Unexcused

Monday night's rehearsal with the women was very solid. There were a couple of weird things happening- there is a girl who hasn't shown up the past two rehearsals and two ladies left early from rehearsal. These kind of things aren't excused. I am always blown away by people who think singing in a choir should be some sort of laid back, optional class. You don't show up, your grade is affected. End of story. Each singer is way too important to miss rehearsals. It doesn't just affect that one person, it affects the entire group. I don't need to lecture people who read this blog... I think you get the point.

John's parents are in town, so the week has been busy. I am glad I worked ahead on homework last week. It makes this week less stressful. I am waiting on an assignment for my Monday class. At least this time she said she was going to send out questions later in the week for us to fill out. I asked her when exactly, and she said Thursday. So I should get that assignment today. Plus we have a longer assignment in diction. I did half of it last night, although I believe I probably did half of it incorrectly. So I will need to go and asked the GA for some assistance.

I finally finished analyzing the first movement of my Bach cantata. I think I will like the process of working on the cantata, except for the whole harmonic analysis thing. It's not difficult, it's just time consuming to analyze 24 minutes worth of music. I would find it more useful to do a Schenkerian analysis, but I am sure a traditional analysis is expected for lessons.