It looks like auditioning for the Oakland Youth Orchestra may not work out. The tuition is over $1,000, a hefty sum that my parents are less than thrilled to hear about. There are some scholarship opportunities, but I have no clue how much help those would be. I'm also told that an audition with them is about $500 dollars on the spot, though this information can't be found their website. Woop-de-do... Regardless of this, I'm going to hang on to my little glimmer of hope for as long as I can.
Realizing that I'm procrastinating, and wanting to change that, will hopefully help to get me back on task. I have gotten a lot of valuable tips from my private viola teacher, Ms. Hashien, about making the best of my Wohlfahrt technique book (hehe, funny name). She gave me a good site for learning music theory (www.musictheory.net) which will hopefully be useful when I start writing my string orchestra piece/quartet. I have a few melodies bopping around in my head, but I'm not sure how to put them to paper yet. As for learning the guitar, I have the guitar, the books, and the motivation. Now all I need to do is quit procrastinating! xD
Here are some recordings of J.C. Bach's Viola Concerto in C Major, Movement No. 1, the concerto I've been working for the last few months. Its a work in progress, but I'm doing good with it. Hope you like it! :)
If I manage to play it half as good as this guy, I'd be freaking amazed. xD
Uh, this is a cello playing it, but it was the only video with a decent string orchestra accompaniment. Yeah...
That song is AMAZING!!! I like Bach a lot too. You could totaly do it, you're an extremely talented violist (Sorry if that is'nt the right term). I am super jealous Mrs. Hashian is your tutor! Tell her I say hi for me please! It is amazing that you are going to write music. You;ll definetley have to get one in before we graduate so we could possibly play it. There is this cellist (who sadly graduated so I didn't get the chance) who wrote a song for the Youth Flint Symphony Orchestra. I think it's on Youtube, but I'm not sure of the name. If you ask Jen she'll know. And I might have to take a look at this Music Theory website myself, maybe it'll help me out too.
ReplyDeleteI know, its so epic! You got the term violist right, don't worry. ;D Ms. Hashian does violin lessons. Its $25 for a half hour lesson, if you are interested. I shall definitely pass on your greeting. :)
ReplyDeleteI will try to write music, but I'm thinking that it won't be my main area of focus this summer. It'll probably be easier once I (hopefully) get in some Music Theory classes during the school year. Regardless, I'll be writing some rough ideas down when inspiration strikes me. You really think Mr. B would let us play my future composition? Well hey, anything is possible!
How are your songs coming?