Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Back on some sort of track

So my life went a little haywire after my audition last Saturday, so this is my first post since then.

Violin: During the last week, I practiced a couple hours on tuesday and wednesday, none on thursday, and only one on Saturday. I realized I was going to get shit come pay day last night, so I tried to kick myself in the butt during the last three days. Here they are:

Friday:
12-12:30: Warmup
12:40-1:10: Beethoven Concerto
1:30-2:15: Mozart 39 mvt. 1
2:40-3:25: Beethoven Concerto
4:15-4:35, 5-5:40: Schumann Scherzo
7:30-8:30: Copland Symphony No. 3

Sunday:
11-12: Warmup, Beethoven
5:50-6:20: Mendelssohn Scherzo
6:30-7:30: Mend. Scherzo, Don Juan
7:40-8:10: Don Juan
8:25-9:25: Mozart 39 mvt. 1
9:45-10:15, 10:40-11:40: Schumann Scherzo

Monday:
10:15-10:45: Warmup
11-12: Beethoven Concerto
12:20-12:50, 1:10-1:40: Mend. Scherzo
1:45-2:15, 2:50-3:20: Don Juan
3:20-3:50: Schumann Scherzo
4:45-5:15: Brahms 2
5:25-5:55 Mozart Concerto
6:45-7:25, 11:15-11:35: Mozart 39 mvt. 1

As you can see I've been trying a new style of doing many smaller chunks of practicing, instead of always trying to make it through an entire hour at once.

Life: Many things happened in my life that lead to the lack of practice earlier in the week. My bow hair came out of the tip so I had to bring it in to get fixed. I got my violin tuned up too. On thursday I had two appointments at UofC and Northwestern, as well as a outing to the Congress Theater to see Explosions in the Sky. Saturday was my Mom's birthday. Last night I went to see a MusicNOW concert that featured film music of Golijov and Glass. It made me want to arrange some Glass for my band since there are surprisingly many similarities in style (Glass's obviously being superior, and thus arrange-worthy).

Practice Time: 20 hours for the week (4 on Friday, 5 on Sunday, 6 on Monday)