#practice journal

08.04.21

@studywitharmy's #TwoWeekStudyChallenge 3/14

day 3: have you experienced burnout from studying? how did you handle it?

I have definitely experienced this! music students are pushed so much. I take 14 classes and I have to practice and do homework and work on auditions. something that helps me is moving things around and doing things differently like changing how I practice, where I practice, where I study, etc. there isn't much time for us to take breaks so sadly I have to do whatever I can to keep going!

📖- malorie (bird box #2)- josh malerman

17 Jul 2021 // Heyyy, so little to no practice today or yesterday 'cause of eczema but it's getting better so hopefully I'll be back to a regular schedule soon!

Day 11 - What is something that you have learnt from studyblr?

Among all the study tips, I think the most valuable one I learned was that it's important to not neglect my health, physical and mental, for the sake of what I'm studying - taking breaks when you need it can be a form of productivity.

Day 12 - How much time do you spend on studyblr per day on average?

Haha, it started out as not very much when I didn't know what blogs to follow but it quickly grew to probably more than I should 😂 BUT EVERYONE'S PICTURES ARE SO PRETTY IT'S SO HARD TO NOT GET SUCKED INNNNN 😍😍😍😍

11 weeks until the audition and I have a lot of work to do! I’m a bit rusty in terms of playing so that’ll be a separate issue, so in the meantime let’s looks at what I need to play:

The Excerpts:

FLUTE

Beethoven Symphony No. 5 mvt. II

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 mvt. I & II

Brahms Symphony No. 1 mvt IV

Dvorak Cello Concerto mvt I

Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnole mvt I, II, & IV

Strauss Till Eulenspiegel

PICCOLO

Rossini The Thieving Magpie: Overture

Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 mvt I

Stravinsky The Firebird

Definitely a challenging selection and so here is my plan to tackle all of this:

Find as many recordings as possible, make a playlist and listen

Build back up stamina and technique on flute/piccolo in short bursts of practice throughout the day (see instagram for daily updates of my practice journal)

Research history of works, analyse and annotate scores (will have a masterlist to all my posts on Tumblr)

Apply knowledge and regained technique to practice of excerpts

Sounds way easier when you write it out in a list... right? Right???

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8_3TMSrFfngHXSuIves116m8DEVFZXo/view?usp=sharing

note: when you open the document in google drive, the formatting and font will be different to those displayed in the photo below. however, if you download the file and open it in Word before printing it, they will have reverted back to normal.

the template is intended to be printed on a5 size paper, but you can print it at any size you like :)

Major Practical Studies:

~ G Chromatic, 2 octaves

~Grands Exercices Journaliers de Mecanisme, Taffanel and Gaubert,

E.J. #4

G harm/mel/nat minor -> 5 minutes

E major -> 5 minutes

C harm/mel/nat minor -> 5 minutes

~Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano, Eric Ewazon

Mvt. 1 w/ metro. @ 74 -> 30 minutes

~ Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Albert Franz Doppler

Andante -> 10 minutes

Allegro -> 25 minutes

Flute Quartet Repertoire:

~ Pavane, for four flutes, Gabriel Faure, w/ metro. @ 80 -> 5 minutes

~ Falconer, Catherine McMichael

On Seeing Castle Stalker, w/ metro. @ 78 -> 10 minutes

Snow on Ben Nevis, w/ metro. @ 112 -> 5 minutes , w/ metro. @ 120 -> 5 minutes

Aire of the Falconer, w/ metro. @ 90 -> 10 minutes

Stalcaire Reel, w/ metro. @ 72 -> 10 minutes, w/ metro @ 80 -> 10 minutes,

Wind Ensemble Repertoire:

Flute:

~ Symphony No. 5 - Finale, Dmitri Shostakovitch -> 15 minutes

Piccolo:

~ Duende, Luis Serrano Alarcon

Mvt. 1 -> 5 minutes

Mvt. 2 -> 10 minutes

Mvt. 3 -> 5 minutes

~ "The pembina highway widening 2017 - 2019, thank you for you patience", Isaac Tate -> 10 minutes