Got up a little later than I wanted to this morning. Ran for roughly 45 minutes. I was glad to get to the practice room last night for almost two hours. Really dug into the Baker - Lonely City Suite and damn that shit is fast. When I was done last night I ended the first movement at about 60 bpm (beats per minute) and I'll tell you that 64th note singles at 60 bpm is a bit of a challenge. But the end goal and written tempo of the piece of 85 bpm is going to be a good ceiling and ultimately a great stretch for my hand speed.
I didn't get as much work done on the Koppel - Concerto for Marimba that I wanted to, but today is another day. Already started out well with a good run and a good stretch. Tonight I will re-focus on the Concerto and then polish some sections of Cangelosi's- Wicca. Wicca will take a large amount of focus on each and every note for the proper emotions to be conveyed. I can't just play at the notes and get through it, that's already been done. Just like every other piece on this recital, this piece was chosen for its connection to spiritual sounds that I hear and more importantly feel. The feeling is the utmost important part of this piece, it really needs to feel right. This goes for every piece on this recital, they all need to feel right. The last thing I want is just to get up in front of friends and family and just play some notes for an hour. It needs to be an experience, at least for me but hopefully for those who choose to show up as well.
There's more to this world than just going through the motions. If more people, musicians specifically, could understand this concept perhaps our orchestras and art programs wouldn't be suffering so much.
"Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, as well as it can be done, and do it that way every time." - Phillip Toshio Sudo
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