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Name: Larkin
Country: United States
State: Kansas
Metro: Lawrence
Gender: Female
Interests: music...Clarinet, voice, Cinque Suoni (my woodwind quintet), KU, Symphony, Wind Ensembl...Of course i have my favorite bands (Coldplay being the favorite)...I like alternative, jazz, hip-hop, blue grass. As far as sports go, I'm all over slolam water skiing, sailing, SCUBA, and all aquatic sports.
Expertise: music: clarinet
Occupation: Student
Industry: Art
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AIM:  LiberalMusician
MSN: dirtyliberalmusician@hotmail.com
Member Since:
2/27/2004
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| Well, it's been plenty long since last I updated, so I figured now was the time.
Let's see...I have 2 excellent jobs right now:
Job No. 1: Street Performing (The SkyLark Duo)
*Skylar
McKinney and I play clarinet duets down on the Landing in Branson. It's
a lot of fun...we play for 3 hours per day and 2 days per week. We play
stuff out of the Voxman duet books (1 and 2) and a book comprised of
famous symphonies that have been arranged as duets and things that I
have arranged. I arranged the Skylark song for the two of us to play
and I just recently arranged "The Flower Duet" from Lakme by Delibes.
It's one of the most beautiful duets in all of opera.i Anyway, our
biggest fans are little kids and we still get paid an hourly wage plus
whatever tips we make. I love that job!
Job No. 2: Bath and Body Works (Sales Associate)
*I
work as at Bath and Body Works rubbing lotion on people's hands,
running a cash register, and wandering about the store trying not to
buy things. It's been a lot of fun to work there. Grace works with me
and most of the girls that work there go to C of O, so we can all talk
about school and whatnot. We have a good time, and for once in my life,
I don't feel like I've sold my soul to the devil. I mean, Bath and Body
Works is a big, corporate company, but the products promote personal
well-being and I use them all the time. I also love this job.
Hopefully, I can transfer to the Bath and Body Works in Lawrence, which
would be glorious because my apartment complex is really close to the
store.
We're going SCUBA diving on Thursday, and I'm really
excited! I think we went diving over fall break last year, but it's
still been a long time. The lake is really clear right now, so
visibility should be really good...however, it'll probably be kind of
cold.
I haven't seen much of anyone since I've been home. Lauren
brought me home, and we did a bunch of stuff around town and had a
great time and I've seen Steve Woods and gone bowling with Molly and
Cody, but I miss everyone! So give me a call if you're in Branson,
Dammit!
Sheesh...other than work, though, I haven't done a whole lot.
I
did, however, have a bunch of A clarinets ordered into Palen Music
Company in Springfield. Mr. Matzat, my old band director, is hooking me
up, per say. He met the price of Woodwind-Brasswind for the model that
I'm looking for (Selmer Signature Series A). I've already purchased a
case....now I'm just waiting for the clarinets to come in so I can try
them out!
I'm going to KC over the weekend of the 22nd to see
Romeo and Juliet for Shakespeare in the Park and I"m going to stay with
the wonderful Miss Sarah Lisby. We might be able to go over to Lawrence
for Kent's party, but we don't know for sure.
We are going to
New Haven, CT in July to visit my Dad while he's away at "Chaucer Camp"
otherwise known as a Chaucer Seminar that he's been accepted to for
like 2 months this summer. He's leaving on the 23rd (I think) and he'll
be back the week I move into the Reserve.
Jared Haynie should
also be home around then!!! I can't wait! I'll probably cry when I see
Jared...2 years is too long. I'm going to write him a letter.
Well, that's been my ever-so-eventful life lately. I sure hope it gets more interesting soon. | | |
| I want things to go my way.
Who doesn't?
I just want a response.
I just want an answer.
I hate feeling like this...
being so frustrated that a response is coming from elsewhere
and not from where I want it.
I messed up.
How badly did I actually mess up?
I would whole-heartedly try to fix it...
If I were only given the chance.
