03.22.09

Frustrations

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:38 am by Abby

One would think a student who pays a good 6-7k a year for tuition only would be at a university that can take care of its students.  As it is, I’m only barely ‘tentatively’ accepted to student teach this fall.  Why?  Because the university isn’t updating my audit to get rid of the small list of classes that /I don’t need/ for my degree.  As a piano major, I don’t take vocal diction, and I’m opted out of group piano lessons.  But they’re still listed anyways.  The music department sent in, over a month ago, for the corrections to be made but the university has yet to make them.  If they don’t get around to it by the end of this semester, I won’t be allowed to student teach.  -_-  Not annoying at all…

Hopefully they get things done!

03.01.09

My Senior Piano Recital Day

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:52 pm by Abby

9:00 am – I get up, take a shower, and eat a light breakfast of Blueberry Mini Wheats.
10:00 am – warm up scales on the piano, start painting finternails, Alia comes online and I begin rp’ing with her.
12:00 pm  – Finally finish fingernails.  Still rp’ing.
12:15 pm – Eat a light lunch of one pizza slice.  Still rp’ing.
1:30 pm – Finish getting ready to leave.  Still rp’ing.
1:40 pm – Leave for campus.
2:00 pm – Arrive on campus, change into formal, head to the concert hall to find Dr. D already there.
2:10 pm – Begin working on warm-ups again.
2:15 pm – Parents arrive.  Get programs put out on music stand in the lobby.
2:35 pm – More people begin to arrive, I go backstage and sit there waiting to begin the recital.
3:00 pm – Call the technician because he didn’t get the broken piano string cut off of the second concert grand.
3:05 pm – Begin the program.
- Slight mistake in Prelude in D Major by Rachmaninoff, repeat about four measures and on track for the rest.
- Rock out on Polichnelle by Rachmaninoff.  Hey, I knew I’d not get it perfect no matter the tempo.  So boo-yah.
- Discover that nail polish and glissando’s don’t mix.  Leave lovely blue streak down half the keys of the $100,000 concert grand piano.  Oops.
4:00 pm – Everyone claps, little cousin, looking VERY proud, carries up two bouquets of a dozen roses. I give one to Dr. D.  Little cousin comes back carrying a blue gift bag which she gives to me, which I then give to Dr. D.  Dr. D says I really shouldn’t have.
4:30-ish – I give my little cousin one of the roses from my bouquet.  She was still holding it with both hands, kissing the rose, when they leave.  ^_^  So adorable.
5:00 pm – I change clothes, go with my cheer squad to the mall.  Parents and other family members head to buffet.
5:20 pm – get sixteen inches cut off of my hair.  It’s now chin length which is shorter than I’ve ever had it before.
5:45 pm – Arrive at buffet and eat with family.
7:00 pm – Return to my place.  Share the fun with friends.  More RP’ing with Alia.