My summer isn't too busy at this point. But I'm getting a new oboe this summer! I'm really excited for that! I just had youth symphony auditions not too long ago, and now I'm waiting for results! I tried out for oboe and english horn, and it went well and I think I got in!

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OMIGOSH YOU GUYS! THIS IS AMAZING! I started the first (the original) just2talk like forever ago and it's still going strong! Thank you!

Anyways. My summer is mainly Fine Arts camp, band camp, and marching band. lol.

I am very excited because I am going to be getting a cello this week!!!

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im so busy this summer guitar lessons piano lessons cello lessons singing lessons band practice hockey playoffs soccer season and a lot of stuff if u think ur busy look at my list i also have to practice the clarinet and sideways flute so i can beat my 99in music on my report card

Marching band, teaching trombone, taking trombone lessons, orchestra pit, NYLT, volunteering, online gym, online health, (?) AP World History project.

lets see. My summer?
oboe lessons. marching band (i get to play the cymbals. woot!) the play. girls camp. pioneer trek. going to our condo by a lake with the fam. family reunion. hangin out with friends. computer tech online. going to the amusement park with friends cuz we got season passports:D

lol. i guess im not that busy. most of its just like 3 days, or like only a couple of hours a couple of days a week.

ugggg...
I'm off to a concert now. Sometimes I wonder why I even show up. I'm essentially forced to play bassoon in band. It really doesn't sound any different if I don't show up because the tenor sax has the same parts on every song we play and our super LOUD egotistic bari sax player covers up that part anyway. No...bassoons are not meant for band, especially if there is only one bassoon in the band.

ugg neither are oboes. One gets sick of playing the flute part an octave lower on every song after a while...

You're lucky! The only time I ever had a solo was in junior high at a christmas concert. We didn't have any flutes in our band when I was in 7th-8th grade and I was supposed to have a soli with the flutes on one particular piece, but there were none, so I ended up playing it by myself. I guess that could count as a solo lol

there weren't any flutes in your band? wow. isn't that like... impossible?

I get a good amount of solos. But i must agree, I'm sick of playing the flute part an octave lower... That's why I love pieces where we get totally different parts.

yeah, I really wish our band director would let us play harder music. Our band is 9th-12th grade, but she won't let us play anything harder than a grade 2.5

omigosh... really?

im in the 8th grade band this year and were playing like 3.5 to 4 music... its not that hard, but its not like snooze easy either.

Ours is lol. I can sight read every piece of music that we play. I don't like being in band but that is the only music program my school has so I'm stuck with it. At least I have youth symphony though! We play the "real" stuff, and it's a great challenge!

we have a great music program at our school

wooo! were having a band swim party next tuesday:D

Wow, it seems like it's been forever since I'vre been here...

I definately agree that my high school needs more challenging music. We usually play around 2.5, which can get sad sometimes. Also, I hate that all the pieces that have features are usually trumpets. It's very rare we have a solo, and you can forget the bassoon!

2.5??? Serious? Dang. That's too bad. We usually play 3.5-4.5 stuff.