no time, zippo, nada

I haven't updated my blog in a month bc I haven't had time. I've been insanely busy, but I'm totally thankful for the busyness. It keeps me from wasting my time away with pointless things that I used to do...like being on facebook 24/7,lol. So, I have prayed about and finally decided that I want to go into piano performance (not music ed) and where I want to apply this year. My first choice is Juilliard because as of lately, I'm hearing about alot of Christians who go there and also because since it is in the heart of NYC, there are a bajillion performing opportunities and I've heard that their faculty are very good as well. My second choice is Peabody Conservatory because Leon Fleisher who is an amazing concert pianist. And I've heard that you should go somewhere for a teacher and after meeting Dr. Fleisher last weekend, he is SO humble and down-to-earth and I think that I would really like to have him as a teacher. My third choice is Oberlin Conservatory, and it's my third choice now because my teacher is sorta skeptical of its environment. But I guess that I'll find out what it's like when I visit the campus. My last choice is the Cleveland Institute of Music. I don't know much about it, but since it's a conservatory and I know a couple of people who are applying there and it's on the same application website as the Manhattan school of music and Oberlin are, I'm guessing it has to be pretty good. And both Peabody and the Cleveland Institute of music have pretty mid-ranged acceptance rates (Cleveland institute is 35% and Peabody is 50%), which is good because I can't just go for the really impossible-to-get-into conservatories, or else I might be stuck and not be able to go anywhere. So other than that, I've been busy with my homework, and driver's ed (YAY! I'm so thankful that I'm getting to do it!) and of course, piano practice. The pieces I'm working on right now seem impossible right now, and I'm really doubting that I can get them down by November, but I guess I just have to trust that the Lord will give me the knowledge and wisdom to know how to finish them before the pre-screening due-dates. And then of course, I have the college essays to do. And I'm not a very good essay person....at least not when it comes to talking about myself or my future. Anyway, I better go practice again. Later,
Rachel