Posted in School of Music on Mar 26th, 2012 No Comments »
For those of you interested, I’ll be playing with the UBC Symphony Orchestra this Saturday, March 31st at 8 pm in the Chan Centre. Tickets are free but get there early, because they usually sell out! http://www.calendar.events.ubc.ca/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=30700443006B21A3033B44925C8705FA Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Fidelio Jennifer Higdon: Percussion Concerto Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 Raffi Armenian, [...]
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Last Tuesday the school of music brought in a speaker to give an introductory session on preventing and managing musicians’ injuries over the lunch hour. About thirty people came to listen, and almost all of them were injured or in pain in some way. In a faculty the size of music, that’s a lot of [...]
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Posted in School of Music on Mar 18th, 2012 No Comments »
Last Friday, some of my harp friends and I all played for one another. We were playing some of our jury pieces which we’ll have to perform for marks some time in April (juries are what we call solo performance exams). While I was listening to my two friends play, I couldn’t help but think, [...]
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Today was my third rehearsal with the symphony orchestra, and I can tell you now, it’s way better than before. I felt a bit lost at the first rehearsal (all right, entirely lost), but at this point I can come in when I’m supposed to, hit the notes I’m supposed to and play out without [...]
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Posted in School of Music on Mar 7th, 2012 1 Comment »
This Friday (March 9th), the harp quartet I am part of will be performing along with the UBC Chamber Strings at 8 pm in Roy Barnett Recital Hall in the Music Building. It’s totally free and promises to be a great concert. Please come out and support us if you can!
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Today was my first ever orchestra rehearsal. I have played harp in a large ensemble before today; I started playing too late in high school to ever in be in the Winnipeg Youth Orchestra. So naturally, I was nervous. Very nervous. After all, I’m a total newbie playing with people who are practically professionals, at [...]
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Okay, here comes another course evaluation, this time for MUSC 110, or Intensive Tonal Music Theory. Or something to that effect.
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Today I wrote my first university exam for MUSC 105! I think it went okay, and now I just have three more to go! Woo! Anyway, in the spirit of more course evaluations, today I will be doing a review for MUSC 120 (History of Music I).
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Just a reminder to everybody, course evaluations are due tomorrow night. These are important, because your input will help make the course better in the future. It’s always nice to know your opinion matters :) Anyway, in the spirit of course evaluations, I am going to give an overview of my courses for anybody who [...]
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Posted in School of Music on Dec 2nd, 2011 1 Comment »
A few days ago while I was having a class in the Music Building a few people in my class received an email on their phones saying that there was a burnt smell in the basement and would everyone please evacuate the building. A couple of minutes later, another email was sent saying it was [...]
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