tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72150061895745463332009-11-10T08:11:35.772-05:00Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-32870135143716158042009-08-26T22:33:00.000-04:002009-08-26T22:33:00.251-04:00

Perhaps. Stay tuned...-- Post From My iPhone

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-57385785884054562972008-12-06T16:51:00.003-05:002008-12-06T17:00:19.758-05:00

This year was a bad year for blogging. It will go down as the year I lived on Facebook. It was fun though! This year was also a year of doing and not contemplating. A lot of concerts and teaching and chasing after my increasingly (by the hour it seems!) active family. However in the last week, I felt the need to contemplate again. All the sudden I am wondering how my career is going to turn out

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-72368651837087179702008-11-08T13:36:00.002-05:002008-11-08T13:43:56.303-05:00

Seven is a lucky number I think.Today I hold in my hand a sonata. One that was written for me. Four movements. And someone else wrote a three movement piece for me. So that is seven movements. The really cool thing is that both composers live here in Vermont.So I have three thoughts....1. Guess I am sort of worthy of being a violist in Vermont now.2. I am blessed.and 3. I have a lot of practicing

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Okay I think that I am ready to come back to this blog.If it's okay with you though-I really don't want to write a long post why I was away.Good...

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The Campagnoli project is going extremely well in the practice room. Now the challenge is blogging about it. A week (or two) behind in posting. Not to worry-this weekend it will happen.I finally had a good night's sleep for the first time in 10 days. This will help with the blogging thing...Middle son may not be autistic (PDD-NOS) after all. This gives me great joy. He can stay home with me in

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-66257739659983262702008-01-08T11:46:00.001-05:002008-01-08T11:48:38.544-05:00

I have started my new (and extremely) imperfect blog...41 Weeks of Campagnoli

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This has to be a wonderful way to see the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008.Listening to the Faure Piano Quartet and dreaming about the wonderful music to play next year...Have a Fantastic New Year!

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Starting next week, I will begin to learn all 41 Campagnoli Caprices as well as possible. One at a time. One a week in order...and I will write about it.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-74368704285517235132007-12-22T17:27:00.000-05:002007-12-22T20:01:17.850-05:00

It's been a great two weeks. For various reasons. And I hardly touched the viola! I went for many walks.I played a lot of Scrabulous (and still terrible at it).I listened to many non-classical recordings. I threw many virtual snowballs on Facebook. And updated incessantly.And communicated with old friends again...It was all splendid fun. All the snowstorms seemed to make the entire month festive

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-11714036264319142552007-12-14T21:32:00.000-05:002007-12-14T21:34:14.625-05:00

Facebook has eaten me.Will be back next week probably on Sunday when the snow storm arrives. We are expecting at least 2 feet.

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This was quite a strange week. Major snowstorm on Monday, school closed on Tuesday, stomach flu on Wednesday. But a good week in spite of this. Is it changed attitude? Is it the season? Not sure.Here's another in the shameless plugs for December.My sister-in-law is the best cook I know. She has the rare talent of taking leftovers and turning them in the most sumptuous gourmet meals. She also has

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-34948676816166204622007-12-02T10:40:00.000-05:002007-12-02T10:52:25.078-05:00

Nursing a bad cold today and just thinking about things and how life is really too short not to reach out to people or delay doing an important project because the timing is wrong.Therefore made some subtle but important changes in the last couple of days...how enigmatic is that?The next project will be here soon on a related blog link. (I've decided to give up the idea of the negative autism

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-84923148746288967522007-11-30T19:30:00.000-05:002007-11-30T19:38:57.658-05:00

Today was the last day of the recording challenge. It was the last movement of the Romeo and Juliet. And it really improved...even/especially the dotted rhythms. And suddenly my sound seems to have a lot more core and pithiness. But that could be a result of this week's performances. (More on that later.).So that is that. Yay.(But I don't want to stop. I will change my focus for the next project,

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-68751859251847652342007-11-29T23:46:00.000-05:002007-11-29T23:53:48.763-05:00

Managed to keep recording in spite of the insane schedule of the last two days. Two wonderful Messiah performances-ones that will stay in my memory and be the standard to judge future ones (alas!). There were also a few musicians who were so inspiring that I feel like there is a new direction to go musically if one takes a risk.I worked on Janacek this last couple of days and it's starting to

