Live and Laugh.

Life is rough sometimes. But my family, we deal with the roughness of life in the best way possible (or so I have come to believe): We laugh it off.
Not to say that we don’t take things seriously; we just have a ridiculous sense of humor, and can somehow always, no matter the circumstance, [...]

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Maestro

I really enjoy conducting. It’s kind a nerve wracking experience (at this point anyway, when my total experiences of conducting an actual ensemble add up to a whopping 2), but I really do enjoy it, and I think over the course of the next few years I could get really good at it. [...]

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And the quote of the day goes to…

Professor Engle.  “Don’t dilly-dally, just go out and noodle.”
The weird thing is, i wouldn’t have thought twice about it, but it just struck me funny that she used “dilly-dally” and “noodle” in the same sentence.  Then i realized what a weird thing to say it was.  Band people are so avant garde.
(we decided when we [...]

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It’s raining outside

I think the only thing more pleasant than the sound of rain is falling asleep to it.
Good night, all.

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Random

I had the most bizarre experience at a concert on Thursday.  You should probably ask me about it.
I have 2 midterms this week, and a take home one due next monday.  I am DOOMED.   (Meaning sleep will be lacking the next few days).
I am in a conducting masterclass…lots of score study is needed…which means I [...]

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oooooh just frustrated.

I have a class called vocal choral pedagogy. It is supposed to teach us how to teach singing. In order to teach singing, one generally has to know how to sing properly, so it would stand to reason that we would be taught this in this class. HOWEVER, the majority of [...]

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