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I'm Tabitha: 20 year old junior dream accruing debt at WKU while following my dream of being an unemployed Music Education Major.
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Musician Problems
Does this hurt enough to stop because I’ll damage myself or am I just overreacting?
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Alright, someone go get a ouija board. We need to ask Vivaldi whether or not that’s supposed to be an A flat.
Today in orchestra (via amyplaystuba)
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I'm not sure where I found this (it was saved on my phone), but happy hell week. And no, I didn't really practice today... only half an hour before my lesson. My jury is Monday and my barrier is Tuesday and currently I either have pulled a muscle or my spleen is enlarged. Either way I can't practice, sit, laydown, or walk without pain. Life is great.
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Friend: *Can't find me in a crowd*
Friend: MUSIC IS A USELESS DEGREE AND YOU WILL NEVER HAVE JOB SECURITY OR A RELIABLE INCOME
Me: *distant sobbing*
Friend: Ah there she is
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For all of us returning to school tomorrow, stay strong! I wish you much confidence and skill when it comes to your juries/competitions. Take a deep breath and go practice!
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oh sure color guard can throw things but when I do it i’m “irresponsible” and “reckless with my instrument”
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Clarinet: flat
Me: *pushes in as far as it can go*
Clarinet: still flat
Me: what do you want from me
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I'm so sorry for not posting recently, y'all. I had a huge audition Monday night and I spent the past week spending every second in a practice room. But! It payed off. I am 6th chair clarinet! To put that in perspective: my first semester as a major, spring 2014, I was approximately 27th chair (in our bottom band); fall 2014, 19th; spring 2015, approximately 15th (also in the bottom band); fall 2015; 11th; and now, spring 2016, 6th. All of my hard work has payed off in the long run, and your work will pay off too.
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My night featuring my ed psych thought lesson which is my main project for the rest of the semester.
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Signs a Music Major Needs a Vacation
You can sing all parts to every piece from your ensemble.
You have used the A Cappella app and proved it.
You can mimic their instrument professor’s every word, comment, and mannerism to a T.
You’re beginning to realize that you could theoretically give yourself a lesson by doing this.
You genuinely do not remember when you wrote that paper you just got back, but it got an A so who cares.
You don’t remember the last time you had a day with NOTHING to do. You don’t know what you’d do if you had one.
You don’t remember the last time you had a meal that wasn’t prepackaged.
You know exactly where in the music building you are with your eyes closed, which is helpful when you wake up from a surprise nap.
You’ve perfected your performance face, not out of desire, but out of necessity to hide how unprepared you feel.
You’ve started discussing music theory in your sleep.
You’ve had a dream where you’re being haunted by a Tristan chord - the worst part is you never know where it’s going.
You have grown so, so tired of John Cage 4′33″ jokes that you’re giving people the 4′33″ treatment.
Your roommate forgets you live there because you’re always at the music building.
You laughed out loud when someone complained about having seven classes.
You have never taken FEWER than seven classes.
Work is nice because for a couple hours you don’t have to focus on your classwork.
You have scheduled in time with your best friend and significant other because otherwise someone will have you rehearse then and you’ll never see them again.
You consider naming your firstborn after the one that supported you the most - your coffee pot.
You’ve woken up someone by swearing at your theory homework.
When a non-music major tells you their classes, you’re confused when they don’t list their lesson.
You’ve strongly considered moving to Alaska recently.
Your terratorialism about your favorite practice room has started to grow violent.
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Of course I know my alphabet:
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C… Wait…
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So recently this guy and I have been talking. He asked me on a date and without thinking I said yes. One of the biggest auditions of my life is in less than 2 weeks and my barrier jury is in 4 weeks. On top of all of my ensembles, pep band, marching band, and outside gigs; as well as homework and practicing, I'm busy 7:30 am to 11 pm 6 days a week, and the 7th I sleep a lot. He says he understands but I'm so nervous that he is going to think I don't like him and am leading him on. Last night, he brought me dinner and sat in my practice room for a few hours, and we talked after I finished practicing and I pushed my homework back a few hours. He's so sweet and understanding. I just don't want to hurt him.
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Tonight's homework featuring my sloppy handwriting and my 7 page ed psych exam study guide.
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To be effective as a performer, you have to make yourself vulnerable. If you’re defensive, you can get away with it for a while on the opera stage, because there’s a grandness to it. But to really touch people, you have to open yourself. That means knocking down the wall, not allowing yourself to stay behind a façade even though you’re in character […] you have to be willing to take a risk. You have a chance to look stupid; you might crack on a high note. You might run out of breath or forget the words. You might try something that looks really goofy the first time. But if you’re working with a cast where they say, ‘That’s okay, let’s try it, see what happens,’ it involves trust. You have to trust the orchestra to play the right notes. Most of the time, they do. I’m trusting the conductor’s going to be there; if I’m in trouble, he’s going to get me out of it. It’s laying yourself open. You trust the audience that, even if I make a mistake, you’re going to be with me. It’s a cool sensation when it happens.
Joyce DiDonato, interviewed by Joshua Jampol in Living Opera, 2010. Jampol has just asked her about a quote from her blog: “Anyone who doubts that trust is no longer bankable today need only look at a musical rehearsal of strangers: it’s ALL about trust. And that’s only us players on the stage—it’s not even considering the audience, which functions on a different level of trust and surrender! The stage teaches.”
(via reconditarmonia)
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The Berlin Phil just posted this on their Facebook. I’m not sure what to say about this…
The caption: “Serious concert preparation.” I love it.
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