Bet you're not lol-ing now!

<polishes baseball bat in readiness for next Tuesday>

I'm off shortly to do a morning's happy music exam stewarding.

Off to Andante's this morning for our regular lesson swap.

Off to AmandaL's this afternoon for a violin lesson.

Somewhere between those two I shall find lunch and put up posters around the neighbourhood for my recital on Monday lunchtime.

Is this the B's and Birds one?

Music for diploma I'm accompanying for arrived this moning - photocopies . Now doing some research on the web to try and find out something about one of the pieces. Teaching piano later.

Had band practise. It went really well!

I finished my music for special events gcse music composition today

nope, I'm really not =(

Today's musical activity? Practicing so that whatever sonataforms plan is doesn't need to happen!

Good. I may not need to bring The Crusher after all.

Today's musical activity... singing along to the Emmerdale theme tune.

Today I played in assembly, went to orchestra and did figured bass exercises in music I also did 1 hour of piano practice!

none so far

Played for 30 minutes, am shattered and it sounded awful.

Aren't the best TV theme tunes those where you can sing the title of the programme to the first few notes of the theme tune? (eg Coronation Street -try it tonight and you'll see what I mean.... )

Musical activity today - teaching, and, arguably, printing parts out for the CD recording.

Tomorrow : teaching and SRP

Sunday : more CD recording work.

I just had my piano lesson, and it put a smile on my face! I played 'really well' according to my teacher!

This afternoon should have been rehearsing with accompanist.

Instead, spent the time practising with a backing tape.

See Viva Voice for details

Today:
Cello Lesson
Music lesson- composition, listening paper
Piano practise during lunch
Orchestra (cello), rest of lunch
Teaching piano
Composition work (starting soon!)

Today was oboe/flute lesson.

Planning to play my flute lots this evening - had it serviced on Tuesday and I had a quick play when I got it home and couldn't believe what a difference a few minor adjustments had made - maybe it's psychological but it just seemed to soar in the top octave Just waiting for the kids to go off to sleep before I go and make a start....

Was very frustrated Weds night as I had to go out and didn't get chance to play it, and then last night I fell asleep on the sofa

Got myself all psyched up for my A level recital this evening... then it got postponed due to a "crisis" in one of the boys' school houses. I want to kill whoever caused it- they nearly messed up my life.

It does make a difference

MTT: eeek

South London SRP today - good conductor I hope! Will see Willobie, Katyjay, Jo.clarinet, Barry-clari and perhaps some other forums members?

Orchestra

Revise intervals on Sibelius software

Practise the piano

Listen to music

Look at past grade 5/6 exam papers in preparation for June exa

THINK POSITIVE!

Choir rehearsal all day followed by evening concert...

Er, I guess we'll play nice music.

That's better!
*Puts pointy stick away*

The problem is when you're a flute you can't hide

*Reaches out for pointy stick again*

Might go an play some organ a bit later on. The only other musical activity I'm going to do is to listen to Radiohead.

A nice weekend - SRP this afternoon (Suepea's already mentioned.)

Singing in Church tomorrow morning.

Panic rehearsal/Serious Talk with accompanist tomorrow afternoon before recital on Monday.

Except in the orchestra I played in this morning in which there are SIX flutes! Insanio.

I play viola. And that was my musical activity for the day except for any practice which happens later.

Catching up on practice I haven't done this week having been ill. Especially violin - I have a new teacher who is doing lots of work on my bowing (it needs it!!) so lots of long slow bows on open strings and Kreutzer(sp?) studies

Music Centre concert tonight!

Brass Band and Concert Band rehersal earlier and Brass Band rehersal in a min

No, but I hate it. I freeze when I have to do solos. I'd much rather hide - it's part of my introvert nature.

I wasn't pleased when he told me today that because the first flute in Porgy and Bess won't be coming on tour, I have to do all the solos.

Yay!! a great opportunity to stop being introvert and go extravert instead.. go for it!
Brilliant and well done Nicki.
Can see the headlines now "Leicestershire's Leading Flautist Shines in Porgy and Bess"

no excuses now, Nicki, stop fussing around and play!!!

I am only being given them because the person can't do it, not because I am their first choice.

But I don't do extrovert! My music teacher told me I needed to show off more, because I am apparently too modest.

Tour's not til August but even so

Have you tried "acting" the role... "Today I shall play in the style of James Galway/Wib/whoever" - pretend you're doing an impression of a famous flautist...

No, cause I am not very good at that.

Or maybe it's the other way round, you're not very good at it because you haven't tried it .

No I have. Just before my solos today in orchestra, I tried to feel confident, and I still did them wrong. I just end up thinking "Who am I kidding?"

yourself, obviously

What do you mean "wrong"??? Do you mean not quite 100% perfect? Or so wrong that you were drummed out of the orchestra and told never to darken their door again? No I thought not I wouldn't mind betting it was only you who thought they were "wrong" enough to worry about, because you haven't said that the director made a big issue out of it. He's probably sensible enough to know that even professional orchestral players make mistakes. Why don't you tell yourself that yes, you might go wrong, but if you do, you'll play the wrong stuff with such panache that everybody will think it's right....

Well the first one was wrong in the sense that I wasn't actually playing in time. And the next one, he couldn't hear me (that was because I HATE soloing, so I go all shy and quiet). The next one was completely out of sync too.

As the soloist, they should all be keeping time with you! That's what I'd tell them anyway!

Just been to an 8-hour rehearsal for a musical (Carousel), and I have the same tomorrow

Nicki, if you were THAT dreadful, you wouldn't have been asked to replace the first flute on the tour - the conductor wouldn't want the stress of a complete noddy playing the solos, he'd have time to find someone else to do it.

So, since he hasn't looked for something else, I'm prepared to bet that he WANTS you to play the solos. And that must be because you're actually pretty good.