Today I actually looked forward to practicing. We had orchestra in the morning and sectionals in the afternoon, but at 4:00 pm I was done with rehearsals and had unadulterated practice time. I'm no longer feeling the need to desperately cram this week's orchestra music like I was over the weekend and the past two days, so this evening I was able to practice slowly, carefully, perhaps even intelligently (one hopes, anyway).
I'll end this very brief post with a humorous comment from Mr. Stern in orchestra this morning:
"Play this with more breath and energy, but I don't mean in a touchy-feeling, zen-like, tofu-eating kind of way..."
Sarah, Jonathan wrote you a letter today. Can you receive mail at NOI, or should we send it to your regular address? Please let me know as soon as you can - he asked you a question in the letter and is very excited about sending it off to you. :)
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