woah!

so, it's the holidays now......

i was at uni for AGES on thursday and friday....
thursday...think about 9am-7pm.
Darn...i think i have blogged this, but it didn't save....! What's the go?!?!

Anyway, so Friday I had this recording thingo.
Thanks to sam for helping out.
monique did really well. We did like, ten songs....intense!!

And so, coincidentally, some guy came in and sat in the recording session. He didn't say a word, didn't make a sound, didn't interrupt or anything.
Turns out he's an Italian conductor. And he's played horn with some big names and met some famous people and all. Conversing with him was quite hard...lucky monique knew some italian..! (His english was fairly broken..!) Wow, they had like, a full-on talk. hehe

missed the Caltex dude, at the expense of sitting in the con foyer :) (a pastime I know enjoy quite regularly..!) Had a rehearsal on friday arvo/evening for TRIO REGINAE. (Did i unveil that already..?) Jazz and wyvern was that night. Managed to have beer spilt all over me, have yet more scratches from heels and the like courtesy of other people; I always go to turns and stuff and come back with battle scars.

got up late on the weekends...gosh, haven't been able to do that in a VERY long time! felt so good! had jude's music prac on saturday...that went well :) we played on sunday (obviously..) we rocked....maybe not as much as we could have if ben were there, though..!
Went to inkari on saturday and sunday nights..!
Saturday was to listen to the live latin band :) totally cool. the band really liked us (probably because we were a group of people, rather than just like, two people..) the guitarist even came out and said hi to all of us...making sure he shook everybody's hand! hehe :P When we tried to go (xing was getting a takeaway coffee), one of the guys, i think the string bass player was like, "takeaway?! No! No takeaway!"
"oh, sorry, i have to deliver this coffee..I'll come back next week!"
"you break my heart..!"
hehe. Too cute.

then went again on sunday night coz it was a lygon st night. we were supposed to split up into groups and stuff, but it ended up being one MASSIVE group at inkari; we took up the entire outside, and half the inside! hehe. :P (splitting the bill was a nightmare though, and a huge headache ensued...!) good times, good times :)

monday i had a piano lesson. then had sushi for lunch :)
the lesson went well, which was great. lots to work on, lots of work to do..! but at least i know where i am at the moment! i've put my name down to play the first day back in a masterclass with stephen mcintyre. i am really shocked i did that. but i've been dying to play for him. but i'm not sure if i'm ready or not..! argh!

the ACO concert broadcast on monday night was wonderful. they played beethoven 5, in the midst of a bunch of things. but they were using this urtext version that had beethoven's tempi. and how sprightly it was!!!

"so what are you doing for the rest of the day?"
"wishing that somebody (read: interesting man of some description) will ring me up and ask me to dinner :P"

tuesday night (last night), i went and saw the st lawrence string quartet play at hamer hall as part of the musica viva series. it was a great concert. i went with mel (thanks a bunch!!! i hope you had as much fun as i did!) after alex pulled out, and i messaged/emailled a bunch of people, it turned out to be just me and mel :) it was great. :) i'd forgotten how beautiful hamer hall is!

cameron hill is now playing the stravinsky violin concerto in the final of the young performer's award.


Concerts I have missed:
Friday night: VCA plays Mahler 5; muco at St Paul's.
Saturday: Girton college cambridge choir at Trinity College. (Also, trinity college choir)
Sunday: MYO plays tchaikovsky
Monday: ACO Concert (didn't actually see it)
Tuseady: lucky i finally went to a concert. but i missed an Impressaria concert.
Tonight: seeing the YPA final at hamer hall. i am listning to it, but perhaps I shoulda gone to see Cameron (and the other two talented soloists).....I woulda run into a zillion con students!
Upcoming concerts: thursday - The Stiletto Sisters (I have no idea, i got a flyer; looked interesting...). Friday: Spring Early Music Festival: Melbourne Collegium @ Newman College Chapel.

"look at you, all social!"
"wow, am i a gig-freak or what?"
haha.

"interested in seeing the st lawrence st.qt tonight@hamer hall? student rush $15, 7.30pm. i'm going with a coupla friends, need a muso friend too!"
"sorry mate i have to work tonight :-( good luck finding a muso! Hava good night, bless ya"

Gigs.
Messages.
Lack of $.
Want to go out.
The social life of a musician...?!