My Recent Feelings

How hard is it to not talk? Think about that for a minute. I think that it is pretty easy. Maybe it takes some tact. I just feel that there are some times when you need to be quiet. Among those times is when people are trying to get things done. Case in point: choir rehearsal. We have a concert this Sunday. That means that this Wednesday and Saturday are our last rehearsals. You would think that there might be a sense of urgency among the members. I could not be more incorrect. I understand that we sound really good as a group and that there is nothing drastically wrong with any of our pieces. But can you just not talk every time the director cuts us off? The kid who sits behind me responded to my seriousness with the statement, "well, this is Men's Chorus." Yeah, but there was more discipline in my high school concert choir. If we would've talked every time our directors cut us off, they would've eaten our faces off. In all seriousness, I feel like they pushed us to a high level of musicianship. That obviously was not the case with the programs from which my fellow Men's Chorus members come.

Now, I'm not a total choir bitch. I know those people. All I want is for people to use rehearsal time to its full potential. I feel like this would definitely be the case if I were in one of the more advanced choirs. However, they are thick with choir bitches. And I HHHAAATTTEEE those people. I put up with several of them in high school without physically harming a single one. Way to go, me. However, I do not think that I could restrain myself now. Whatever. We'll see.

So, this May-term I am taking Music Theory 1/Ear Training and Sight-singing 1. I feel like the material will be easy enough, but it is a semester's worth of class time in like, two weeks. I guess that is why you only take one class during May-term. Then this Summer I will be taking Music Theory 2/Ear Training and Sight-singing 2, History of Western Music 1, The Viking World, and Ancient Civilizations: Rome. I'm pretty excited.

I have yet to meet with a study abroad advisor. I should definitely do that this week. Need to get that sorted out. I want to be in Glasgow next year.

Have a good one, readers