Well, I've been able to access my blog for quite some time now, and I've done nothing about it. So I guess I should update.
I've started classes, obviously, and I had my first lessons last week. I really like both of my lessons teachers. I have a grad student for piano, and a new prof for voice, and they're both really nice. I practiced piano for two hours yesterday, and voice for about five minutes. Do you think that's a bit imbalanced? Well, in reality, I was told to pick and practice about four songs, practice Hanon, and learn all the sharp major scales this week, while in voice, I was given three warmups to practice, only two of which I can remember since she didn't write them down. That's ok though. I'm also supposed to be journalling about my practice time for voice, so she can keep track of it that way. I haven't started yet, and she expects five per week. I might be in trouble tomorrow at my lesson.
In other classes, well, they're all music too, except bio. So I guess bio is going well. The prof is interesting enough for me to stay awake through his class, for the most part, despite it being my first class in the morning. I've got lab for it with a grad student, so we'll see how that goes.
Back to music...in music Theory, I have a fun older guy who gave me the required software we had to buy for free when the bookstore ran out. Speaking of that, I forgot I have to load it onto my computer before class today, and class is at one. I also have homework for the rest of the class (today is just the lab), and I also have to catch up on reading for bio. I think I"m supposed to be to chapter seven for tomorrows lecture, and I'm on chapter three. Yeah....I better get going.
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You're so lucky. I only have one grad student instructor this semester. Grad students are the best! They're newer to the field so they know all the latest cool developments, they're still in school so they know better what an average workload is and typically assign accordingly (provided you don't get a total geek who thinks it's all important, like your piano instructor seems to be), and they try harder than full profs because they need their assistantship to live on and won't get another if they have bad evaluations.
Hey! I have an idea! You could have a lot of fun with your piano instructor's evaluation at the end of the semester! "S/he told me that s/he'd fail me if I didn't help her/him rob a bank," etc. Okay, maybe not. But it's definitely something to hint around about if s/he tries to give you a huge workload.
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