Turkey Day
So this past week was Thanksgiving break, and as much credit as I would like to give myself, regrettably I did not make any progress on this project. I did however spend some time with a pianist and a camera, recording another video, this time for my college art supplements. That went well. My violin teacher actually let me one of his French bows to use for the recording. It was worth about $70,000, which made me so incredibly nervous to use it, but I have to say the sound it produced when drawn across a violin's strings was exquisite. Simply pure sound. I was amazed.
Since school is starting tomorrow again, I will have to get out of this mode of relaxation that I'm so comfortably in and get back to work soon.
Hopefully, by the next time I make a post, I will have accomplished a lot more.
Reading Ahead
Do something
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Restez
Ahh Thanksgiving Break: finally a long break to rest. Even though I have a million things to do. This week I will be mainly focusing on preparing for a recording that I'm doing as a college arts supplement. I want to catch up on finishing up my composition because the deadline for this project is coming up soon but I think I'll have to put it on hold a little bit and practice a lot more than I have been.
That being said, I will be working more on music theory as well, since I'm quite behind in that class (I'm auditing the AP Music Theory class at my school occasionally). I was obligated to stay in orchestra the last few weeks instead of going to Music Theory in order to prepare for the Spaghetti Supper that we had and the Winter concert that is upcoming.
Good news from last week is that our concert went really well:D I was satisfied and proud so that was good. And even though I was sitting on the outside (the row closest to the audience) I was more confident in playing than I have been in the past. I didn't try to play softly or hesitate on my entrances.
Reading Ahead:
I am setting a deadline for myself to make the finalization on my composition. I want to have everything finished by Dec. 1st. That way I will have over a week to practice the duet with Richard.
PS
I thought that it would be cool to share some of my playing with you guys since I've talked so much about violin and you really have no idea how well I play. I'll let you judge for yourself (although I wouldn't say that I'm extremely good at violin:p).
This is a video that I made for an audition I had recently:
http://youtu.be/9t6UetKYNzo
Ahh Thanksgiving Break: finally a long break to rest. Even though I have a million things to do. This week I will be mainly focusing on preparing for a recording that I'm doing as a college arts supplement. I want to catch up on finishing up my composition because the deadline for this project is coming up soon but I think I'll have to put it on hold a little bit and practice a lot more than I have been.
That being said, I will be working more on music theory as well, since I'm quite behind in that class (I'm auditing the AP Music Theory class at my school occasionally). I was obligated to stay in orchestra the last few weeks instead of going to Music Theory in order to prepare for the Spaghetti Supper that we had and the Winter concert that is upcoming.
Good news from last week is that our concert went really well:D I was satisfied and proud so that was good. And even though I was sitting on the outside (the row closest to the audience) I was more confident in playing than I have been in the past. I didn't try to play softly or hesitate on my entrances.
Reading Ahead:
I am setting a deadline for myself to make the finalization on my composition. I want to have everything finished by Dec. 1st. That way I will have over a week to practice the duet with Richard.
PS
I thought that it would be cool to share some of my playing with you guys since I've talked so much about violin and you really have no idea how well I play. I'll let you judge for yourself (although I wouldn't say that I'm extremely good at violin:p).
This is a video that I made for an audition I had recently:
http://youtu.be/9t6UetKYNzo
Friday, November 14, 2014
Maestoso (What I hope this project will be)
The close of the semester is drawing near, so are our 20% Time presentations. We discussed these in class today. They will be in a TedTalk style format and no more than 5 minutes in length. With this in mind, I am currently planning my presentation. I want to incorporate some live performance of my piece, although, if it can only be 5 minutes long total, I would need to either only play an excerpt of my piece or shorten it. I want to leave enough time for me to be able to talk a bit about my project as well. This has been exciting and we've come so far. I believe that everyone will have a lot to show for their projects, despite the overwhelming amount of work we've had with college applications and whatnot.
Secondly, I'd like to shamelessly advertise my concert this week. On Wednesday (Nov. 19th), the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra will be having their first concert of the year. It starts at 8PM at the Emory Schwartz Center for Performing Arts (1700 N Decatur Rd. 30322). Admission and parking are both free so you should come!
Okay, back to this project. I think I will work more on cutting down my music this week, so that I can fit it into my presentation. I hope to finalize the score by Thanksgiving break at least so that I can give my partner enough time to practice and and for the both of use to rehearse together. I haven't tried to bring my composition to my mentor again because we've both been pretty busy. I plan on having him look at it at my next lesson this Saturday though.
