the rest of january consisted of getting back into school stuff and all the things that come along with it - losing sleep, staying up late to do homework, practicing all the time, having no social life...
the last weekend in january i went to the OMEA (ohio music educators association) statewide conference. it was so exciting, to say the least. last year, although it was not bad, it was just a lot of technical business stuff that i am not quite as interested in. but this year - this year, oh my gosh. the first night the "headliner" was Canadian Brass. holy. crap. i feel like a 5th grade trumpet player! they are a brass quintet, among the best in the world. and they played a concert for us. there was a really good mix of some baroque music along with stuff like the beatles and peter schickle. it was such a good concert. and for an encore they played a compilation of saints go marchin' in and the halleluia chorus that they will be playing for the Queen. that's right, the QUEEN OF ENGLAND. damn.
anyway, we stayed in an alright hotel that was connected to the cincinnati convention center. there were all kinds of workshops and seminars and concerts you could go to. i chose to go to one about band rehearsals. i thought it was going to be really boring, but -! it was AWESOME! this prof from youngstown state talked about how conductors can help their students interpret music and find the emotion and heart in a piece of music. it was so inspiring. a lot of what he was saying is totally up my alley, all my personal philosophy stuff. very optimistic and exciting and it was so wonderful. i left and i was like "alright, where's my band, i want to work now". lol. lauren and i went to the cincinnati conservatory of music's jazz ensemble, which was totally rocking. they're among the top music schools also. friday night was spent in the hotel room (and elevator) causing shenanigans.
it was kind of embarassing, actually, because rachel had the bright idea to ride the escalator in one part of the hotel. so we did. and we rode it down in front of the entire hotel bar. like, this bar was full of people. and we are just standing there on the escalator in our pj's. how professional. lolz. anyway...
saturday morning we went to a session on music advocacy and fighting to keep music in schools and part of the curriculum. they gave us some really good resources that referenced how music improves so many aspects of life, not to mention pure intrinsic value. so that was a good thing to end the conference on.
other than that, my life is quite average, haha. i go to class, go to work, eat, work on homework, practice, repeat...however, this weekend was just one big bad life choice ;) lmao. i went to a party last night at my friend's house. it was fine to begin with... but then it turned into a topless party... then a pants optional party... then a paddling party... and then let's just say that it is slightly difficult to sit down today :O i have a nice red stripe somewhere i really shouldn't!!! buuuuuut we won't get into too many details!
we had a superbowl party in my room today. quite fun. rachel kept yelling at the television and savannah kept yelling at her computer lab. i have pizza and wings in my fridge for lunch tomorrow though! :)
i promise i am trying to update this more... i just always forget about it for some reason. ugh. anyway...
yay monday!!!!!!!!! >>
soundtrack:
touch it/technologic live - daft punk
light lift me up - dmb
fool on the hill - the beatles
i did it - dmb
i want to hold your hand - the beatles
breadfan - ehspmb
some of these days - kevin spacey, beyond the sea soundtrack
breakfast at tiffany's - deep blue something
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