 |
ahhhh, spring
School's out! I spent an hour weeding in the garden yesterday - life is good. There are a few things to do at the U related to the big move out of East Quad - today, we move 9 pianos. And then unpacking in our new office. But the end is in sight, and I'm looking forward to the new space, with a baby-grand and ample space. I guest blogged for the RC-at-large about my first day as a piano mover - check it out here
My summer plans include the Walla Walla Music Festival, started five years ago by Brave New Works' own Timothy Christie. It is a wonderful chamber music festival in Walla Walla, Washington, home of the famous Walla Walla wines. I am very excited to take part in it for the first time - I miss my colleagues, and I'll get to play super wonderful repertoire (Schubert Bb Piano Trio, Mendelssohn Viola Quintet, some Dvorak, Albright and Sheng maybe...). Tim's concept is also quite extraordinary - take a look! Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival I intend to finally finish the Lullaby CD over the summer break. It is high time. I think the chances are good that I may actually be able to do this: we've heard of this wonderful time between the UM finishing up and schools still being in session (for two months!), and this year we'll get to experience it for the first time. I'm setting the bar high so I wont' slack off: practice for 5 hours every day, paint the house, finish the current CD projects, start thinking of the new ones...that kind of stuff. Also, I have discovered some alt-techniques (thanks to Brad Phillips, whose playing never stops amazing me), and I need to work on those. I feel like I am slowly finding my blogging voice, and stuff to write about (that I think might be interesting to people and not totally self-serving). I am planning a series of musings examining transitions, creativity and creative processes. Here's the introduction - as always, comments are appreciated! Finally, in August we travel to Europe to play some concerts - so far Mark and I have three dates in Finland, and we're working on getting some more. I'm looking forward to it already - now we just have to get through the next three weeks... |
