Upcoming school year, already making plans.
Thursday July 05 2007
I’m soooooo excited to go back to school. It’s been over 5 years since I’ve been in college again, and this time I’m going to give it my all.
One of the reasons why I thought Oregon would be a great fit for me is because when I went for my audition, I saw an old acquaintance of mine, Helena Kopchick. Helena was a Senior High School Camper at Interlochen back in 1999 when I met her, and she went on to Michigan State University where she studied with Barrick Stees while I studied with Daniel Stolper. When Stees left to the Cleveland Institute of Music, she followed him where she finished her Bachelor’s Degree. She has finished her Master’s Degree in performance at the U of O, and is working on her Doctoral now. She’s done some subbing with the Eugene Symphony, Colorado Symphony, and maybe New World as well as Oregon Symphony, but I can’t exactly remember at the moment.
Anyways, I made her PROMISE… me that she’d play a lot with me if I attended, which she did wholeheartedly. So pieces I’m planning to beg her to play with me.
Oboe/Bassoon/Piano ×Poulenc Trio**, Lalliet Terzetto**
Oboe/Bassoon/Clarinet/Horn/(Piano)×Mozart Quintet in Eb Major, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante* (maybe compete in concerto competition?)
Oboe/Bassoon/Flute/Continuo×Telemann Quartet in d minor*
Woodwind Quintet Music×Hindesmith Klein Klammermusik**, Nielsen Quintet*, Barber Summer Music*, Poulenc Sextet**, Mihaud Two Sketches
2 Oboes/Bassoon×All of the Zelenka Trios
Other Chamber Music×Loeffler Trio**, Reinecke Trio**, Stravinsky Pastorale for Violin and Winds, Mozart Quartet**, Britten Phantasy Quartet
- - Pieces I have rehearsed before but not performed.
**- Pieces I have performed publicly on a recital (but didn’t do a sufficient job in my opinion)
Now, the only problem is I need to find people to play with me. I hope there are others who really enjoy chamber music. I find it the most challenging kind of performance, and yet the most rewarding. The flute always wants to ride high, the clarinet is generally low, and the hornist is always late to rehearsal.
HAK
Aug 28, 2007
Ooh, I realized that you meant “senior high school,” not “senior in high school.” See, Cooper, in my day we had just plain “high school” and “middle school” instead of senior high school and junior high school. So I really am not that old, I swear!
Aug 28, 2007
Hi Cooper - just for the record, I’ve never played with New World or Oregon Symphony. And technically, I was a sophomore/junior in 1999. I don’t want anyone thinking I’m any older or more accomplished than I actually am!
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