Ich Habe Genug! (Literally!)
Saturday February 28 2009
I’ve had enough! Finished my DMA… audition at Arizona State University about 40 minutes ago, and while I didn’t do great, I didn’t do terribly. It’s so dry down here compared to Oregon, that if I didn’t constantly suck on my reed, it’d dry out and close up very quickly. I played 2nd and 3rd movement of the Poulenc, 1st and 2nd movement of the Mozart Quartet, and Nigeria from Tomasi.
The whole experience was quite frantic. I couldn’t find a pianist until Thursday morning, which was stressful enough. I called about 10 pianists before I finally found one available. After the Allan Vogel Masterclass, I drove up to Portland and got there at 4:45 to catch a 5:25 flight, which got me into Phoenix at 9pm. I had a rental car by 10:00pm and went directly to the music school where I rehearsed with my pianist until midnight. Woke up at 7am, ate breakfast, went to the school and checked reeds, started each movement with my pianist, and played the audition at 10:00am. Whoo!
Today I’ll drop on by with Mr. Weber, and maybe dinner with him or Hannah Selznick or both. Tomorrow at 8:30am I fly out and should arrive at Portland around 10:30, where I’ll drive down to Eugene and play my 4pm concert!
Hm— Spring break is looking really good right about now—
Suvayd
Mar 2, 2009
Love the title of this post! 
Mark Pye
Apr 15, 2009
Cooper:
I always keep up with you! I really hope you get in at Arizona State. You will love studying with Martin Schuring. He was my friend, Lara Dahl’s teacher. She just raves about him.
Best,
Mark
Mar 2, 2009
Hey Cooper, just thought I’d comment on your new digs! Hope you get great news about the audition, I’m sure you will be a worthy addition to any doctoral program. Best of luck!