Repertoire

__3/1/11__ Bach Partita No. 2 Allemanda and Giga Viotti Concerto

__3/8/11__ Viotti Concerto Started new piece - Meditation from "Thais"... I love this piece. It is BEAUTIFUL. [|Meditation]

__3/15/11__ Spent a while on the Meditation, working on phrasing on the first page. Lots of time working on my Kinhaven audition recording (partita)

__3/17/11__ Spent pretty much the whole time recording the partitas for Kinhaven

__3/25/11__ Worked on refreshing Praeludium and Allegro for LRYO... note to self... make sure I have lots of rosin on my bow!!!

__3/29/11__ Spent a lot of time on Viotti. I have questions for Joana about fingerings on the last page, but otherwise, it's going really well, and should be considered "polished" soon. I also spent some time working on the Meditation - it is SO SO pretty. My biggest obstacle is dynamics - I am still learning the notes so I forget to read the dynamics.

[|Viotti Concerto No. 23]

__4/6/11__ Worked on the first to pages of Viotti and the whole Meditation. I'm working on adding phrasing and more dynamic differences, and working on "performing" it which Joana talked about a lot in my lesson yesterday.

__4/18/11__ On the Meditation, I ran through it to get it back under my fingers, then I came back to the lab and listened to the recording while following along on my music. I marked a couple of spots - it's really helpful to be able to hear the piano accompaniment to gauge the feeling of each part of the piece. Then I went back and practiced running it a couple more times (it helps to run it a ton just to help it become more automatic) really focusing on the dynamics, phrasing, and time. I worked on the beginning of the Viotti. I need to run it a million times to get it really ingrained in my memory, and I need to work on getting it much faster.

__4/20/11__ I worked on the Viotti. The beginning was pretty much just a run, because it went well, and I spent some time really working the last 2 pages. I also ran the Meditation, working just a couple of measures of spots. I think it's very close to polished.

__4/22/11__ I spent the whole time on Praeludium & Allegro to prepare for next week. I ran a couple of spots a lot, and ran the whole piece a couple of times. My arm hurts.

__4/26/11__ I ran P & A once and then worked on the ending a lot, because where would it be without a dramatic ending?! I also ran the Meditation, to keep it under my fingers and apply some of the new concepts Joana suggested at my last lesson.

__4/29/11__ P & A

__5/4/11__ I ran through both the Viotti and the Meditation rather quickly so that I could move right on to my all state pieces. If I hit a bad spot, I would work it for a little bit, then keep going.

__4/9/11__ Ran both movements of the Bach, started the Viotti but then switched to the Meditation for my video(s): [|Violin Repertoire Video #1 Part A] [|Violin Repertoire Video #1 Part B]

__5/17/11__ Ran both movements of the Bach, worked on the Meditation, then ran the Kreisler. Thinking in terms of preparation for my recital.