back in moscow again. and this time it feels good to be here. thank goodness. I'm not sure what I'll be doing the rest of the summer. if it works out, I may be backpacking aroudn Montana the rest of the summer, collecting plant data for UI. the onlything about that that I strongly dislike is that it would keep me from practicing all the time and ( Read more... )

so maybe a post is due. I have now completed my first day in Moscow since the 31st of December 2004. seven months is a long time and it feel slike a time warp to be sitting, eaating, sleeping in this house again. I've been on the road a lot this past month and it's nice to finally (if only for 6 days) be rooted in some sense. it's nice catching ( Read more... )

I went to the beach today. and swam and dug holes in teh sand. and I met a really cool guy named Ivy. another trumpet player who had some interesting and thoughtful things to say about playing. he'd brought his horn down the ocean and was playing to the surf. we talked about developing as a person while developing as a player and expressing ( Read more... )

your valves are fuzzy.

but thanks.

we (we being Trevor, Elliot, Adam and I) were supposed to leave at 1. then 1 turned into 3, then 3 came and left and adam still wasn't packed at 5:30. so we're leaving tomorrow early and hoping to get to Lincoln where we'll spend the night, then on to continental divide, then utah, then California. and then I'll be spending two weeks with my aunt ( Read more... )

so many things will happen in the next 40 hours. it's going to be insane. I am so very very very very very excited to be getting off this campus!! but also pretty twingy about missing people. the united states should condense so that everyone is withing biking distance. which reminds me I'm going to get my license for reals this summer. and ( Read more... )

I had a really good conversation with JD today. I'm not sure that he's the best teacher for me, or that we've "clicked" as a teacher student pair or anything, but I dug what he said. it was pretty cool to hear what he's trying to do as a teacher, and helpful to put my playing into perspective. I'm definitely ready to leave this campus for a while ( Read more... )

but I'm curious if those of you heading to Knoxville still are going to come through good 'ole Appleton. because I think that'd be cool, and you all should. and I'm going to be not in moscow until very close to July, so seeing some "muscovites" would be better for me than I think I know. so I'll throw out that I'd like to see you guys (if you're ( Read more... )

yesterday I was very privaledged to be in Chicago, and, to intensify that privaledge, in teh Art Institute. This is the first time I have been completely relaxed and able to recieve the artwork in a museum. i've always felt rushed or overwhelmed or unable to comprehend before. but this time I saw what felt like everything I wanted to (even though ( Read more... )

okay, here's a neat Gunther Schuller fact: he conducted "Half-mast INhibition", Charles Mingus' first concert piece. he also conducted his "Epitaph" in 1989.
but why Gunther Schuller??!