On another note, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is back in business!!! I'm so excited. Check out their concert and ticket information here. Give them love and support because every musician there is amazing and they deserve the praise.
Reading Ahead:
Cut back piece to about 3 minutes, or find a suitable 3 minute section to play at the presentation
Bring piece to mentor for review
Practice for upcoming performances
The close of the semester is drawing near, so are our 20% Time presentations. We discussed these in class today. They will be in a TedTalk style format and no more than 5 minutes in length. With this in mind, I am currently planning my presentation. I want to incorporate some live performance of my piece, although, if it can only be 5 minutes long total, I would need to either only play an excerpt of my piece or shorten it. I want to leave enough time for me to be able to talk a bit about my project as well. This has been exciting and we've come so far. I believe that everyone will have a lot to show for their projects, despite the overwhelming amount of work we've had with college applications and whatnot.
Secondly, I'd like to shamelessly advertise my concert this week. On Wednesday (Nov. 19th), the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra will be having their first concert of the year. It starts at 8PM at the Emory Schwartz Center for Performing Arts (1700 N Decatur Rd. 30322). Admission and parking are both free so you should come!
Okay, back to this project. I think I will work more on cutting down my music this week, so that I can fit it into my presentation. I hope to finalize the score by Thanksgiving break at least so that I can give my partner enough time to practice and and for the both of use to rehearse together. I haven't tried to bring my composition to my mentor again because we've both been pretty busy. I plan on having him look at it at my next lesson this Saturday though.
On another note, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is back in business!!! I'm so excited. Check out their concert and ticket information here. Give them love and support because every musician there is amazing and they deserve the praise.
Reading Ahead:
Cut back piece to about 3 minutes, or find a suitable 3 minute section to play at the presentation
Bring piece to mentor for review
Practice for upcoming performances
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Performance
AHA! Yesterday night was the school orchestra's annual Spaghetti Supper. My teacher being the biggest believer in my violin skills, put my performances second to last and last in the order of performers. =.=
I played the violin duet Navarra by Sarsate with my friend Angia, and I played Haydn's String Quartet in G Major Op. 77. It didn't go as badly as I had feared but at the same time it didn't go as well as it could have. I blame this in part to lack of time. We had only begun preparing these pieces a month ago, and Angia and I only had the chance to rehearse with our pianist twice before the show. Still we didn't stop in the middle or break down crying during the performance so I'm satisfied. I also found myself more in control of my body. I didn't shake, my face didn't flush red, and I was able to think more methodically about what I was doing. I was more focused. I liked that feeling.
I believe that part of my feeling of ease stems from the fact that this is the third time I've performed at Spaghetti Supper. Still, I see this performance as a success.
As for composing this week.... I did not complete last weeks goals. Do not hate me >< My days were literally filled back to back to back with practicing violin for my upcoming performances. I had Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra rehearsal and I also did a recording yesterday morning for an audition that I have coming up. I'm pretty proud of what I've done this week in terms of actually playing. However, I will focus next week more on composing this piece for this project.
Reading Ahead
COMPOSE. srs... I will I promise!
AHA! Yesterday night was the school orchestra's annual Spaghetti Supper. My teacher being the biggest believer in my violin skills, put my performances second to last and last in the order of performers. =.=
I played the violin duet Navarra by Sarsate with my friend Angia, and I played Haydn's String Quartet in G Major Op. 77. It didn't go as badly as I had feared but at the same time it didn't go as well as it could have. I blame this in part to lack of time. We had only begun preparing these pieces a month ago, and Angia and I only had the chance to rehearse with our pianist twice before the show. Still we didn't stop in the middle or break down crying during the performance so I'm satisfied. I also found myself more in control of my body. I didn't shake, my face didn't flush red, and I was able to think more methodically about what I was doing. I was more focused. I liked that feeling.
I believe that part of my feeling of ease stems from the fact that this is the third time I've performed at Spaghetti Supper. Still, I see this performance as a success.
As for composing this week.... I did not complete last weeks goals. Do not hate me >< My days were literally filled back to back to back with practicing violin for my upcoming performances. I had Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra rehearsal and I also did a recording yesterday morning for an audition that I have coming up. I'm pretty proud of what I've done this week in terms of actually playing. However, I will focus next week more on composing this piece for this project.
Reading Ahead
COMPOSE. srs... I will I promise!
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