This past week has been a nice mix of music... some Mozart, but also some good modern works, such as Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, and pieces by composers-in-residence Michael White and Judith Shatin. We also had 2 private lessons with NC school-of-arts composer Lawrence Dillon, and it was fascinating listening to his music.
I only have a couple pictures to show for this blog-update: first, our neighbors down the street light up the sky every night with their enormous Christmas lights display... I snapped a picture as I drove by, so it's a bit blurry:
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On Saturday, the entire academy loaded up in vans and drove to the bottom of the mountain for lunch at the "Austrian Heuriger"... which in Austria is a sampling of new wines- don't worry Mom, I didn't have any wine. The reason they had to take us was to feed us lunch... bratwurst and sauerkraut. They also had local folk musicians playing some Viennese tunes:
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One of my favorite happenings this weekend was being employed for the evening at a fancy dinner for some of the patrons/sponsors. It was a gourmet dinner with Austrian chef Marco Krainer at $75 per plate. For some reason or another, they didn't have enough waiters, and they turned to us academy students to see if we could help out. The dinner was held at a private home on the mountain- it was a riot to get to be a waiter for the evening. On a side note, rich, older people are quite hilarious after being served 4 different wines. One lady kept running around the house saying "I've lost my goose!" The chef is amazing and very friendly to work with.. he let us taste all his food, and I snapped a photo with him afterwards--
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I think that's all for now... today and tomorrow is quite busy, since the premiere of our new compositions it taking place tomorrow night! My quartet has been working hard, and I think they just might actually pull it together for the concert. And, my wonderful family is supposed to be getting here tomorrow, so that'll be nice =)
Stay tuned for more-
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