Turning Minor Defeats into Accomplishments

So maybe this week isn't as glamorous as last week, but the bad weeks make the good weeks even better. Professionally, everything is better than ever. Personally, not so hot, but I believe this "not so great" will turn to "something better" with time, patience, and a little of being on my own.

 

A good example, after making a bad driving decision that I will not go into embarrassing detail about, I managed to blow out a tire on the little beetle. So I pulled over into the library parking lot and begin changing my tire in heels and work attire. After wrestling with the full sized spare out of the world's smallest trunk, I was successful in changing the tire all on my very own. I got pretty good at changing the tires on the Tercel in college, so it was nice to know I can still manage it after all these years. I got kinda spoiled relying on others for help.

 

So what, I'm on my own. I can manage, and pretty damn well. It feels good to do it myself.

Another review in the AJC!

My first review, and I think its more than fair. I wasn't incredibly
happy with my sound output in this venue, but pretty nice review from
Pierre Ruhre. He thinks I might even have potential as a
composer....sweet. He's been very generous with his attention on our
group.

So here is the review from the electronic music concert on Tuesday,
where MW5 was performed: Click here to read it!

And listen to MW5 here: http://www.nikkinotes.com/music/mw5.mp3

Yesterday, Tonight, and Tommorrow

Yesterday's concert at Agnes Scott went really well. The were a couple of bobbles, but nothing tragic, and nothing we can't fix between now and the March 6th concert.
I was was concerned about my stamina in making it through the the last piece of the concert which was Daughtery's "I Loved Lucy" but the order worked out well. I was able to save all of my energy until that last piece.I have the most fun playing the last three pieces on the concert, and I think it really shows. Most of the nerves were pretty manageable. If I just remember to have a good time, the nerves seem to dissapate. So onward we go!

Tonight will be an interesting night. My electronic piece, MW5, will be played on an Atlanta Composers Electronic works concert at the Five Spot. It will be nice just to show up to a concert and not worry about performance. You just get to listen to some new and different music, and meet people that share your interest. Should be fun, and I am looking foward to it.

Tommorrow, its back to routine. Work, Eat, Practice, Sleep, Repeat.

Apparition on Bowed.org

Appatition is on the Bowed.org Podcast! Check it out here: http://www.bowed.org/019/019.mp3

duoATL performs this Sunday (2/16) at Agnes Scott College

This Sunday (2/18) at 3pm duoATL will perform at Maclean Auditorium in
Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA.

Brian and I will be performing Histoir du Tango by Astor Piazzolla, I
Loved Lucy by Michael Daughtery, West End Funk by Brian Luckett, and
many more works by living composers. Admission to this concert is free.

To learn more about duoATL go to http://www.duoatl.com or download our
flyer and hang it up: http://www.duoatl.com/press/concerts2007.pdf

Our next concert is March 6 at 8pm at the Emerson Concert Hall at
Emory University's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

Hope to see you there!

Nicole Randall
Composer and Flautist
http://www.nikkinotes.com