Minneapolis or South Bend - part 2
Okay...so the votes are Minneapolis: 1, South Bend: 1....
Though I'm not sure exactly who says I should go to South Bend...refer to comments, Big Poppa is who??
When I figure out the distances, I figured from Milwaukee, though Ripon would be closer, hmph, maybe I should go home for once...according to my calculations I spent approximately 9 days at home this summer...hmmm...but then Milwaukee is further from Minneapolis, and closer to South Bend (haven't done a mapquest on mileage though, matt!)...good thing fall break is about a month away! Can't it be closer??? Agh!
Grad schools: Well, singular in Mpls...that would be the University of Minnesota.
Other grad schools in mind are UW-Madison (don't have to worry about seeing my twerpy little sister there probably! even though she goes there now), UW-Milwaukee (but i'd probably have to see her here, since she'll probably be going here instead), and Bowling Green State (in Ohio).

Okay, so speaking of oboes, and music...here's a few dates to keep in mind!

November 30 or December 7 - 11:15AM, in Demmer Recital Hall...my quasi-recital!! Yay! The current program is all piano music and includes Sonata, Op.26, no. 2, movement 1, by Beethoven (a little Schroeder influence there..hehe, just kidding, started working on that piece before I started working at Snoopy!); Mazurka something-or-other by Chopin (there's like, 56 mazurkas, so I can't remember the number, deal with it); Scottish Legend by Amy Beach; and Rumanian Folk Dances by Bartok. Woohoo!

April 9 - 4:00PM, in Demmer Recital Hall...my actual senior recital on oboe!! Current program is the following:
Concerto Op. 9, no 2 in d minor by T. Albinoni (and in lieu of an orchestra, I'm going to be having harpsichord & cello!)
Oboe Quartet K.370, mvmt III - by W.A. Mozart (not four oboes! oboe, violin, viola & cello)
Two Fantasy Pieces by Carl Nielsen for oboe & piano
Sonata for Oboe and Piano by Francis Poulenc (Buddy - poulet is a chicken, Poulenc is a composer!)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe by Benjamin Britten (I reeaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyy do NOT want to do this piece, but there's not much out there for solo oboe): I. Pan, III. Niobe, VI. Arethustra

aaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnddddddddd my favorite:
Fanfare for the Common Mandrel - for two oboes, English horn, and two bassoons! WOOHOO! Double reeds! It doesn't get much better than that! Now to find an 2nd oboist and an English horn player...any takers?? :)
- posted by L. @ 10:32 PM