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We are here in Boulder! Viewing CU Boulder and my Lord it is gorgeous.

Yesterday we got here to Boulder and we are staying in the Hotel Outlook and it is a completely waste free hotel, so it is actually reducing all different kinds of waste! If you are going to Boulder STAY HERE! The only downfall is the internet can not connect very well. But hey, ohh well!

Yesterday at the campus though we had a tour of the Pueblo campus, which was nice for a University of 5000. Really modern and quite astounding. Now seeing a university of 30,000 I can see the difference very easily. But the tour was nice. After the tour the woodwinds had a master class, then most to everyone went to lunch. I on the other hand, went to a social studies kind of class. It was going over Hinduism, I did not want to leave that class room. Once the lecture was over I wanted the professor to continue to teach. It might have been because I don’t need to turn in any homework or take any test but still….It makes me want to go to college that much sooner. And don’t worry I took lots of notes 😉 . Finally after arriving at the hotel, putting everything down to get ready for a concert at the Concert Hall for a performance by the Wind Symphony and the Symphonic Orchestra. The Concert Hall was a place out of Europe I swear, it was spectacular! It was truly jaw dropping!

Today to change to a different tune, we started by playing in front of a pre-doctorate of directing, so he was still a student but he was the high and middle school band teacher. Soon after was the campus tour, which was the time where my eyes opened to what is out there in the world. What my father call’s the “Food Circus” was impressive beyond imagination. Name almost any type of food it was there, besides Greek, French, British, Arabic, and….ohh sorry just a few missing. After lunch was watching the rehearsal of the Symphonic Orchestra start to play their new music. Ps they were sight reading and I swear they were playing this music for months. Another incredible sight and sound. By the time it was finished our band played with the University Band (The one that anyone can play in) which was still entertaining with some very difficult pieces. What I have learned is that I need to continue to work with my breathing and breath support. Finally after that finished it was off to the Hotel to finally get in some homework time. Ps I needed it, and personally it needed it a lot less then everyone else. Many of the rest of the band are really behind in their classes so I am not worried but I need to head off to bed so a picture of the CU Boulder and CSU Pueblo Schools.

      

~God Bless~

On Tour

I am over in Pueblo currently on tour with my concert band, touring colleges  Today was our first full day of classes and tomorrow is another half day. And let me say this THIS IS SOO MUCH FUN!

Tomorrow is a half day then another couple hour drive over to Boulder.

Today was full of music history, theory, choir, tech, quintet, and playing with the university band. The music history class was called music appreciation an we learned about the Baroque period. From this period came Handel, Bach, Vivaldi. If none of this composers ring a bell, be ashamed and go listen to them! Then in choir I got to listen to the chamber choir, which just makes me want to go to college choir that much faster because from what I have heard most of what is sung is Latin pieces which are the the bomb. I love singing classical pieces. After choir was woodwind tech, in this class those college students that are studying to become music teachers pickup new instruments and get a hang of them so they can teach other beginners. These past 4 weeks they have been doing the clarinet! Me and the other 2 clarinets in that class felt all of the pain that these college students were feeling. Afterwards I got to spend some alone time with the professor and got up in the 4 register (aka very high) and was very proud of myself. Woodwind quintet was so much exciting to listen and watch four different instruments and people come together and play such great music. Also got to hear a great oboe player which is quiet rare, from my limited experience. The clarinet in the quintet also did not have the easiest part, I could follow with my eyes but those 1/16 note runs are insane, Beethoven why for art thou so cruel to us? Lastly was playing with the university. Our band received music that the band was playing at 6:30-9:00 tonight and it reminded me of playing in honor band, we had three bass clarinets, 6 tubas, and tons of trumpets so it was really pumping for sure. Today was exciting I can only wait until tomorrow.

 

So this whole week I will be posting everyday because I am also supposed to turn in a typed kind of journal, so why not write it so you can read it too.

      

 

~God Bless~

Preparing

Just finished one hell of a week and another is just about to begin.

But the good thing is that Grease is coming together and it is pretty awesome for sure! Today the cast went down to the middle school for a “flash mob” and it was a hit”. So much fun being there with everybody and while being backstage with the crew it felt as if we were on tour. Everyone was freaking out on how they were to enter and how to space themselves while dancing, it was fun seeing everyone out of their elements.

Tomorrow is set painting, then the entire set will be ready for the show! (Sorry I am very chaotic tonight so I have many short thoughts)

Then on Sunday the band goes on a college tour and we do not return until Thursday but I am worried for my Grease cast, I know they will be fine on their own but I will miss them for sure!

Other than that here is a little innocent laugh that my social studies teacher showed us in class, one of the best S.S. teacher ever!