Apparently in Virginia it was national disasters week because not only did we have a hurricane over the weekend, we also had an earthquake earlier in the week! We also woke up to yucky smoke on Thursday morning from a wildfire that was burning south of us. It truly looked apocalyptic!! The earthquake was the […]
Author: sandyclarinet
After achieving my dream of graduating from Eastman with my MM degree in 2009, I chose to not to go back to school for a doctorate (which is what many musicians do after their masters degree) and decided to go for it and pursue a full time performance job. After over a year of working an office "day job" and auditioning like crazy, I have won a job with the U.S. Navy fleet bands and will be shipping out in May 2011. But my auditioning adventures are not over, there is a position open in the premiere Navy Band in Washington D.C.! I will be auditioning for that position in January 2011.
Here I document my successes, my failures, and my overall thoughts on life.
Whoa! I can’t believe its been four weeks since I arrived here from boot camp! Its been quite a whirlwind since the last time I’ve blogged…. So I have been officially approved for acceleration at the school, which means I’ll be graduating on October 28th. I ended up having crazy fast turnaround time for approval […]
Well, I survived. I’ve made it through Navy boot camp and the first two weeks of “A” school. I never thought I would make it to this point, so it feels great. It was quite an adventure, I met some great people, met some not so great people, and I learned a lot about myself. […]
Finally! The day that I have been waiting for for over 8 months is almost here. I can't believe its been that long! Today is my last full day here, because tomorrow I leave Rochester, and Monday I fly out to Chicago, then get bussed to Navy RTC. I'm so excited to get this process […]
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Colorado trip
I’m back from my trip to Colorado last week. It was great! I brought my clarinet, but I ended up not playing at all. Its ok though! It really isn’t a priority for me right now. I’m going to get plenty of playing in the next four years! (or 20!) It felt really good to […]
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4 weeks left :-)
Soooo…less than four weeks until I leave for the Navy! I really cannot believe it is almost here already. When I first found out when my ship date was, I was so depressed, because the month of May felt like an eternity away. But I had a feeling that it would go by fairly fast, and […]
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A couple great articles…
Read this before reading my post… I recently came across this article and I wanted to share with all my musician friends. I feel like this author nailed it right on the head. So many teachers nowadays focus on getting the student to practice in a quantitative way, instead of a qualitative way. Its fine if you practice […]
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Copland and mental sabotage
Over the past couple weeks I’ve been preparing for the latest Ad Hoc concert this past Saturday in which I’m played in Copland’s The Tenderland Suite. I remember while I was in my undergrad at CSU, the opera department actually did the full production of this opera, and although I did not play in the […]
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Ch-ch-ch-changes!
Lately I have begun to realize that in the next few months my life is about to change drastically…and I’m having a ton of emotions because of it. I’ve fallen into the comfortable routine of going to work all day, then coming home and practicing. Not that I particularly like that routine…there’s just a certain […]
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Great article on practice habits
This is a great article about what attributes a great musician has when they practice from The Musician’s Way Blog. http://musiciansway.com/blog/?p=4586 What I love about this article is the lists of “deep learner” attributes vs. the “shallow learner” attributes. Mr. Klickstien nails it on the head for me, and explains it better than I ever […]
Sandy Herrera, Clarinet 