One Week Before Finals

I have been very productive today. I hope that helps with any potential stress levels for Winterfest this weekend or juries next week. Last night I wrote a rough draft of my philosophy of education (for my Teaching Music in the University class). I have a philosophy of music education from undergrad, and although poorly written, I still agree with much of what I wrote. I did not use any of my undergraduate paper for this one. I wanted to write a new one without reviewing what I wrote before until after I already wrote my current paper. I also organized my research methods binder last name, complete with a Table of Contents and colored tabs. The binder is being graded. This morning after my work out I found some more sources for my Master Thesis proposal. We have to have a minimum of 30, maximum of 80. After about 5 hours of searching, I now have 30 sources. It is not due until finals week, so this gives me time to find other sources. I wrote the chapter outline for my master thesis proposal as well, which was a little difficult to do since information is not gathered and categorized until I start on my actual thesis. I just finished my final project for diction, although I want to double check a few vowels. I have to do that using an Italian dictionary, which I do not have. I'll do that on campus next week. I also practiced this morning. I'm happy to report I am making progress on my memorization- especially on my Handel aria "If God Be For Us, Who Can Be Against Us."

My goal was to get as many things on paper as possible. I can do revisions after this weekend.

This leaves me with about 2.5 hours before I leave for our dress rehearsal tonight. In that time I want to review the pieces I am conducting this weekend and spend some time relaxing. I also hope to check in with John. I know he is very busy since his client went live with the software. I was worried that it would stress him out to fly home for one of my performances this weekend, but after our discussion last night I think it will be good for him to get away from the saturation of work, even if just for a little bit.