Presto = Fast Paced = Tired Music Student
Photo Credits: Wendy Rollin – www.teachchildrenmusic.com Life as a music major is quite interesting. Practicing 3+ hours, having 2 hours of ensemble rehearsal, plus at least 3 hours of music classes...
View ArticleThe Atomic Blast
There are many ways you can interpret this image even though it is a very difficult one. We can observe the faded nuclear symbol in the center that looks like it’s pointing in a specific...
View ArticlePreparation for Competition
My violin teacher at Penn State has nominated me for the 2014 School of Music Scholarship Competition in March. I will be playing Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 “Romance” and the first movement of...
View ArticleFallibility of Social Media
Facebook and a Twitter are probably the number one outlet for news in this current day and age. It it most likely the ease of access of “news” that makes it a quick stop for daily trends. I am...
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Source: news.psu.edu Tonight is opening night of the Penn State School of Theater’s Into the Woods. It is a musical by Stephen Soundheim that intertwines several plots of Brothers Grimm fairy tales....
View ArticleThe New Recital Hall
Source: news.psu.edu As of last week the Penn State Senate approved the plans for the School of Music to build a new recital hall / performance space. The plans include renovating our current hall...
View ArticleAnalysis of “Clocks” by Coldplay
The song Clocks, by Coldplay is one of the most well known songs of its genre. After receiving a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2004, it rose to fame being used in many movies and commercials. The band...
View ArticleSanctions or Not?
As of Friday, April 18th, 2014, the Paterno side of the lawsuit will continue to argue against the sanctions put on Penn State due to the Jerry Sandusky scandal. According to court documents filed...
View Article3 American Doctors killed in Hospital
According to Fox News, three American doctors were killed by a Afghan security guard who opened fire in a Kabul hospital. Two of the doctors are believed to be father and son and the other a child...
View ArticlePhilharmonic Concert
The Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra, in which I am a violinist, will have its last concert of the semester this Monday, April, 28th. We are playing Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in A minor – “Tragic” 105...
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