I don't know if I have told you guys this before, but I am a music major. I am at a 2 year college getting my associates in music performace degree, but I will transfer to a 4 year university and I will get my choral education degree. I want to teach high school choir. Today was a very important day for all the music majors at my school. Today was what is called juries. This is where all the music majors perform for all the faculty on their major instrument. What happens is if say you were a singer, like I am, you would go into the room they tell you to start, and you sing a song. They each have a copy of your music and they take notes on your singing while you are singing. After you finish your first song, no one claps. Everyone just finishes taking notes and after they finish their notes for the first song, you sing a second song. Again they have your music, so they know when you mess up and they take notes through this song as well. When you finish your second song, you leave. No clapping or anything. It's kind of nerve-racking, but I've done it a few times so it's not as big of a deal for me as it is for others. Like I said today was this day. It was kind of a crazy day, but after my jury was over, it was all fine. The faculty pick about 10 students out of all the music majors to perform in an honors recital. I wasn't picked, but to me it's not a big deal. For me if I make, then I make it, but if I don't make it, then it's okay too. It would be cool to make it, but it's not the end of the world that I didn't.
This week is getting down to crunch time. Not only is it almost finals week, but there is a performance almost every night, if not every night, for the next couple of weeks. And all the students are in at least 2 different ensembles. I am in 2, but it's crazy. Tonight is dress rehearsal for the percussion concert and tomorrow is the concert and then Saturday is the dress rehearsal for the choir concert and Sunday evening is that concert. So on top of homework I have to practice like crazy to be ready for the concerts and on top of that I still have to work. It is really hard to work and go to school, but it needs to be done. On top of everything else, I woke up yesterday morning with a stomach flu and some sort of cold. I don't have a sore throat, thank goodness, but I have a cough and a stuffy nose. Wish me good luck everyone that I can get through these next couple of weeks without dieing. Wish me better as well haha.