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-80121085239352527212007-11-28T10:10:00.000-05:002007-11-28T10:22:16.911-05:00

When I decided to do the recording challenge, I didn't have this concert booked at the time. And with the weather being as bad as it is, commuting times have been very long.Recorded only one thing yesterday, the chorus no. 39 from the Messiah. A part I was rushing and not anymore. And will do a similar thing today (hence the title of today's post). Now that I am working on rhythm intensely, I

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-52977672235327093432007-11-26T11:02:00.000-05:002007-11-26T11:05:56.761-05:00

Recording today:Handel Messiah no. 11-check!Romeo and Juliet-check!Campagnoli no.31-check!That's all for now. Recording done for today and now off to Hanover for rehearsals...See you tomorrow. There will be more time to write then.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-36703168280265495382007-11-25T18:58:00.000-05:002007-11-25T19:51:49.007-05:00

Today (and the last week) has been quite a downer. I don't know if it's the traveling or the lack of sunlight, but I feel quite sad and angry. Or maybe it's the cold...weather and condition. That's enough rant for now.Listened to excerpts of the Janacek on Amazon. And if I wish to buy it as an MP3, I can. But I'm not sure I want to. The sound quality of the singers is um, a little nasal for my

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-80151550504074263432007-11-25T09:18:00.001-05:002007-11-25T09:18:42.353-05:00

Today it's back to work.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-11996305631363215062007-11-15T18:49:00.000-05:002007-11-15T19:08:09.827-05:00

Yay Day 15...Fortunately practicing and recording was early in the morning because things got very very busy. Picking up food, realizing that I had someone else's box full of frozen food), a 3-hour doctor's appointment for the kids, travel, cooking, preparing for tomorrow's snow storm, and looking enticingly at the food intended for the someone else. (didn't know there was a such a thing as vegan

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-72511303353792700682007-11-14T20:32:00.000-05:002007-11-14T20:39:03.200-05:00

It was one of those days where every minute was tightly scheduled until an half-hour ago.Not a bad or particularly stressful day, but a busy one.Needed to record-I'm so close to finishing the first half of the challenge.Chose the Janacek pizzicato parts which happen to be very difficult.It's getting better but some notes are getting lost-in pizz, every note should be crystal clear. Back to work

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-34103026653252134422007-11-13T16:57:00.000-05:002007-11-13T19:11:18.676-05:00

I am getting so callous and desensitized to the voice recorder, that I will even record ahem, sight reading...And laugh at my note mistakes and bad shifting in the Caprice no. 31. And dropping my bow 10 measures before the end. (A quirk...tend to do this at least once a month. Fortunately only once in performance 15 years ago. Unfortunately it was the last part of Britten's Lachrymae. Every

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-77585243502004294702007-11-12T18:19:00.000-05:002008-12-08T22:52:23.768-05:00

Have to be honest...the first part of today was terrible. A playground trip turned bad when we got there and found that it was closed for the winter as of November 1.(And we wonder why so many children are obese in N. America...though I do remember that the playgrounds in Thunder Bay were never closed and it would be -30C for 2 months. Okay end of mini rant/comparison...)The worst thing that

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-74151022385903535302007-11-11T21:26:00.000-05:002007-11-11T21:30:04.127-05:00

More Romeo and Juliet this evening...and the rhythms are getting much better. Maybe this is also from the fact that last night I was sitting right in front of the drummer. And I could feel every bass drum note he played because the floor was rickety. Let me just say I know the Conga rhythm pattern really well now...

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-51752604084555216792007-11-11T19:03:00.000-05:002007-11-11T19:18:39.489-05:00

Various people have been recommending this over the other recorder I was hankering for. Still haven't decided which one to buy. The new one is much more expensive. But the sound quality has to be the important deciding factor. And I have to keep up the recording routine first.Still haven't recorded yet today. I do plan to in about an hour (using that loophole) when the husband is watching

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09313893978952879524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7215006189574546333.post-50842744183888922152007-11-10T10:39:00.001-05:002007-11-10T10:43:03.428-05:00

Not much to write today after big post last night.Worked on second half of first page of Romeo and Juliet "March of the Knights".Coming together nicely.Chord co-ordination good. Except the slurred octaves. Rhythm slowly getting better. Especially dotted rhythms. Busy day of teachings and groovy gig tonight.That's all...

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