| Canadian CORrespondence Or Blowin' up the Rockies Volume II, Issue 3 Wednesday, June 3, 1998 (written at 10:30AM Friday) Today is time for my presentation on the 'net; by the time you read this, it will be available at http://www.io.com/~rboerger/IHS98conf - should you be interested. I spend the morning applying the final touches to the presentation, but do make it to the finals of the Farkas Performance Awards. The four finalists are Peter Erdei, Austin Hitchcock, Megan McBride, and Carrie Strickland. All have to play the first movement of the Mozart Concerto No. 3, K. 447 plus a selection of their choosing. Erdei is the only one of the group to give the Mozart more than a perfunctory reading (of course, nerves may be responsible for this), and his performance of Schumann's Adagio and Allegro is very bwell done, indeed. My guess is that he will be the winner of the competition. After lunch, I have to be in my room early and so decide to pass on the Gail Williams masterclass; afterwards, everyone tells me how wonderful it was. Figures. It's a good thing I do skip it, because somehow the DNS settings on the laptop have gotten toasted, and I have to call the Centre's April Kinzel to get them back. I set up and wait for anyone to show. When nobody does by 2:30 (the start of the session), I wander next door to see that the Williams session is running long. Eventually a few people (8, to be exact) show up. It is exactly as I'd feared - most of the people for whom this class might be of interest are instead attending their ensemble rehearsals. I can't blame 'em - I'd rather be there, too! ;-) In any case, the eight who are there are attentive and ask some good questions. Robert Osmun is one of the attendees and also makes a couple of good points that I'd missed. | |
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