Thinking up titles for these posts is getting difficult. On my personal journal it doesn’t matter so much, but I’m trying to keep this blog at least a little bit professional.
This week I have been practising and doing paperwork, mostly. I found a part-time job to apply for, and did so. I don’t know that I’ll get it, but I think I’m in with a chance. I also dreamed up a job here in the Trinity library that I’m quite hopeful about but it does depend very much on whether funding is available, so I’m not sure it’s going to happen either. In any case I’ve done lots of work on my both my CVs (what is the plural of ‘curriculum vitae’?) and had a bit of practise at writing cover letters, all good to do.
I should be able to pick up my new phone tomorrow. I’m looking forward to it. Of course, I’ll need to hang on to my borrowed PAYG sim for a few days because of my temporary number being the one on my CV and job application. Ugh.
Practising is going well. I had made a very tidy chart of all the excerpts I need to learn for this year’s final and the plan was to get copies of them all and put them in a big ring binder, but I was stalled at the ‘get copies of them all’ stage for ages. Since they are all in two books that I already have, I’ve just started at the beginning of the probespiel and will work my way through, and when I’m done that I’ll start on the Mel Bay anthology. Sadly I can’t find my Mel Bay at the moment but I’m sure it’s in a box or a pile of music somewhere in my room, and I’ll be at least a few weeks getting through the Probespiel anyway. Good things about starting at the front of the Probespiel: playing the Quoniam from the Bach B minor Mass, which is excellent. Bad things about starting at the front of the Probespiel: playing the Quoniam from the Bach B minor Mass, which is high and tiring. Good warm-ups are essential when working on repertoire like this.
The pianist I’ve been working with on the Brahms horn trio seems to have dropped off the face of the earth this week. I hope it’s just that he hasn’t got internet access or has gone home for a few days; getting hold of willing and capable pianists is not an easy task and it would be a shame to have to start over with someone new.
Degree-related paperwork continues slowly. Flathunting has been completely absent this week, which isn’t so good. If I’m going to move I want to do the bulk of it before classes start again in two weeks. I’ve still only barely worked on any of my personal compositions or arrangements, though I’ve been thinking about them a little more now that I have some space in my head.
Plans for tomorrow: getting my website in order, picking up my phone from the DHL depot, and some social stuff.
