Oh heyyyy 2015! Seems like the last six weeks have gone by so fast. What have I been up to? A lot, but not much in the world of clarinet, unfortunately. I had a feeling Hawaii would not be good for my clarinet playing, but it turned out to be REALLY bad for it. Its […]
Finally I have a bit of time and I thought I would post about my Navy Band audition nearly three (!) months ago. If you don’t feel like reading a lot today, here’s is the long story short…I felt extremely prepared, and I probably played the best I’ve ever played in an audition for a […]
Well, we’ve been in Hawaii for a week. Its been interesting, that’s for sure! I basically went straight back to work too, which was good for me. I had a whole month off, so I was pretty much ready to get back to it. I spent the last few days of my leave in Colorado […]
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since the last time I posted. A lot has happened since then…most notably is that we are officially homeless. That’s right; Ben and I have no official home. I detached from the Fleet Forces Band and we moved out of our apartment a couple of weeks […]
Phase 2 is complete! Wow, the last four weeks certainly went by fast. In fact, it feels like I just started this whole process just the other day, but it was 8 weeks ago! Anyway, back then I really wasn’t sure what I would focus on in “phase 3”, other than a two week “taper”. […]
7 weeks down. 3 weeks to go til the audition. Can it be over now? I’m starting to get exhausted. And honestly, I don’t feel that optimistic about my abilities on most days. But maybe it has to do with the fact that I’m recording and critiquing myself every day. I have been trying to […]
So here’s an update on my audition preparation. Yesterday was the last day of “phase 1”, aka the woodshedding phase. I am happy to report that I have everything pretty much under my fingers. “Pretty much” being the key words here…some excerpts are certainly not clean (*cough* Dance of the Hours *cough*), and the Rossini […]
Finally, there’s an opening in the Navy band in DC! I’m trying not to be too overzealous about it…I have to win it first. Since the last few auditions haven’t really worked out that great I’m determined to approach this audition in a new way. One of my colleagues (who is actually going up to […]
Honestly, I can’t believe its been three years since I shipped myself off to navy boot camp. It feels as if the three years I’ve actually spent in the Navy has gone faster than the eight months that I had to wait to go to boot camp. Crazy how that is. I’ve never truly regretted […]
A few weeks ago, I clicked on an ad on Facebook about getting some samples of reeds. I’m always up for new reeds, and I’m always up for trying something new. I entered my address and info, and promptly forgot about it, until a few days ago, when I got a package in the mail. […]
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