I won't be posting in the next week because it's crunch time for the Debrecen competition. Time has yet again pulled a fast one on me. My teacher as well. He told me yesterday that ("by the way") my music has to be memorized. Needless to say, I feel stressed. I KNOW I am severely under-prepared, and feel I have an extra responsibility to represent a standard of performance for students in America. I will, I think, be the only American in this competition.
I have been working very hard, but in a performance, people don't see that. They see only what you can do now. And now, I can only struggle through the two pieces (the Bozza Ballade and the Martin Ballade, if anyone is curious) with a plethora of mistakes. Oh, and did I mention that each competitor has an audience of all the other competitors?
I don't actually have time to be writing this. There's much more I wanna tell, but I seem to have whittled another perfectly good day with trivialities. Thank you to many people who sent me letters recently. I will reply to them as soon as I can allow myself a good sit-down.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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It's a good thing you're awesome or that would sound very daunting. YOU CAN DO IT!
ReplyDeleteDo your best with the notes, but when you get up there--play the joy, kiddo. Just play the joy. You always have time to prepare that. You'll be fine. Love,
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I beleive you can accomplish anything you choose to including this and MORE, but have fun as well
ReplyDeleteLove, Linda V.