random thoughts

*bach was a genius. he remains one of, if not, the top, favourite composers. just look at his stuff. absolute magic. my old piano teacher once said "listening to bach makes me believe that there is a god" (although she was a christian lady...). i think it has that quality too. perhaps it was seriously inspired by god.

*groves is by far the most amazing resource for finding stuff out about western art music. the online resource is fantastic. even for finding out opus numbers, keys, the life of little-known composers. it's there. totally awesome!

*despite my final exam being today, my diary kinda reads like this:
Tuesday - return library book by 10am, after photocopying; practice in the basement because it's not worth coming home and walking back again; exam 11.30am; meet friend to return something to him 11.50am; eat lunch; meet friend for rehearsal 1.30pm; accompany said friend in exam 2pm; meet somebody to organise instrument loan (which was rather unsuccessful) 2.30pm; rehearsal 3pm.
Wednesday - no sleep in; mss executive meeting with the dean 9am mmm.....; mss executive meeting with office staff to organise open day (i should make a note that i have to nip over to the med faculty for apollo..!) 10am; go to friend's music lesson to accompany him 12pm; dinner with small group at night.
Thursday - perhaps meeting up with a friend in the morning; dinner: with a few friends, including a friend who is on holiday in australia, from high school in usa (haven't seen her for about 5yrs, so yay!)
Friday - coffee with some old school friends and my ex-principal; production meeting with theatre manager 1pm (urgh..); flight departs 8.30pm.

i told mum to book my flight for after business closing time so that i could complete all my business then.
yes, my business and pleasure unfortunately can't be separated (most of the time). oh well. it just means that when i go home i have limited communication means and can't get my business done as efficiently. at least i cope with it most of the time! wow, if i ever had a family, i think i'd be one of those mums who was always on her mobile..that's pretty bad..! :S

*i got a really cute letter from the secretary of the friends of the library. it was very cute.

*stuff to work on over the 3-week holiday (time at home):
-beethoven cello sonata
-ravel concerto
-recital programme, including bach (plus new bach), beethoven, chopin, rachmaninoff, debussy, rautuvaara (sp.?), perhaps ravel. i know, there is too much repertoire there. and i have to pick..?! how unfair is that?!
-accompaniment stuff for voice: poulenc, finzi, faure
horn: strauss, saint-saens, stuff in general...
-figure out apollo stuff
-melbourne welcome
-urinetown, including practicing the piano part

i think that's just the start of it...!

*time is ticking....ten months :P hahahaha. if you know....hehe! if you don't....you might have to just wait those ten months to see what happens! sorry..!