SO much practicing to do before I leave. I chose to practice for my birthday-and I rain checked a few dinner invitations. I am one of those people that has to be prepared or I don't' trust my fingers to be behind me when the chips are down. Tomorrow I have ( Read more... )

     Less than 2 weeks until I leave for Milwaukee and SO much work to do still. I think I"m going to start canceling lessons so I can practice-it would be stupid to spend so much money on an audition and not be 120% prepared. It seems like there is always work to be done! 

Ok, its been a long time. I've been trying to journal lately, and I seem to not be able to write much anymore-it seems to be one side effect of my hand surgeries. I guess my option is to write-sometimes publically and sometimes not, and see how it goes ( Read more... )

Today we had 6 hours of orchestra rehearsal ALL with Levine.

I must say, I think today was what I would call me first "real" orchestra rehearsal. Its like nothing I've ever experienced in my life.