In the sixth grade, my English class did a survey of many different poetic forms.
Also in sixth grade, I started playing bassoon.
So if you find really awful poetry amusing, then you, my esteemed reader, are in for a treat.
The Story of ‘Oon
I know a bassoon named ‘Oon
Who sometimes sounds just like a loon.
Her mistress tries [...]
Archive for May, 2008
sixth-grade bassoon poetry
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bassoon dork on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
in search of the perfect recital dress
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged girly things on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This summer I’m giving a recital — in the spirit of “what happens to a girl when she goes off to music school for a year?” — and of course I’m already working on my program, but I am also keeping my eye out for the perfect recital dress.
Yeah, it’s a little girly, but a [...]
artist + art = worthwhile?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged thoughts on the music world on May 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was reading this article on the New York Times’ website, about the attempted revival of the music of Franz Schmidt. It seems like an uphill battle, and possibly for good reason:
It doesn’t help your legacy as a composer to give the Nazi salute in 1938 at the premiere of your greatest work. Nor is [...]
jobless in chicago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economic woes, family on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m not going to brag, but I have always been one of those people who is ideal for a summer job. I’m pretty friendly, outgoing; I maintained a high GPA in high school and for some strange reason I’m good at job interviews. My first job was at a coffee shop when I was sixteen [...]
not quite the mahler problem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged music i love on May 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At least in my experience, Gustav Mahler is the indie composer of the classical music world. Beloved of college students in music schools across the country, thousands cherish this long-ignored genius.
Of course, being me, I was scared away by the massive symphonies and the fact that I kept confusing Mahler and Wagner. And symphonies of [...]
thoughts on the merits of sight-reading?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged auditions, bassoon dork on May 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Later today I have an audition for the Wheaton Municipal Band, an audition which is almost entirely composed of sight-reading, except for a short prepared excerpt.
The bassoon excerpt, incidentally is a Handel Allegro in C minor, probably arranged from something for cello, which is full of sequences and scalar lines like any good Baroque solo [...]
it’s lovely to be back?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bloggy business on May 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So after a semester of crazy times (including the most bizarrely difficult math class, my first jury ever, and lots of reeds, quintet rehearsals, and learning of music), I am back home and am going to update this sucker again. I’m planning on continuing these updates into the school year, this time… because honestly, this [...]
