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Great Plains Repertoire Decisions

It's official. Due to the remaining 7 concerts of the semester, moving, hosting a family gathering, and dealing with the emotions of leaving dear friends, I've decided to play Bach's Toccata from Partita No. 6 for keyboard. I figure since I've recorded it that preparation will be simpler...particularly within context of the rest of life's happenings.

Great Plains Marimba Competition

Yay, good news! I made the initial audio round cut for the Great Plains Marimba Competition! The coming Semi-Final and Final rounds will be held from June 17-20 in Oklahoma City at the Bass School of Music. I'm excited to know that I've passed that first round, and pleased that my congratulatory email came with comments from Mike Burritt on my tape. I think that's rather nice, honestly - some feedback before the actual  competition date.  But, I should admit that my rather prideful self read the comments and thought yes, I know that accuracy was excellent - thank you for noticing. And at other moments thought hey, yeah that part is rather difficult for everybody so...yeah, ok it sounds forced in my tape...guhhhhhhh he's right, need to work on that. I hope they give feedback to everyone, even those who were eliminated. I remember when I got eliminated in Italy and really appreciated feedback from Emmanuel Sejourne, even though he said things that I had surmised mys