Things I missed,…

I also like

• cheeseburger and fries-Thanks Maggie
• Coffee
• granola
• the odd beer/ glass o wine
• taking pictures on my amazing camera
• deep fat fryers
• Schwantner, Husa, Colgrass, Daugherty, Welcher, Hindemeth, Persichetti, Harbison, Clarke
• Dead Elvis
• changing my facebook status
• being married
• Brown, Purple, Black, Light Blue
• socks without holes

Things I like:

• TV SHOWS-Criminal Minds, Hells Kitchen, Merican Idol, Reaper, Grey’s Anatomy, and Big Bang Theory.
• I <3 having a laptop.
• I like pizza, tacos, hamburger helper, and VEGGIES, mmm
• my ipod
• my french horn
• nice suits
• my doggies-abigail/buddy
• my family and friends
• my teal car
• Christmas socks
• sleep
• badminton
• bocce
• band
• Vancouver, Harrison Hot Springs, and Galliano Island
• Banff
• School
• reading
• teaching
• sitting in front of the fire
• my headphones
• UBC
• UWO
• MY WIFE <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

AND a random picture

1st Year of MMUS-DONE! WOO!!

I am about to drive into Western to pass in my last paper, and bring back a zillion library books.  This is the final official drive into the university until September!! I don’t know what to do now.  I am in limbo, I am waiting to hear whether I got into the Michigan summer program so I can’t start preparing.  AND Colorado hasn’t sent me a rep list for their symposium so I can’t score study for that either. 

I am going to finish a small project that I started last fall and then I am going to begin reading Ed Lisk’s Creative Teacher Leader.   

I kind of want to go and party but that will have to wait for now. 

here is a random picture from my life,……..

grab bag ‘o’ news

• Got my computer back, it has been broken for about a week and HP fixed it!! YaaY!!!!
• Everyone is leaving London because it is summer time! boooo
• I am on page 8 of my paper and will finish it today!!
• After my paper I will be done for the summer. 
• I got a really cool sweatshirt yesterday. 
• I should be at the Canadian Rocky Mountain Festival right now with Regan but I can’t afford it. 
• I am looking forward to hearing from the summer conducting programs that I have applied for. 
• I am wondering if I should go to WASBE because it will be a great opportunity to network with potential teachers.  $$$$$
• I am looking forward to gardening, BBQ’s, sun, badminton, and ice tea!!!
• I need a job! I need to lose 10 pounds, I need some new shorts!
• Our house is clean, we have been working on it feverishly for 2 days now. 
• I am jelous that Regan will get to go to Chicago for the Northwestern conducting clinic. 
• I wonder if I passed my recital, I wonder if I passed my conducting seminar? 
• I am practicing French Horn everyday now because I want to be able to play the Siegfried Horn Call.  I am holding a french horn masterclass in a couple of weeks and I would like to perform it for them. 
• I will get to conduct the London Youth Symphony on Friday.  The repertoire is Saint Saens Symphony 2 and Rossini overture to something. 
• My in-laws are visiting for a week

Midwest Pt.1

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Don’t Drink and Blog!!

At this point, I have had too many drinks to make any sense!!! I will have to give a real update tomorrow!! By the way my friends rock!!!

High Five!!!

TO THE WORLD!!!!!

What a long nap!!!

Sorry Folks!!!  What a year!!! The school year just ate my time!!!! I will try to update you regularly on what is going on in my life.  Here  is the Coles Notes version of the year.

Professionally

• Conducted at the UWO conducting symposium for Gary Hill.  He was amazing, and I do not hesitate to say that I would love to study with him in the future. 
• Conducted at the York conducting symposium for Richard Blatti.  This went well, although he had no specific information to give me on how to further my technique.  That being said, I am sure he would have A LOT to offer if we had more than 12 minutes to spend together. 
• Conducted 2 groups.  The UWO symphonic band was the first group where I conducted Dusk by Steve Bryant, and Punchinello by Alfred Reed, and the UWO wind ensemble where I conducted Country Gardens, Arr. by Percy Grainger, and Circus Polka by Stravinsky. 
• I conducted the Lab orchestra for student orchestrations, and the London Youth Orchestra for a few rehearsals. 
• I was a TA for the first year conducting class.  WOW!! what a learning experience. 
• I took classes in score analysis, wind literature, private conducting lessons, research techniques, wind ensemble (playing the horn), and Symphonic band (again, playing the horn). 
• Next year I have to take: Research Seminar, Conducting Seminar, Conducting Lessons, Ensemble, and one other elective
• I am going to audition for DMA programs at the end of this degree,..Yikes!
• I was accepted into the CBDNA conducting symposium in Colorado, and I am waiting to see if I got into one in Michigan. 

To be continued,……