Thursday
There was awful traffic today. I think today's commute to Stamford was longer than any of the other times we've come. We got to the Palace Theater at about 8:55 and all the practice spots were gone! I always take the Coat Check and practice in there but because we had gotten there so late, it was already taken. Chris and I decided to practice in the balcony places and so we moved our stuff there and got stands and everything and started practicing. Not ten minutes later, Miranda came and said to Chris, "Chris, are you having your lesson now?" Turns out she was teaching in that room so I had to move (while Chris stayed there and had his lesson). So I moved my stuff out of that room and looked for a new place to practice. I finally found a good place by the elevator in the hallway over next to Phil's room. By that point it was like 9:20 and I really had to get a move on my practicing. I mean, I had a lesson at 9:50.
I went down and had my lesson with Asya during which we went over one part in the third movement of Shostakovich. The rest of the time, we used on solo work and we started the Bruch Concerto, which I love. After my lesson, I went back to my practice spot only to see that Chris had stolen it. What is it with people today and stealing my practice spots? Anyway, I was mean and kicked him out. But it's okay! Because I let him have it alter. At which point I tried practicing in the elevator. I was not a fan. It gave me an awful headache. Why can't elevators stay in one place if they aren't being used? Is it really necessary to keep going up and down floors when no one is telling it to? Anyway, I had to depart the elevator or else I'd be rendered completely useless due to my throbbing head. Chris and I then shared that practice spot for about 10 minutes and then decided that since it was about five minutes to lunch, we may as well give up (because at this point, I was giving Chris a headache).
We went to Falafel for lunch. I didn't like it too much and neither did Chris or my brother. It also took a long time to get food there especially since it was so sub-par. When we went back to the Palace Theater, Eloise, Matt, Chris, Ricky, and I played a game of Blokus. Daniel was going to play with us but he got snagged by Miranda and had to go do something regarding the second movement of his piece, I think. Matt didn't do outstandingly well (he lost first), Ricky and Chris ganged up on me (I lost second) and then the two of them battled it out for the winner (Ricky was really just playing for Eloise) and Chris won.
After lunch, we performed the entire piece for Asya again. It was definitely better than yesterday's try but it still has some problems. We then went over a lot of things that Asya had written down during our run-through.
After that, we only had about fifteen minutes left of the day and so Asya decided we should focus on trying to play the entire second movement at 120 which was kind of hard.
Then we left. We got ice cream on the way home (thanks Mrs. Cavalea!) and then I took an unexpected nap (mmm, sleep) when I got home