I handed my essay in. No matter how worried I was about it, now it's in and I can't do anything about it, so that's a relief.
Also, had a supervisor meeting and got my report from my tutor from last term, who I loved. It was entirely positive, with not a single negative comment, and I got high marks in every area.
Not only did I want that tutor to like me, but I plan to someday do a PhD involving something related to that module, so I'm very, very happy to have done well.

Slightly different from this (but still similar!), but I did the first module of my RE AS exam today it's such a relief knowing that it's done now, I can't change anything now

I bet you do fantastically well in your essay, Lucky, and well done on your tutor comments!

Thank you! Good luck with your exam results too!

ETA My friend's just rung me and asked if I fancy a free trip to France this summer. Best Day Ever.

Well done.

Thank you!

So pleased things are going well for you, lucky! You seem to work very hard on your essays, and it's lovely to have such a good report.

Well done with the AS RE, Fran. I hope you get the mark you want.

...having the day off to wait in for flooring company is giving me the opportunity to read some interesting threads on the forum!!!

£250 fell on my account today! It was my bursary...

Wooo hoooo

I know, it's great! It was an award that I was meant to get back in September, but I had to go to Northern Ireland to set up a bank account with the bank awarding it, so I only managed to do that last week! But hey, I have it now

A hugely encouraging lesson with a forum member!

An invitation to play Jazz Piano (grade 2!) at the local High Scorers' Concert on 7th March

I got a parcel with the music books I ordered in it's always nice to get (nice) things through the post.
I got grade 5 theory workbooks, model answers and practice paper. (Very scary stuff).
And grade 4 piano pieces, scales, sightreading. (Very, very scary stuff).

Not sure if it has made me happy or not... oh well, I like a challenge

Wow! Well done!

W

Wonderful Stéphie!



Like the sound of that !



Congratulations Suepea!

Coming home to find that the building work is nearly completed and we can start the great cleaning up operation!

Yesterday rather than today, but still...

A very enjoyable lesson, including a recommendation for a new descant...

Just ordered a new good quality piano stool!
After giving up on the stool that came with my digital piano that was at the wrong height and a chair with a cushion on top that never felt right I decided it was time I bought a comfortable stool so I can concentrate on my playing while sitting comfortably at the right height!!!!

Shame your name isn't Anne, I could have said "Happy Annie Bursary!"

that's dreadful haha

olive bread

Well my middle name is Aimée - could you maybe work with that?

I remembered the duet I'm doing with Amber at Teddington

My 'cello came home. And the repair cost a fraction of the (hugely varying) price (s) I'd been quoted by three other luthiers across London. This guy will get my business again & again. He was fantastic.

That's good : looking forward to seeing it next week

That's good : looking forward to seeing it next week
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I shall let you gaze on her ...... If I'd had fingernails I'd have bitten them down to the quick trying to fathom out how to afford the repair. The O.H. made it my birthday present...and got off much more lightly than he was anticipating

Ooh good - I'm sure he'd love to buy you some lovely new cello music to make up the difference!

Ooh good - I'm sure he'd love to buy you some lovely new cello music to make up the difference!
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Funny you should say that......I have a list

That's good!

I'm quite surprised, considering it hadn't been looked at since I failed to do it at the last Teddington gig, until about 2 weeks ago...

My piano teacher being very encouraging about Teddington (finally plucked up the courage to tell him )

Some very tough lessons coming up methinks


(this was actually last night but still happy about it, so I guess that counts )

The steelworks have had a temporary reprieve. They won't be closing at the end of January

Still not looking good long-term though.

It's raining. Not usually a but it's taking the snow with it.

Feeling ridiculously proud of all my sprogs at Guildhall today. Had three people observing classes and the sprogs were angelic in every way...

I went to see Daybreakers at the cinema and loved it!

I've been asked to play in a concert alongside 3 international concert pianists! I'm very very excited, but at the same time rather nervous of how good they all are and how umm "interesting" my playing is! Now I need to decide what to play, I'm doing a duet with someone, and then a few solo things.

Amazing news! Good luck!

I got my saxophone back from the repairer, after a two week wait. I was starting to worry about getting it back in time because I have an audition for the Essex Youth Jazz Orchestra next weekend! To be honest, it sounds and feels even better than it did before my... little accident (I slipped on a wooden decking after a concert on the way to the equipment room).

I'm so glad to have it back!

I found my Riverdance music for le grand concert tomorrow Ok, well actually I think someone may have stolen it, as said person then "found" it in their folder. I was not a happy cat. Anyway, just onwards and upwards with the playing now...

Played in a lovely concert in Galway tonight with my trio... the audience were great and we got a standing ovation.... unexpected but a great morale booster!

Playing quite well in a concert last night.

I have to admit we changed the bowing from what was written for one piece and I was sing a different copy from rehearsals and the last user of that copy had not marked in the changes. My bowing got upside down in parts as a result.

Today in year seven choir, the music teacher (predominantly a woodwind teacher) was trying to sight-read her way through the accompaniment for the songs, and was getting very frustrated with it as it was a lot of unusual chords. She then went "Argghh, this is no good, we need a proper pianist!" then asked me to leave the theory I was doing and play it. I was terrified because I can't sight-read, and I made quite a few mistakes, but nobody really noticed and I was just delighted that she thought highly enough of my playing for me to give it a go then as I was leaving, one of the really shy little girls who doesn't talk a lot grabbed my arm and said she thought I was really good at piano I'm not even approaching good in the real world, but that at least one person thinks I can play well has made me see that perhaps I'm really not as terrible as I think

My supervisor brought her dog in.

My daughter managed to get me something I really wanted for my birthday - a Puzz 3D of St Basil's in Moscow from eBay. I'm a Puzz 3D fanatic, but they aren't being manufactured now and I couldn't find one in the shops. Really looking forward to starting it, but it's my Choral rehearsal tonight, so i'll have to wait until tomorrow!

Finding out work are sending me to London for a couple of days for a course. Twice in a couple of months, woo hoo!!

Will you get a chance to invade the music shops?

Most probably Might also have to invade a practice room aswell. We don't have that luxury here so a couple of hours on a grand might just have to happen

Plenty of possibilities for practice places in London : if you haven't already, a bit of judicious research will come up with places.

Yup I've had a look and Londoners are spoilt for choice (that's the closest to green with envy I can find )

Well, I just couldn't come out of Chappell's without treating myself..



Grieg: Lyrical Pieces Op.12
Brahms: Waltzes Op.39
Scarlatti: Selected Piano Sonatas I
Schumann: Piano Works I Hardback (I like Kinderszenen so much I want more)

That's made me happy!

That should keep you going Sol! Will be very interested to hear you do the Brahms sometime, and the Scarlatti would be perfect for the Baroque/early music day