As you know, I am a semi-malcontent DMA student at the New England Conservatory. NEC is the self-proclaimed oldest music school in the US, and as of yet, no one has challenged that claim. They have a long history of turning out amazing musicians, and continue to have one of the more competitive string programs in the country. And they have been coasting on this reputation and collecting tens of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting aspiring musicians year after year. They flaunt their facilities - NEC's Jordan Hall is famous as a professional concert venue. Pity they rent it out to generate revenue, making it nearly impossible for any of their students to use it. They talk about their world class faculty. Pity that some of them are so old they FALL ASLEEP in lessons. Pity that most of their alumni are so disenchanted from their alma mater that they don't even come back for benefit concerts thrown in their honor.
So anyway, all of this is to say that some of the malcontent students have decided to band together and express ourselves in the most timely forum - that of the blog world. You'll notice a new hyperlink to the right entitled 'Blogging for a better NEC.' It is my hope that we can get students involved in this, instead of just having our random gatherings at Pizzeria UNO and bitching about the tragic state of affairs that is our school over a few beers. While it makes us feel a little better, it doesn't change anything.
I'm seriously contemplating sending the administration a link. Does anyone think they would bother to read?
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Sunday, February 12, 2006
what month is it?
If I'm not mistaken, we had the warmest January on record for the city of Boston. And that was countered by an incredible nor'easter that kept most Bostonians inside for the whole day.
I was not one of those people. Trinity felt that church should still go on as normal in spite of the blizzard-force winds and the eight inches of snow already on the ground by 7am. My sweet husband and I got up at 6:45 to assess the precipitation situation and do a little bit of pre-emptive plowing on the driveway. It took us half an hour to get to church (normally takes 10 minutes) but the Civic did very well in the snow. I looked out the front door of Trinity between services and the snow was blowing so hard I couldn't see the Boston Public Library. Yipes!
My father says, "oh, but snow is so pretty!"
I think snow is beautiful. When you're not the one shoveling it.
Won't have tons of time to blog, have an audition this weekend. Cross fingers and think French thoughts in my direction this Friday!
I was not one of those people. Trinity felt that church should still go on as normal in spite of the blizzard-force winds and the eight inches of snow already on the ground by 7am. My sweet husband and I got up at 6:45 to assess the precipitation situation and do a little bit of pre-emptive plowing on the driveway. It took us half an hour to get to church (normally takes 10 minutes) but the Civic did very well in the snow. I looked out the front door of Trinity between services and the snow was blowing so hard I couldn't see the Boston Public Library. Yipes!
My father says, "oh, but snow is so pretty!"
I think snow is beautiful. When you're not the one shoveling it.
Won't have tons of time to blog, have an audition this weekend. Cross fingers and think French thoughts in my direction this Friday!
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