Busy Week
Monday February 23 2009
I’m not sure if anyone is reading on this new site, but if you are, leave me a message and let me know!
This past week has been crazy, and this next week is even crazier. Today (Monday) I went in early and got 1 hour of practicing done at 9am. Then I went to Bible study until 10:00 am. Then I finished up my 12 page paper at noon and turned it in and gave a 1 hour presentation on Schwantner’s usage of Music, Text, and Gesture in “New Morning for the World” for my 3 hour seminar course on Music and Gesture. Then I had 1 hour to respond to emails before I went to rehearsal until 5:30! My mind is barely functioning, but it has to. Because—
I have a million reed orders. Not a million, only about 40 reeds I need to make.
I am playing on a masterclass with Alan Vogel on Friday, in which I am playing the entire Mozart Quartet for him. The masterclass goes from 11-1pm
And then at 1pm I’m driving up to Portland and dropping off my car where a friend will drive me to the airport so that I can jump on a flight at 5:00pm to Arizona.
And then I get in at 8:30, where I’ll pick up my luggage, pick up the rental car and drive to my hotel in Chandler.
And then I go to bed and hopefully wake up at 8:00am to check in with Arizona State to find out my audition time for the Doctoral of Musical Arts program which I am applying to.
Then I actually get to rest a bit and spend some time with Mr. Weber.
But then I get to wake up early the next morning to catch an 8:30am flight.
Which gets me into Portland around 10:30am. At which time hopefully my friend will pick me up and take me to my car.
So that I can drive back down to Eugene (2 hrs) so that I can play the 4pm President’s Concert at the Hult Center.
Yeah. Talk about insane.
Suvayd
Feb 26, 2009
Cooper, you’ve GOT to go on blogging: all this stuff you’re doing, I really want to know how it comes out, especially the master class (wow, the WHOLE Mozart Quartet?!) and the audition!
If I found you, no doubt that your other readers will too. But you know, it had been so long since you had blogged before, I came this close to taking you out of my favourites, and then you would have been much harder to find! Wonder if it happened to some of the others…?
Anyway, best of luck with Mr. Vogel and Mr. Shuring (is he in charge of the Doctorate program?)! 
nat*
Mar 1, 2009
Hello Cooper!!
Found you (: Wow, sure seems busy!! Gosh, do remember to REST alright?
And all the best too!
patty
Mar 3, 2009
Well hey there. I had neglected to bookmark your new blog, so I hadn’t dropped in yet. Glad I did so I could let you know that I’ll be reading now.
Feb 24, 2009
Whew, that is a bust schedule. Good luck with your audition. Mr. Shuring would love to have someone as dedicated to the oboe as you are. All the best.
Bryan