nothing major has been going on, really. basically, the biggest thing that's happened recently is going to the symphony. the springfield symphony had a concert this past saturday night, and the music department gets tickets for free, so hey why not take advantage of that. they played two pieces by beethoven, and a piece by a contemporary composer named lowell liebermann. that was definitely my favorite, by far. our piano professor, dr. d, played the piano solo in the concerto.
i was so impressed. i mean, not that i was expecting crap, but i had no idea what to expect and it was amazing. dr. d played a little for us in our class from the last movement, and putting it together with the rest of the orchestra fit so well! we actually got to meet the composer; he came to the area on tuesday, and talked at wittenberg on wednesday and friday.
it was really neat to get his insights into his job - he writes full time on commission. that's all he does - write music. unbelievable. the whole night was just nice to get out, get a little dressed up, and enjoy some really spectacular music.
the rest of the weekend was okay. rachel and i took a trip to michigan to take her friend to her boyfriend's. it's only about three hours from here to michigan, i thought it was a lot longer. guess i'm just used to coming from elyria. sat in a car for about 6 hours... jammed to a lot of songs! haha.
lauren and i also went bowling this weekend. i hadn't bowled in such a long time, and i did pretty well considering the circumstances. my best was 136, which is impressive for me!
but this cop kept following us and watching us the whole time, and it was so annoying because we weren't doing anything remotely suspicious, so why waste your time on us when the drunken hillbillies next to us almost got in a fight, and the wanna-be gangster pre-teens on the other side of us were trying to be cool and practically slid down half the lane. ugh, it's so annoying. can't i enjoy anything without being stereotyped or prejudiced against?!
anyway...
just waiting until i can go up with lauren to the gym to play raquetball. i need the exercise. though i have lost weight, 'cause i got to go down a size in the new jeans i bought!
oh! my friend katalin asked me a wonderful question today, and i think i'm going to try to end every blog with it from now on. she asked: "what's the most beautiful thing you've seen/experienced today?"
so - in music history today, we're talking about the end of the renaissance and into the baroque era, and we listened to an english composer. he started using different intervals of thirds and sixths, rather than just fifths and octaves. the harmony was incredible! it was all i could do not to close my eyes and drown in it.
so there. my little moment. yay!
in case you were wondering about the title of this blog, i'll tell you. today in piano, we were practicing our minor scales. we just happened to be running through f minor, and when we were done with scales, dr. d randomly launched into a story about how he has millipedes in his house and he had to kill one. he said they were the cutest of all the insects, and that my fingers playing the f minor scale reminded him of millipedes. it was just really funny, 'cause we had finished the scale and were waiting to go on when he jumpes into this really random segue!! that's definitely one i'm going to remember.
until next type.....
