Patience and Faith

Or as they say In the Heights, "paciencia e fe." One of my favorite musicals reminds me to have patience and faith. Not only with my self and the process but, perhaps most importantly, walking along the path. The path that I've set forth is gearing up to be lined with some of the toughest obstacles that I've ever had to overcome.

It was important to take a little bit of a break from the recital the last few weeks, although this can be bad for practice routines and imaging it helps tremendously with my emotional/mental state. Let's be honest if you're not happy with your self/life then nothing really matters no matter how much you say you enjoy it.

After a quick realignment of the stars, I've got back to work steadily and on track to schedule my recital which is another whole story in and of itself. Basically School of Music procedures for scheduling recitals have changed and to make a long story short, I'm going to have to push my recital further back into the semester to make it happen without haste.

On top of the whole recital prep program that I've set out for myself I received audition music for the School of Music today which just means piling more on. Let it fill me up with notes and chords.  The time is now to show what I've learned and to show the sight reading skills a bit. Although I will learn this audition music properly, I won't have near as much time to prepare as I've had in the past for Ensemble Auditions but.... I can do this, I can do this well, and I can do this everyday. I've already gone through and sorted out the chords and some sticking options for the remainder of the night I will work on the snare drum audition piece as well as some sticking options for a few measures that I'm stuck with on the Koppel- Concerto.

I've definitely had to realign some priorities with practice schedules. Basically, I'm going to make sure that I have the mallet (keyboard) pieces imaged and in the bag before school starts. Then, since I read drum parts faster, I can dig out some of the multi-percussion pieces on top of keeping the mallet pieces polished.

That's the idea, I'm sure it'll change tomorrow as things always do. I just have to keep moving and adjusting and this major project will come together.