Finally

Finally got the show on Friday sorted out. Playing with Forrest in Black Forrest Ham and Rotary club will open up and my brother, William Monroe, will finish out the night. Should be fun. Three very different groups. I love variety. Iowa City Yacht Club at 9:00PM. $5 cover.

Anyway had my lesson for the week. Went overall pretty well. Had a realization about Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata. The first movement is so epic I had been trying to interpret the other movements in a similar fashion. Well I was listening to Murray Perahia play the 2nd and 3rd movement and I realized that they aren't as epic. Now that might sound like a small realization but believe me it is not. For someone like me who will make every piece of crap music into the most grand gut wrenching glut of emotion to finally understand that part of my recital is small and less intense is good. The third movement especially is like a sad romantic drama you would take a girl to see such as the "Notebook", I was playing it like "The Passion of the Christ".

Baby steps towards my recital. Baby... steps...

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Busy weekend

I got an A on my Jury!! I played Schumann's Faschingsschwank aus Wien first movement and Schoenberg Op. 23  No. 5 Walzer. The judges especially liked the Schoenberg.  Now I am preparing for a very busy but awesome weekend. I am playing on Friday night Dec. 7th at the Iowa City Yacht Club at 10 PM with Forrest Heusinkveld in Black Forrest ham, a hip hop duo. We play a lot of my original tunes in this group.

Then Saturday, Dec. 8th, at Noon I play my senior recital. I hope anyone in the area can make it to one or both of these! I hope to have recordings of both for those who can't make it.

For contact info please consult my website or contact me via email. I would love to play at your wedding, private party, venue, store, or wherever music is welcome!