Buon giorno (o notte) i miei amici!
Come stai? e io? Non c'e male. Il tempo e molto bene oggi!
Ok, finito.
Im just trying to recall my Italian...boy am I screwed when I go onto my next class...
Life has been the busiest it has ever been. Between school, training, practicing, rehearsals, and work I have time for just about nothing...and that inculdes HW. I don't work many hours but my busy schedule requires me to spread out the little hours that I do work over 4 days! its a lot of friggin driving...but my kids need me...and i want to teach them...so God give me strength.
I'm playing principal parts this year in the school orchestra so needless to say I am enjoying that very much. The repertoire this year isnt bad but it isnt anythign to be overtly excited about. This upcomign concert we are doing Saint Saens sympohony no 3 and otehr concerts down the lien will include Firebird and Sibelius 5th. Im also apart of the newly named Metropolitan Brass Quintet. This is truely a great opportuntiy and blessing for me as I am in an atmosphere of very high music making...definitely the highest I have ever been apart of...im REAL lucky to be in the group. i'm glad these guys and gal believe in me...most of the memebrs of the group have had extensive expereince with high-level orchestras and here's james...it is a challenge.
trainign has been going well. My throwing is out of shape but slowly my physical conditioning is coming around. I don't expect to be in good throwing shape until about late december before our indoor season starts. My goals of leaning my body are still in effect and Im pretty confident it will happen. I want to be at about 280lbs by January. Thatll be big and a bit leaner than my current 292lbs. Throwing technique involves a lot of physics that depend on balnce of body and proportion to make the concepts work...that woudl require me to gain more leg strength and lose some mass off of my torso. Do-able. Our crazy ass coach has decided to implement "gut-check" fridays in our workouts. Pretty much this occurs after our friday weights session and it comes in the form of a physical activity prolonged to the point where our bodys fail...and ideally our will is to take over and give us strength...im hurting right now.
I hope to audition for the Jacksonville Symphony in December. The only thing that will stop me is if they reject my resume...which is very likely...because I am only an undergraduate student...but mayeb theyll be nice. I do intend to treat this with very igh intensity unoike other auditioons I have taken...somethign in my brain assures me that I have what it takes to be competitive...
I got to catch some dinner with a good friend of mine the other night. It was a rather fun time...and any trip to Chipotle is hardly ever disappointing. Anyways, it was fun to catch up on things and we struck a very, in my opinion, important subject...which is the appreciation of classical music. It has been so unfortunate to see how modern society has pasted some sort of element of "sophistication" or "aquired-knowledge needed" attitude to the appreciation of classical music...that is a total setriment to art. it's a shame. This specific person started "well, I dont know much about classical music but I love..." with almost a tone of uncertain confidence...and she told me she loves Mozart...and I have no doubt she loves Mozart...jsut as much or more than the world's highest esteemed scholar of mozart...music is exploit the beauties within every individual...and the keyword is individual...the love doesnt occur in abook, a text book, a documentary...it occurs in the individual...and it manifests in a world only accessible through this type of love...anyone with the right heart can access it...it doesnt take knowledge...it takes heart.
I am off to bed...to rest an take on a day of classes fille dwith the "i havent prepared" fear...
until then,
arrivederci
