February 2012
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Una Violinista: Practice Guilt →
unaviolinista:
I’m not sure if this is applicable to every musician, or just to my friends and I, but there is a sense of shame and urgency when we take a day or longer from practicing. I took the day off yesterday to pick up my brother from college, and to go out to dinner with my family. Today, I noticed my…
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A year ago today...
I was just getting out of my audition and touring the campus.
365 days later, I’m here.
(Sometimes I still can’t believe it, but I’m so grateful.)
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Clarity...
Like I’ve said earlier, the workload this semester has been insane and the amount of information is overwhelming…but in the last two days, things actually started to make sense. My department chair once told me last semester that when things feel crazy and overwhelming that just means you’re learning and eventually it’ll all clear up and make sense. Well…she was...
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Last semester, I feel like I didn’t have enough playing experiences outside of my ensemble and lessons. I had a few offers here and there from composers to do quartets, or play for some film scoring sessions. But I either turned them down because I had class or I wasn’t prepared enough. This semester, I’m going to try to take everything I can do. Part of it is to get over my...
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“I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (via 500daysofkissingmypillow)
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