Remembering Aspen

I can't believe aspen is over!!! :-(

To read more about my Aspen adventure and to read my reminisces of summer please check out my original blog...

whathappenedtoday.blogspot.com

Last Days

Wowza!
So Aspen 2009 is coming to a close for me. I have only two full days left here and many of my friends have already left. I won't reminisce quite yet - my time here isn't completely over - but these past four weeks have gone by way too fast and have been way too amazing as well. I ahve to say I'm glad I came. :P

-Robert

Pianos and Pool Parties

Hello all!

So Aspen is nearing the end. It's my last week here and boy has it been fun, with what I'm sure is a lot more fun left!

Yesterday my piano teacher had a pool party at her house in Snowmass, a beautiful little...golf-coursey-neighborhood-city-hybrid thing a little bit outside of Aspen. It was a lot of fun getting to hang out with my studio! They're all such cool people in addition to being amazing musicians.

To answer your questions (Annie lol), the weather here is...spastic and weird! :P It's sooooooooo cold in the morning and evening but then during the afternoon it's burning. And it rains sometimes too.

THE MOUNTAINS ARE SOOO BEAUTIFULLL (just check my Facebook for pictures, seriously)

So yeah that's about it! hope you're all doing well :-)
-Robert

Aspen!

Hey readers! sorry I haven't updated in two weeks. I'm halfway done with my aspen adventure and boy has it been a great half! It is sooo beautiful here. The practice rooms (where I spend a LOT of my time) are right next to this amazing river (see picture). The mountains are everywhere, and I love my dorm.

My teacher, Veda Kaplinsky, is just freaking AMAZING. That's about all i can say. :-)

The people here are so talented too! And funny and cool. I've met a lot of Juilliard and Pre-College people I hope to see next year which is nice.

Anyway so that was short, I know it doesn't quite make up for two lost weeks but I promise to blog more! :-D

New Adventures!

Well!

After only a few days of relaxation back in the sunshine state, I am again heading off for new adventures and experiences tomorrow. I'm heading to the Aspen Music Festival and School!!! Go look it up. It's like, a humongous music festival that takes place in the beautiful city of Aspen. I'll be studying with the rather famous Veda Kaplinsky who I am psyched to study with. As she said at my lesson with her in April...

"you're going to regret coming to Aspen because there's so much to change."

Haha. Oh I am so excited. :-D

Here's a picture of the Marolt Ranch, where I will be spending the next 4 weeks!

Sure it's a long time but i am really excited to be up in the mountains, as long as I don't pass out. Heheheh.

Anyway. So. I hope to keep updating - see you all in 4 weeks but keep checking this blog and PLEASE COMMENT!

The End...

Well, another year's BIMF has come and gone wayyy too fast. I met a bunch of amazing people, had some ridiculously good times, and learned so much. I literally feel so sad leaving - you don't realize how hard it is to leave the people that you see 24/7 for three weeks, ya know? It's so hard. But anyway, i'm pretty excited and extremely anxious for Aspen, which I will continue blogging about here. Haha. Anyway, I miss you BIMF 09! I love you. :-P

Page Turners

So it's like, almost the end of my times here! How sad is that? Sooo sad. I don't even want to think about it. I feel like this year went by reallllllly fast. Faster than last year maybe.

But last night I turned pages for Mr. Martin as he and Joan Kwuon played Ravel Violin Sonata at the concert. How cool is it that my teacher and coach played together such an amazing piece by one of my favorite composers? Well pretty cool. Just extremely stressful because turning pages is soooooooooooo scary. Yep.

But it's been so much fun, tonight we're going to the Midnight Harry Potter Premier!!!!!!

Oooooh I have a masterclass in 23 minutes! I better be going..... :-)

TTYL

Rainy Days at Bowdoin

Hello readers!

If anyone even actually reads this. :-)

So times have been good up here at BIMF! My lessons with Mr. Martin are, as usual, AMAZING. Gosh he's just way too amazing of a teacher. Anyway, my coach for my chamber group is Joan Kwuon and she is really sweet and a good coach. 

Speaking of chamber music, my group is going really well. They are sooo nice and fun to work with! The trio (Beethoven Op. 1 No. 3 in case I didn't already tell you guys) is awesome and I <3>

AGHHH next week is my last week! But I'm not going to think about it. lalalalalalalalalalalalala

ok I have to go to a lesson (yea!) so talk to you all later!

Hey Hey!

well hey blog readers!

Sorry I've totally been blowing you off for the whole time I've been here. it's hard to update consistently, you know? And not much tooo exciting has happened yet.

We got our chamber music assignments - I'm playing Beethoven Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3 and it's a really fun and beautiful piece. Not too hard either. Unfortunately, somebody in the practice room next door is playing Arensky and it is soooooooooooo sad for me to hear. :-( lol i can't wait to see that performance. ME ENCANTA ARENSKYYYYYYY

Uh otherwise it's been very dark and rainy here, but it's better than 100 degree weather! I must admit.

I've made a lot of new friends and reconnected with a bunch of old ones - i haven't been overtly social because I've been practicing a BUNCH but i'm resolving to hang with the peeps more, lol. I hate not being social.

Speaking of practicing, I was assigned to a room with no PIANO!!! So that was a fiasco, but i got it figured out. So now I have a piano. Hoorah!

And, I had a wonderful lesson with Mr. Martin the other day. Lovely lovely. :-)

Ok well I best be going! Update soon!!!

-Robert

New Beginnings

Hello readers! It is, unbelievably, time once again for me to pack my bags and head off to Bowdoin International Music Festival. For those of you who read this blog last year, hello again! For those of you who haven't, HEY! This blog is merely here to chronicle my journeys and adventures while I'm at Bowdoin. And then, I'll come back and update it again at Aspen. It's strange that it's actually here again, and quite hard to believe - I hope you enjoy reading this blog and I'll TRY to update frequently!

Oh and check out my Twitter - you have to sign up to twitter to be able to follow me though.

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