Planning for the Unpredictable

Well, this spring is turning out much differently than I envisioned.

I like to plan.  But it's tricky to plan for things that are inherently unpredictable.

So, I make a plan and then expect the plan to not work out.  This might sound frustrating to most people, but for me, as long as I have an initial plan, I can work around it.  Perhaps it's a learned skill from teaching.  I always plan and expect each rehearsal to get away from my initial rehearsal plan.

This next week is an intense "planning" week.  I'm spending more time prepping music for not only the February concert (which is planned, but can always use work), planning for April and making marks in music- which is the REAL work related task this week, finishing up a large chunk of my thesis document, and catching up on some emails.

I have already lost 3 rehearsals this semester and will lose rehearsals this next week.  That means I have very few rehearsals between now and our next concert (February 24).  But, at least there is a lot of time between that concert and the April masterworks concert.  And let's be honest, singing Mozart can be hard.  And that is what we are doing in April.

It is always hard for me to lose rehearsals.  Of course, nobody likes it, but I don't want my students to lose progress and lose momentum.  They ended first semester on such a great note (no pun intended).

Next time, hopefully a post on music.