Not until January I'm afraid It's the Uni of Cambridge, so I have to go through the whole tedious interview process in December before they make a decision!

Ah, I see. Good luck with that Stephie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVprFtxyKTA

That made me chuckle... what a mad woman!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

And that made me grin!

Thank you very much!

Thats a shame about not having access to an Oboe

I'm hoping to go to uni to study Music and French, so i'm considering Cardiff, Manchester (but that means no French), Exeter (No music), Bristol, Leeds, Nottingham, or the University of Londond Institute in paris (only French, but where better to learn French than France!). I'm also considering a few music colleges, but only if they can offer me a year or 2 in France, or I might apply to study Music somewhere in France. To be honest, i'm not entirely sure what I want to do yet, but those are my options at the moment.

Good luck with your Cambridge interview!

Thanks

French is a good option! Of course, I might be biased, being half-French I would recommend the Conservatoire in Rennes, if you're planning to go to France. Of course, the Conservatoire in Paris is always a good choice!

Pretty much everything about today. Good day all round

Matthew climbing into a bin for me!

I hope it was an empty bin, Floss.

It was empty other than the contents of the bin in my room, and my house key...

Do I now know why Matthew climbed into it?

A nice chat with a friend!

Yip...

Christmas songs...!

I JUST PLAYED A HOWARTH'S S40 OBOE IN THE RNCM!

I am assuming by the ' ' smilies and the excited capital letter speech that this is the oboe you'd rather like to own!

NOOOOO!!!!! Don't say the "C" word, it's only October!!!!!

Indeed it is! I apologise for all the capital letters though...



Sorry! I tend to celebrate the, uh, 'C-word', a little early

I survived playing the piano at church, despite the sustaining pedal failing on me just before the service.

But as it is now past my birthday (last week) I'm now prepared to start thinking about Christmas songs. To be honest though as I have 3 none Christmasy concerts in late Nov early Dec I have a feeling the Christmas ones may sneak up on me.

YES! THE C WORD!!!!

I've been getting excited since we went back to school.... I love this country, there's just one thing to look forward to after the next. September is good because you get back into the rhythm of school, then you have halloween in October, then bonfire night in November, then my birthday, then the c word!!!!!

Ach, love it.

It's great, isn't it?!

Definitely! I also love the way the seasons change just as I get sick of the last one. So I get really excited about summer, and sunbathing, spending hours outside being silly, eating lunch on the field at school, sports day, holidays, the seaside, and then suddenly ka-bang, it's summer!

Then I get a little sick of summer, and how hot it is, and that there's nothing that interesting really, and the summer holidays are being very boring, and I start to crave roasted chestnuts, pumpkin pie, and ache to watch fireworks and have a bonfire, then what do you know, it's autumn!

Then it's getting cold, and I start seeing things in shops I'd love, or getting ideas about making presents for people, and start thinking about my birthday, and how much I love my family and friends, and the joy of sitting in front of an open fire, being all toasty, and how excited people get when it snows. THEN IT'S WINTER!!

Then it gets a little too cold, and I get sick of it being dark at 5:30, and I wish there were flowers, and wondering when it will be lambing season, and I can visit my friend's farm. Then it's spring!

And so the whole cycle starts again. That's what has made me happy today

Bobziekins, you should be a writer!

Hahah

Finally found a practical but stylish pair of boots that actually fit AND were about half the price I expected to pay.

Finally getting home and sitting down after a busy gigging weekend in Minehead

Nice one.

Nice one Bob too.

Finally managing to make my way all the way through one of my set-challenge pieces without falling to pieces

Visible progress gives such a nice feeling!

Wel done Sol.

(I was about to post a nice yay smilie, but remembered that you don't like them )

Good news Sol

(you're a very natural keyboard player, by the way : I was very impressed )

Haha... They are just too bouncy for my taste!



Ahhh thanks - everyone was really great, despite all their disclaimers about being no good!

Wish I'd practiced a bit more really but then that wasn't the point of the whole thing. We'll arrange a duet at some point

sbhoa has been sending me piano solos...

I was going through the Gnossiene this morning (inspired by DC) and think I'll probably be ok with it after a bit of time and practice... My teacher will slap her forehead tomorrow when she sees that I've found *another* piece I want to play. No bar lines just seems so wrong though...

It'll all happen again when I turn up with the Massenet sheet music the week afterwards! She must think I'm mental.

RNCM Woodwind Weekend. Enough smiles to see me through the week.

Oh gosh, go for it Sol

I suspect you'll find eventually that no bar lines will give you the freedom to play...well...how you like! No bar lines I think will be good for you, and you'll enjoy it.

We'll see!

Thank you for being a fine page-turner by the way!

No problem Sol

I am happy because I did not get wet on my morning run.

It's half term! and I've nearly done all my homework - just need to print off some pictures for Music, and learn my mock German coursework.

Just sent my essays off to Cambridge by special delivery, so I'll make the deadline after all!

Sister in law and brother in law coming for a surprise visit from Gibraltar! Scupered my plans for a night of serious practice though, whoops!

The fact that winter doesn't seem to have arrived (yet)...

The film Up----- classically good! Even the 2 15 year olds with me enjoyed it (when they went very doubtful).

I had to go to hospital this morning, and Fiona immediately got a taxi up there to be with me...

I couldn't quite understand to begin with, because you said 'I had to go to hospital this morning...', and I was wondering why that made your day

Of course I did! It honestly wasn't an option not to.

Best wishes to both of you for a speedy return to full fitness.

My brothers are coming to stay with us for a few days!!!