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Oct. 1st, 2005 11:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaalaThe first tap dancing class was today. Much to my relief, a) I was far from the only person without tap shoes and b) I was far from the worst dancer. It's an awful thing to say, but I'm glad there are people who look more lost than me. It's going to be a fun class, I think. And I was awake, washed, dressed, fed, out of the apartment and exercised by noon on a Saturday! Missing only two sessions for the entire year may turn out to be a bit of a problem though if I'm ever to leave Kingston for the weekend.
Offering to play oboe and getting permission from Mike Cassells to rent one for $40 pretty much cemented my place in the QSOC orchestra. The oboe part is higher and (obviously) longer than A New Brain--but it's also much less "busy" and I think it should be quite do-able if I can develop the endurance.
My, but the music for Dialogues des Carmelites is gorgeous[1]! As I said when describing it to my music buff father: it's obviously early 20th century French but not obnoxiously so. It's as if Poulenc is saying, "No, I can do serious! See?!" The final scene is quite incredible; I had to compose myself[2] before returning the CDs to the library desk. One hopes the QSOC can handle such a work; one also hopes that working on the opera will not be as emotionally taxing as hearing it!
Aaaggh... too many activities again! I cling to my Mondays and Thursdays, however. So long as I have "free" time on both days until 5:30pm (minus practice and meal time, of course)--and if I can get myself to actually make use of those hours--I think I should be able to cope. Saturdays are free too, aside from tap dance.
[1] Somewhat irritatingly for the orchestra, many of the most beautiful moments in the opera are a cappella.
[2] Yeah, I cry easily at music. That Mahler class...
Offering to play oboe and getting permission from Mike Cassells to rent one for $40 pretty much cemented my place in the QSOC orchestra. The oboe part is higher and (obviously) longer than A New Brain--but it's also much less "busy" and I think it should be quite do-able if I can develop the endurance.
My, but the music for Dialogues des Carmelites is gorgeous[1]! As I said when describing it to my music buff father: it's obviously early 20th century French but not obnoxiously so. It's as if Poulenc is saying, "No, I can do serious! See?!" The final scene is quite incredible; I had to compose myself[2] before returning the CDs to the library desk. One hopes the QSOC can handle such a work; one also hopes that working on the opera will not be as emotionally taxing as hearing it!
Aaaggh... too many activities again! I cling to my Mondays and Thursdays, however. So long as I have "free" time on both days until 5:30pm (minus practice and meal time, of course)--and if I can get myself to actually make use of those hours--I think I should be able to cope. Saturdays are free too, aside from tap dance.
[1] Somewhat irritatingly for the orchestra, many of the most beautiful moments in the opera are a cappella.
[2] Yeah, I cry easily at music. That Mahler class...
