This Week's Recital

It's a Go...

Had a slow run through with the Clarinet tonight on the first movement of the Beethoven Trio. Chamber Music Teacher gave it a green light so we will be working on it for the December recital. I had practiced the first minute (up to the F chord) at half speed using "Audacity". The F chord is a real challenge. Almost as bad as when I first learned it on the guitar.

The Guitar trio is sounding pretty good. I forgot my camera this evening or I would have recorded our "dry run". Recital is October 20th and 23rd so we have another week to tweak the dynamics, etc.

Other exciting green lights this week:

Booked 10 day trip to Costa Rica to visit a friend for Winter recess.

Booked 33 day trip to China for intensive Mandarin for June 2010.

Something to Look Forward to - Maybe?

Chamber music class teacher just assigned me the cello part tonight.

Hopefully, I'll get to play this for the December recital.

Guitar Trio is coming along fine. We will perform it October 20th.

George Harrison and Leonhard von Call

Thanks to a Facebook friend I've learned about George Harrison via YouTube.

Also, YouTube has a group playing the Leonhard von Call Guitar Trio in C Major which I will probably be doing for chamber music class.

Chinese, Chamber, Classroom Courses

As August comes to a close and I finish my TESOL certification, more distractions rear their ugly heads. One is the start of the fall school semester. Courses in Classroom Management, Mandarin Chinese, and Chamber Music begin. Substitute Teaching begins. Chamber Music class has guitars this term so it looks like I'll be doing double duty. I do seem to thrive on a little stress. The trick is knowing what's "a little". Found a neat site "Skrittle.com" for practicing Chinese characters. Still hoping to learn 800 by next summer.