| Time for my once a year update.I think I've finally figured out what I want to do with my time. It's getting more definite...
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| And the work continues.
Having three jobs is fuuuuuuuuuun.
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| Major update (not long).
Went to Colorado. Went to France (Paris and Normandy). Back.
Met someone awesome! ;)
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| So, I disappered for the weekend, and made a road trip up to Northern California.
I've
spent the majority of the time hanging out with Eric (we last spent
time doing stuff this past summer...most of the summer actually, to the
tune of seven weeks) at his place next to the SF Conservatory of Music.
I watched a few rehearsals of the ensembles here (they're all gearing
up for a "farewell concert" as the entire school is moving to a new
campus at the SF Civic Center in the fall). There is definitely a level
of quality in the focus and skills of the students that I've met here
that I wish I found back home. :/
Friday night I was lucky
enough to get a free ticket to see the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
in Davies Symphony Hall. They performed a number of works, but what
really stood out was Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with a combination of
three bay area choirs. The orchestra had some pitch issues, but
considering they tuned to A=415, and played on period accurate
instruments (valveless horns/trumpets, boxwood clarinets, wood flutes,
gut strings) they made up for it with wonderful tone and expression.
The gentleman who sat next to me (in the box seat I somehow procured)
regaled me with stories of his experience singing the 9th as part of
the Harvard Glee Club and some of the most prominent orchestras in the
US half a century ago. Apparently, he also heard the work the first
time while a student in Germany, with the Berlin Philharmonic and
Furtwangler at the helm.
I swung by Berkeley this evening to say
hi to Kim...it's been a number of years now since my sister was in
school there. Not much has changed. :) The dorms are still definitely
as "rustic" as they've always been. Amusing was a sign on one of the
bathrooms on her floor that essentially read "Ladies (and Gents)...when
you fornicate, please use your OWN bathroom!). Ya, I don't miss college
all that much. :P Came back to SF after fighting through traffic and
sight-read with the conservatory kids...they play really well!
Tomorrow
it's off to hear a rehearsal of the Bloch Concerto Grosso in the
morning (he was head the conservatory here like forever ago), a quick
run into Chinatown to return an outfit I shouldn't have bought :P, off
to Stanford to say hi to Chrysanthe, then back home...and work on
Monday.
It's been a good spring break. |
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| I did it.
Am now playing on a fantastic bow. Emile Ouchard.
If you don't know what that means, look it up. :P |
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