I am in Aspen now, living the high life (literally - although the altitude hasn't bothered me this time around).  I thought I would have a bootleg wireless connection in my place here again, but not this time.  So I'm at Starbucks using my laptop.  It's fine; I don't mind coming here every day or so to check my email an whatnot.  I should be ( Read more... )

Where's Whitney?

I'm in Charleston, South Carolina at Spoleto Festival USA.  I'm getting paid to play in a few orchestras and an opera.  This is currently the third week of the festival, and next week is the last.  After that I am heading out to Aspen.

They keep us extremely busy here, with usually two three-hour rehearsals a day.  The hardest ( Read more... )

I leave in about 4 hours for the aiport.  I called the cab company and they are coming at 5:00 am.  I am extremely nervous because I just realized, upon closely examining my flight itinerary, that my mother booked me on two America West flights tomorrow.  America West being the airline that does not allow musical instruments on board because their ( Read more... )

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I was so in need of this Spring Recess.  Besides teaching on Thursday and Friday, I have just been lazy lazy!  I have been practicing, of course, and I cleaned my entire apartment, but I have also been reading and napping and watching movies.  Amber and I had a nice night on Friday - we went for sushi and then rented Memoirs of a Geisha, which had ( Read more... )

As soon as Spring Break was over I had to dive right into the thick of things again and chug along nonstop.  I can't wait for the two-day "Spring Recess" this Thursday and Friday ( Read more... )

Look under the cut!  So far I have made myself, Ryan and Otis, my little sister Paige, Virginia, Raines, and Meredith.  You may be next!

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I've been sitting here paying bills all morning.  It's so much fun and so grown-up of me, sipping coffee and siphoning my meager earnings out to companies so that I can live ( Read more... )

So, it's official.  I will be gracing the hallways of Rice for a third year.  I'm done with all the requirements for the degree, so I will just take lessons and orchestra and orch rep and some independent studies.  And get good at the viola ( Read more... )

This is going to be a long day, but not grueling by any means.  I'm just about to hop on the bike to meet Meredith at school to go teach, after which I will practice some, possibly have a quintet rehearsal, and then orchestra rehearsal.  Then I have a rehearsal with Charlie on my Hindemith, and then some more practicing until I go hear Mr. Dunham ( Read more... )