Will it be Approved?

There is quite a bit to say right now, but I'll keep this short for now.  Later, I will post about how I have the best students.  I will also talk about how my Chamber Choir is going to reach amazing heights this year.  I may also talk about the hip Omaha music scene.  But first, dissertation.  No, first, social media.

Social media is hard.  I keep meaning to stay on top of blog posts.  And I will continue to try.  But I have added a Twitter account.  So, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat all take some effort.  I don't try to double-up on what I post.  So each has to be unique.  And each have their own niche.  Facebook is mostly professional, but a little personal.  Hey- a professional HAS to seem like a person, right?  I do things such as hang out on my 8th floor patio, and cheer on the Minnesota sports teams.  Facebook's audience is widest, for now.  Snapchat has the smallest audience, so I know I'm posting mainly for friends.  I love receiving snaps from friends, and I even enjoy looking at my friends' stories.  I care about what they are doing.  Snapchat is an odd mix of some professional pictures and some odd, random pictures of me making faces.  And then there is Twitter- the newest edition.  This is 99% professional.  Now, add on top of that this blog.  I want to do all of it.  I will do all the social media.

Now, dissertation. My proposal is due at the end of this month.  This is a self-imposed date.  However, the route I wanted to take with my dissertation has been re-routed.  While I am still talking about my composer, I am no longer going to focus it on an edition.  Since he's unknown in the States, but truly a great composer and has wonderful choral music, I am going to do a bit more of an overview of his life and his choral works.  I want to include where one can find most of his manuscripts, as well as talk about his stylistic features.  And if this topic isn't approved?  I have to pick a different one.  And that would be terrible.

So, this weekend, I'm going to work hard on my proposal.  Because now it has to be good.  It has to be worth sharing.  I have information in my head that is not anywhere else in English (that I can find), and I think it would be worth other conductors having access to it.

I don't plan on this not getting approved, but if it does, I am taking suggestions for other interesting topics that I can pound out in a year.  And if I have to choose a new topic, I am staying away from a composer or edition.