I've been relatively busy lately. I went to see the Opera Armide by Christoph Willibald Gluck here at Umich with Kathy on Thursday. It was a student orchestra and cast conducted by guest conductor Douglas Kinney Frost. Despite Gluck being German, this opera was in French. It is similar to the operas of Jean-Bapsiste Lully, who lived before ( Read more... )

Last weekend was very busy! The NCAA tournament started on Thursday. My parents school, Marquette got eliminated. There are several Cinderellas in the sweet-16, including Cornell, Nothern Iowa (who knocked off Kansas in the 2nd round!), and Mt. St. Mary's. Syracuse, which is near my hometown is in the sweet-16 as well. Since I went to lots of ( Read more... )

Not much has been going on here. I have been looking for jobs, so nothing big yet. All I have to write about now are UMich sports. The men's basketball team lost in the second round of the Big-10 Conference Tournament to Ohio St. by a score of 69-68. They had a 68-66 lead with two seconds left and Evan Turner made a half-court shot to win it. ( Read more... )

I know that I haven't updated in awhile. I have been job searching and not much has been going on in my life. I had one interview and am waiting to hear from other jobs. Last night, my friend Kathy and I went to a University of Michigan hockey game. It was the first round of the CCHA tournament and Michigan was hosting a best-of-three series ( Read more... )

It's Super Bowl Sunday! Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl XLIV and the NFL Championship! They beat the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 31-17. The Colts took an early 10-0 lead, but the Saints roared back with a field goal. Then near the end of the half, they had the ball inside the Colts 5 yard-line and went for ( Read more... )

I saw this opera in the movie theatre yesterday. The Metropolitan opera now shows operas in HD in movie theatres once a month. Peter Gelb started this program when he became general manager a few years ago. This is the first time that I went. My favorite singer, Placido Domingo, who usually sings tenor, was singing the title role, which is for ( Read more... )

I am now Dr. Meagher! I had my defense today and my committee said it was one of the best final orals they've ever had. While I am excited about finishing the degree, it is sort of anti-climactic as I don't have a job yet. I will begin a search next week. I was sad to hear that J.D. Salinger died yesterday. I remember reading "Catcher in the ( Read more... )

I haven't had a chance to post about Sunday's games because I've been busy with my recital, but here goes. The AFC Championship Game featured the NJ Jets traveling to Indianapolis to play the Colts. The Jets jumped out to a 17-6 lead in the first half, but it was all Colts after that. In fact, the Jets didn't score again and lost by a score of ( Read more... )

Today, I gave my third and final dissertation recital. I totally fucked up the first piece, Searle Wright's Introduction, Passacaglia, and Fugue. It was the first time I have played the piece from memory and I had a lot of slips. It was a shit performance. At leas I nailed it in NYC around people that hadn't heard me play. Here, the people ( Read more... )

Jets Win!!!! They beat the San Diego Chargers in San Diego by a score of 17-14. The defense played great and created several turnovers. The Chargers kicker, Nate Kaeding, missed 3 field goals! If he makes even on of those, the game is tied! He may be looking for a job for next year as may the Chargers coach Norv Turner, who just can't seem to ( Read more... )