Week 4 Saturday

Good morning!

So, yesterday was a day off for me. Woke up this morning and lips feel significantly less swollen yesterday.

Will play lightly today and get lips limbre for concert tomorrow.

Week 4 Friday

It's noon and swelling in lips seem to have gone down a bit. I woke up this morning and my face was killing me. Bought some chapstick and they've seemed to settle down. Will probably buzz (if anything today). I want to give them a rest.

**Need to re-focus on using air. Have been substituting lips for what air needs to be doing.

Week 4 Thursday

Warm-up
Farkas Ex. 1

Lips feel the most out of focus they have been since I started back on horn.

NSSB rehearsal tonight.
Positive: Played extremely assertively and a lot of the rhythm improved.
To improve: Note accuracy.

Lips during rehearsal were fatigued even before I picked up the horn to play. However, they didn't give in during practice and they seem to be okay.

Week 4 Wednesday

Session 1
Lips feel puffy and big today.
Warm-up+Farkas 1,2
CD play-along
Played through Parts of Mozart 3. Finding that the Farkas exercises are helping me play actual music. The exercises are forcing me to play out of my comfort zone.
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Ordered bear Tracks (done)

Today I had to turn down a gig:( I am very sad. It was for the Cantate Carlisle and $85 per service (4 services). Well, that's the weekend I'm in a wedding...oh well.
This is encouraging though! First invite to a gig! Woo!

PS Carl Lezzi with the NSSB invited me to join their group next year.

Week 4 Tuesday

Hello,
Well..today I found out that I didn't get the assistantship position I was hoping for at Cal University. I'm a little disappointed, but now I don't have to study for the Praxis! Day job options at this point are keeping the job that I have working towards the alternate certification with ABCTE.

Anyway, to practicing.
Last nights' rehearsal with NSSB went well. Rhythm... an issue...
Lips, however, endured and it was really quite encouraging. This week I need to practice the music!

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Session 1
Warm-up, Farkas 1 (25m)
Farkas 2-6 (30m)

Send Thankyou note to Lorraine Lippert (done)
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Email
River City Brass (done)
Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra (done)
Butler SO (done)

Week 4 Monday

Warm-up
Farkas Ex 1,2,3,4,5,6

Hi!
So, got through Farkas warm-up today. It took 60 minutes. I need to cut this down to 20. Getting there though.

I am technically behind on stuff to prepare for lesson with Bob. Tomorrow, I need to come up with what I'm going to play for lesson/what I need to work on for audition material.

For Lesson:
Mozart 3
Exerpts
Etude

Start working on scales this week.

Week 3 Saturday

Warm-up (buzz with B.E.R.P to Mozart 3 in concert Eb)
Farkas Ex 1,2

Lips are slowly finding their place with the arpeggios.
Solo to start working on: Mozart 3, mvt 1
Gave music to Sasha to practice.