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My Tuesdays and Thursdays are quite busy and today was especially busy. I was actually able to wake up on time and get plenty of practice in before class. I officially started my job working in the Education Department at Clowes Hall. Besides doing the regular deskwork, I will also aid in the planning of educational projects through Clowes. The programs for both little kids and educational advancement are planned and governed in large part through the Kennedy Center. It seems like it will be a great fit for my music education and arts advocacy interests. Along with classes, convocation, and Clowes, (yay alliteration) I also taught at Greenfield. They have their very first competition(s) this weekend in the Louisville area and I am very excited. I will have to bring my mouthpiece along since I won't be able to practice. Perhaps on the way, I can solfege my etudes and solos! And perhaps not. So to the practicing:

7:40 AM
Buzzing - 5 min
Long tones - 5 min
Slurs - 5 min
Articulation - 5 min
Scales - 5 min
Kopprasch - 10 min
Pottag - 5 min
McCoy Sightreading - 5 min
Morceau - 10 min
Fantasy - 10 min
Warm Down - 5 min

7:25 PM
Buzzing - 5 min
Long tones - 5 min
Slurs - 5 min
Scales - 10 min
Kopprasch - 5 min
Pottag - 5 min
Alphonse - 10 min
Morceau - 15 min
Fantasy - 10 min
Music for Prague - 5 min
Warm Down - 5 min

Total Practice Time - 2 hours 30 min

I did not reach my goal of three hours, but I think this is about as much practicing that I will be able to do on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I found my McCoy's Low Horn Book today and used it for sight reading until Dr. Lewis assigns some exercises. I read through both of my solos during the first session and then broke down Morceau a bit in my second. I am pretty familiar with Morceau listening-wise, but not too familiar with the Horn Fantasy. I still need to find a recording of it. I am surprised at the results that I am still getting from the mouthpiece trial. I thought my high range would suffer; however, range was no more and issue than it was with the other mouthpiece (But it is still a big issue). My endurance was not affected too much, as I was able to play the high C's in Music for Prague at the end of my practice session. This may also be due to me playing much more than normal and building endurance by practice sessions. I have been watching my chin as much as possible and am trying to find small improvements each day to keep the progress going. Both of my sessions were pretty long, but I did not seem too fatigued and I made sure to play plenty of low range during my warm down to get the blood flowing in my lips.

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