this is for you...

okay, i'm updating. classes started wednesday. they all look good. i'm taking woodwind tech, high string tech, environmental science, conducting, lessons, and orchestra. at the moment conducting is probably my favorite class. but that's mostly because i love david e. becker. (he's the prof... new director of orch) he's my hero. our first class was from 1:30-3:30 on wednesday, but it seriously only felt like twenty minutes. i was so engaged the entire time. SO much better than debbaut's class. (in a funny side note, debbaut is now at the u of m... so feel lucky you aren't in orchestra....) woodwind tech is really hard for me because i don't play a wind instrument, thus it is much different than a string instrument. but i'm getting the hang of the clarinet now. i can get a pretty decent tone at the first try. which is progress. it's very satisfying to have a musical challenge like that. very invigorating. ahh...

my room is pretty much unpacked, but i still need to put up posters and pics and such... so pics of the room will follow soon, i promise. prolly this weekend, when i have some more time to work with.

ps. i have five students, but one of them i can't get ahold of and the only time i've ever gotten an answering machine is at one in the afternoon... sigh, but the rest of them are scheduled and it should work out. even if i'll be busy. kk, laters.