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finally the last day of classes for the week. over halfway done! I didnt realize that it was going to be so much work, and im not a slacker, i just wasnt prepared to go into working mode after I just got out of it. I am so glad that i will have a break when i get back. We had our German midterm this morning and that was whatever...Taking tests like that is always kinda fun because they are like puzzles, but they are so difficult!
anyway after that I had performance workshop which was really boring. for 3 hours (except for the first 10 minutes) I watched small ensembles starting to put together chamber pieces. It was definitely not what I wanted to do with my afternoon when I could be practicing!
After the class was my lesson. This was a complete turn around from last week. She was prepared with about 30 books of technical studies to show me and then prepared a list of gradual pieces to achieve technical ability through experience. She started me on the Beethoven Variations in c minor and i think I will pick up a scarlatti sonata and Papillions op. 2 by Schumann. I'm pretty excited. Then I played the piece I've been working on for her and she was happy with it. We walked through it, talked about how i could practice the tricky sections, and so on. She really made a lot of sense. I was really engaged in talking to her. She also changed the way i sat at the piano and it made a huge difference in where my weight is. It made it easier to balance my weight and take the stress off of my arms in the wrong places. yay for that working out!
In the evening we went to a bar to watch the Austria Poland game. I wore my Austria jersey and had some native beer. Yummy. After 90 minutes of really close play, Poland was ahead 1-0. but then a call was made for a penalty kick, and we all stood up and raised our glasses to the TV and the whole bar just stood there and wouldnt you know, the pk went in!!! They made it. Immediately it was nuts! Everyone was yelling and drinking and hugging and clapping. It was a great moment. Probably one of the top of this trip so far.
Sorry for the bland entry, im really tired and need to sleep! We leave for Saltzburg tomorrow at 8:30! Have a nice weekend!
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