8/30

It is Tuesday, and I have had two days of all of my classes. I'm pretty sure they are all going to be great.

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I begrudgingly wake up at 7 to get to Theory by 8, but we're covering a lot of cool material and it seems to me that the professor knows what he's doing this time around. Then I have Physics of Sound at 10, which might live up to how cool it sounds, but I can't really tell yet. I'm excited for the knowledge, but not excited for the lab. And after lunch I go to Singers II, which should great, par for the course.

Tuesdays and Thursdays, I wake up in the same state of mind at the same time to get to Piano at 8, which should be a breeze. The teacher is really sweet and she manages class time well but I can progress faster than she can teach the whole class. Then I have Aural Skills, which will probably also be easy and with a cool professor, and after that is my Ethno class, Music Cultures of the World. Not only is the professor one of my favorite professors in 3 semesters of school, but we're covering a lot of stuff that I already understand... throat singing, Ewe people and African music, Gamelan... should be excellent.

Mondays and Wednesdays after Singers I go straight to Percussion Ensemble for an hour, then take some equipment upstairs to Brass Band for two hours, then bring it back and hang out with Jose Aponte in Brazilian Ensemble. It'll be pretty stressful having rehearsal from 12 to 5 two days a week, but it's soooo much better than a desk job.

Wednesdays I have South Indian Ensemble, and I would tell you how that is but it hasn't met yet. So more on that... Thursday? Remember, Mondays and Wednesdays are pretty busy.

I have one lesson on Friday afternoon, and the other one hasn't been scheduled yet. Looks like lots of class time, but hopefully a lot of time to do homework, practice, transcribe, jam, and maybe a little down time just for sanity's sake.

If anyone knows a good marimba solo, I need one for lessons. I'm pretty picky when it comes to a good mallet solo, but I'm always up to listen to new material.

Hope you're having a good semester/life
M