Wow, this has been a busy weekend. Friday I had a chorus rehearsal and went to "A Capella against AIDS". Saturday I went to Sacramento and spent all afternoon trying to record a demo CD (but we sadly only had time to record 2 songs - Shattered Dreams and I Melt With You)...wow, recording takes a looong time! Saturday night I went to the Noteworthy ( Read more... )

So I was offered ensemble roles at Woodminster Summer Musicals in Hello Dolly and Jesus Christ Superstar. If anyone has experience with the theatre, I'd love to hear about it (this means you, wendyhouse!). They seem to be good (I'd even get equity ( Read more... )

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Ack, in addition to the previously mentioned auditions, I ALSO just found out that there are auditions for an outdoor musical theatre group in Oakland...THIS WEEKEND. They are doing Oklahoma!, Hello Dolly!, and Jesus Christ Superstar! Darn, it's too bad JCS doesn't have an ! in it's title like the other two...fortunately I can put it at the end of ( Read more... )

Wooo! Break is finally here! Last week's take home quantum midterm was pretty rough in terms of it's learning/tediousness ratio. (I know, I know, EVERYONE enjoys calculating umpteen million clebsh gordan coefficients and troubleshooting nonsensical mathematica quirks). But no matter, now I can start thinking about interesting physics again, like ( Read more... )

I have re-fallen in love with the Khachaturian piano concerto. I highly recommend that anyone who hasn't heard it go out and buy a recording. It fits one's hands amazingly naturally, and the 2nd movement is perhaps the most gorgeous piece of music ever written. I want to try playing it for the Berkeley concerto competition next fall ( Read more... )

Does anyone else remember Zoobilee Zoo? That show was SCARY.

For those of you who don't know, I'm in a band named Delorean 88. So far, we're doing the following (new wave 80's) songs, ska-style ( Read more... )

Whoa, so apparently I am soon to be an uncle. Craziness.

Classes I'm currently signed up for (ie, classes I might end up taking ( Read more... )