I am so far behind on this blog! We were away for several days, staying in a cabin on the Shenandoah River while moving our son out of his dorm room to return home for the summer. Internet access was slow and spotty, but I can’t blame the internet entirely. Mostly we were just tooContinue reading “Running Behind”
Category Archives: College
Spring Begins as Spring Break Ends
My son’s spring break ended yesterday, and he returned to campus. And today, spring begins. I was sorry to see him go back to school — though, of course, I am also pleased that he is doing so well at his university and has forged some strong friendships. But I will miss him. I readContinue reading “Spring Begins as Spring Break Ends”
Summer Music
My son submitted his applications yesterday — just before the deadline — to two summer programs in Music Composition. He is a junior in his university’s Music Composition program, so this is really his last summer to be involved in such a program in his field before he has to be out trying to getContinue reading “Summer Music”
A New Semester Begins
Winter break is over, and my son went back to campus today. It’s also his 21st birthday! So he’s out of that gray area between 17 and 21, when he was an adult for some things and not others. It shouldn’t be that hard to believe. He’s 6-foot-3 and wears a size 15 shoe. ButContinue reading “A New Semester Begins”
Command Performance
This evening, my son made an audition video for the symphony orchestra at school. He had several pages of music to play for it. He had to set up his phone to record audio and video, and then play the music all in take. It included some Brahms, some Mendelssohn, and some works by aContinue reading “Command Performance”
Wordless Wednesday: Winter Concert
Steel Away
On Sunday, my son performed in his second concert of the weekend. It was his first time performing onstage with the JMU Steel Drum Band — though the instruments are more accurately called steel pans, not drums. He plays double tenor, and is already quite good, despite the fact that he had never played steelContinue reading “Steel Away”
Concert Month
I attended a concert at my son’s university last night, a student recital. The school really does have an excellent music department, though I’m afraid a lot of non-music majors and their parents don’t know it. The concert was the senior recital of a Music Composition student. These recitals are completely student-directed. He had toContinue reading “Concert Month”
How Many More?
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the shooting this week on the campus of my undergraduate alma mater, the University of Virginia. A student who was on the football team for a short time his freshman year shot and killed three students currently on the team, and injured two other students, one ofContinue reading “How Many More?”
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