Finals Week

Christmas Festival was a great success!  After rehearsing every day last week, we were quite ready for our three performances!  It was so much fun getting to perform in the Festival, and I loved hearing the Concert Choir, Men’s Glee Club, and Women’s Chorale.  All the ensembles came together to make a wonderful Christmas event for the community.

Now the fun is somewhat over.  Finals week is quickly approaching!  This means that the majority of campus is completely stressed out, no one is getting enough sleep, and the local coffee shops’ profits are skyrocketing. 

 This is just the regular part of the school.  The Conservatory students have juries on top of all this, so our stress levels are potentially even higher than those of our non-Conservie peers.  There are literally no practice rooms available - we can only practice during our scheduled times.  

Accompanists are running around from one rehearsal to the next - thank goodness I found my accompanist a long time ago!  We rehearse on Thursday.  I feel good about my pieces.  I will be performing the first movement of the Elgar Concerto, the first movement of the Barber Sonata, and potentially the first movement of Bach Suite in C Major.  I can play them through quite well in the practice room, I just have to make sure nerves do not get in the way of all my preparation.  There’s the rub. 

Hopefully, with lots of coffee, prayer, and support from friends, we will all make it through these next two weeks.