I know, I know….I have been knocking blogs since they became the “it” thing to do in the P.A.B. What can I say? I gave into the craze! I apologize to everyone I made fun of.
So this has been a pretty uneventful weekend. Highlight of this weekend was definately getting MY VERY FIRST issue of The Double Reed, a magazine that the IDRS puts out a few times a year. For those of you who are wondering what the hell the IDRS is…it stands for the International Double Reed Society. I was quite excited that I finally got it!
My first Issue!
So along with my first issue of The Double Reed came a form for the Young Artist Bassoon Competition. This is a competition that the IDRS runs for the IDRS conference (Winner plays at the conference), and it rotates between Oboe/Bassoon. This years competiton is obviously for bassoon…and I think I’m going to send in my tape. For the tape it is required that you play Vivaldi-Concerto in a, Devienne-Sonata in g, Hindemith-Sonate for Bassoon and Piano, and the Saint-Saens- Sonate for Bassoon and Piano. I don’t think I will have any problems since I would only have to learn two more pieces…the Devienne and the Vivaldi.
So yeah, this was the only high point of my weekend…that and the 5 hour laundryfest I had today.
