I've been practicing for six hours, and I thought it would be good to take a break...I played for someone from the Brussels Conservatory the other day. That was scary as hell...Anyhow, I didn't play that well, but she was really smart and helped me with my Bach. I had a lesson yesterday with Erik, and I have another one tomorrow...how uncool is ( Read more... )

I hate bitchy, whiny people who have their heads stuck up their own ass. The Govenor's School is going to hell because of those people, and it makes me upset and extremely angry. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.......Well, I'm bitching and whining just by posting this, so I'm going to stop. Paper to write and then five million hours of practicing to do ( Read more... )

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I just had the shitiest lesson of my life! I CAN'T PLAY IN TUNE!!!!!!!!!!! damnit...damnit...damnit... Alright, enough cursing. The biggest thing wrong with my playing right now is my intonation, and it makes everything else sound like crap. Forget that I actually have a nice tone...IT'S OUT OF TUNE!!!!! crap... wow, I'm really worked up. I'm going ( Read more... )

I'M LEAVING FOR FRANCE IN FOUR DAYS!!! woohooooo....Anyhow, it's been a long week. After my disastrous performance in studio class Thursday, I think I redeemed myself slightly in my lesson yesterday morning. It was at the crack of dawn, so I brought Erik some coffee (hey, I was sucking up, so forgive me), and we started my lesson. He wanted hear ( Read more... )

Our new teacher arrived in London on Tuesday. He's actually not British. He's American and lives in London. His name is Erik Chapman, and he plays in the London and Royal Philharmonics. We had our first studio class with him on Tuesday. He seems really nice, but he scares the shit out of me!!! It's not that he's mean...he's just slightly (very) ( Read more... )

Just got back from a concert at Wigmore Hall...the Beaux Arts Trio. Ahhh...Daniel Hope is amazing! And I got his autograph (as well as one for Beth since she wanted so much to meet him). Yay for being in London and having such wonderful opportunities!!!
Off to bake some cookies...yum...

Love, Emily
p.s. We will have a teacher next week!!!!

I played in violin class today. It was terrible...I figured out why I get so nervous when I play. I'm worried that I will disappoint someone, especially Beth. And I feel like I always do. I don't know how to fix that.

Emily

Hi to all! I'm having a lovely, yet very chilly, time exploring London. We took a tour yesterday of the Bloomsbury district and the West End, which is where we live. (It's where people like Dickens, Austen, and Woolf used to live as well!) We took a tour of greater London today on a coach and saw all of the usual touristy sites like the Tower ( Read more... )

I'M IN LONDON!!!!!!!!!! I'm a little jet-lagged and tired, but this is the coolest city ever!!!

Love to all, Em