Long time, no see

It's been absolutely ages since I last posted. I'm now into my last semester at Indiana, with one more recital coming up in April. I'm excited about it - it's an all Bach programme, featuring the E Major solo Partita, two accompanied sonatas BWV 1014 and 1021, as well as a violin arrangement of the famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor, which scholarship has suggested is probably not by Bach, and possibly not even originally an organ piece. An arrangement for violin was made by violinist Jaap Schröder and has since been recorded by Andrew Manze in his own arrangement. I'll be stealing from both arrangements, with a few extra personal touches of my own.

As well as my recital, I have my final Master's Exit exam to pass, as well as a keyboard proficiency exam. And then I'll graduate and be done with study! For evahhhh! I have a summer job lined up as assistant music librarian at the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. I'm actually excited at the thought of having a job that doesn't involve violin playing first and foremost. It's a chance to broaden my horizons and get further experience at something related but different. Not sure what I'll be doing once the job's over in August, though. I've applied for a year long OPT (practical training), which will allow me to stay legally in the US for up to a year working in my chosen field. After that I'd have to have a proper job in order to get a work permit to stay.

In the last few weeks I've been thinking of starting a new, music/performance-practice related blog, but am still thinking about exactly how I want to do it. I may wait until after I'm finished studying to set it up.

Anyway, more later.