i got into the conservatory at lawrence university in wisconsin! and they gave me a good scholarhip! the more i think about it, though i am still waiting to hear back from three schools, the more i know that i will be going there. it just feels right ( Read more... )

i haven't updated in a month! mid-winter break has been so busy! with solo and ensemble next saturday and the ireland band trip in two weeks, i have been practicing with a lot of ensembles. mostly, i've seen a lot of the fancy drumroom nomads, roosevelt's percussion ensemble, but i've also had a rehearsal with our bassoon quartet, the ireband drum ( Read more... )

This weekend ( Read more... )

this weekend was so fun. lisel and ryan came from port angeles and we all stayed the night at robert's dad's house last night. we got pizzas from metropolitan market and lisel and ryan made them for us while robert and i relaxed in the front room. they also served us the sparkling apple cider rob's dad had gotten for us. they are the perfect guests ( Read more... )

yayayayayayayayayayayayayaayayyayayayayayayayayyyy! i am updating from my bedroom! i am sitting on my bed with my new lovely powerbook on my lap and am connected to the internet wirelessly! we just got cable so it is hella fast. i am in heaven.

i just turned in my common app! *does a little dance of happiness* all is right in the world!

last night i practiced an hour on my audition music and an hour on tchaik 5. it's starting to sound a lot better. tchaik 5 is sooooo long. since i haven't been able to go to a rehearsal yet, i went through the 1st movt. of the tchaik with a recording i got from carl to help me get a sense of how my part fits in with everything else. it's really ( Read more... )

when i get my mac ibook i'm going to ( Read more... )

i'm in my web design class and i feel like updating, since i never do.
PRACTICE!

this week i have to practice bassoon almost constantly because i'm getting my wisdom teeth out on friday which means that i won't be able to play bassoon for about two weeks. then i have about three weeks and then i go to berlin for two weeks and then i have another ( Read more... )

this weekend was lisel's birthday party. it was so fun. i love lisel and laila and it is so fun to hang out with them. my parents drove me, robert, and laila up to port angeles right after youth symphony. when we got there, lisel showed us around her house (which has an AMAZING view of mountains and a deep ravine) and the four of us hung out in her ( Read more... )