Somehow, I don't think I'm going to get that chance.
Good things in life are not free...
Infact, they are so goddamn expensive.
I think you know what I mean.
I'm not trying to write a poem.
That's just the way it's turning out.
My explanation for this state
Is turning out to be a really crappy poem.
Everything is beyond my controll.
I can't do a thing....except wait.
And hope the response I want comes soon.
I'm sorry for being vague.
I just feel like crap. | | |
| So, yeah.
The Grandfather
I went to Pine Bluff, Arkansas
to visit my grandfather yesterday. It was a lot of fun. My grandfather
is my biggest patron/fan and all of that stuff, and I love to spend
time with him. On the way down, I even got to eat lunch with Michael
Westerfield, which was most excellent.
When I got there, he was
at a doctor's appointment, so I plunked around on the piano for a bit
until he got home. The poor guy! He's got all kinds of cancer and he
recently developed neuropothy, which has screwed up his nerves in his
feet. To him, walking feels like stepping on sharp rocks constantly.
He'd lost some hair and weight from the chemo and was a bit pale, but
he was in such high spirits!
I played about an hours worth of
music for him (he plays clarinet, so we can talk "clarinet" for a
while). I played my concerto for him, and he was impressed with my
stacatto. He's so funny...he's always asking me how to do propper
staccato. Anyway, after that, I played a bunch of rose etudes.
I'd
heard that he was going to sell his clarinet--you know, my dream
clarinet?! The clarinet that is perfect for me?! SO, I asked him about
it, and he said that he was going to, but the buyer said that the
instrument was supposed to have come with a second barrel, which he
doesn't have. In the end, I asked if he would sell it to me when he
decided to put it back on the market.
That night we went to a
minninite restaurant in Star City, AR for a delicious steak dinner. The
restaurant was in the middle of no where, but it was super nice and
super delicious.
Today, we got up and made french toast and
bacon together. Some of his friends came by and they were very nice.
After that, we ran some erands and had some lunch. Right before I left,
we started talking about staccato again, and right out of the blue in
the middle of our conversation, he said that I could take his clarinet
home with me and "try it out," but he hasn't made any "deffinate
decisions" yet. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee! This means I probably have a new
clarinet.
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However, this afternoon wasn't so great. bum bum bum....etc.
Preface:
I have a squeeky clean record. My license is shimmery, basically.
The Cop
I
was passing through Marshall (fuck you, Marshall), just going abut my
cheery way when there was this cop sticking out of the turn lane like
he was going to turn or pull a u-ey. I had to swerve to get out of his
way, but then he followed me in a tail-gaiting fashion. His lights went
on, so I got out of the way by pulling into the local gas station.
He
was pulling me and another victim over! I was terrified....as far as I
knew, I had done absolutely nothing wrong. I initially assumed that one
of my tail lights was out or something. He said that I had been pulled
over because I didn't stop when a school bus had stopped to drop kids
off.
The Rant
What fucking bus?!?! I saw no bus! What kind of child crosses a 4-lane + turn lane high way?!?!
Anyway,
I was balling. I was already shaking because I was scared about being
pulled over in the first place. Like I said, I have a sparkling record.
There is absolutely nothing on it.
He still gave me a ticket!
There's a court date and everything. I called my mom hystarically. She
was really sweet, though. She called the number, and the fine is like
$500! How can it be this much if I have never been charged with
anything? I'm going to meet with a lawyer this weekend and hopefully
get rid of this because I don't have $500 for this. THe other guy was
pissed too because he also didn't know what was going on.
It was a local small town cop/bastard probably just bored out of his mind.
I'm.....pissed. But I did get a new clarinet =).M | | |
| Wow, so it's been quite a while since I wrote a new entry.
A lot has been happening. Thus, I haven't been writing.
Let's see...I'm really busy. I thought I was going to take it fairly
easy this semester (yeah right, I've said that every semester), but not
so much. I've enjoyed wind ensemble for the most part, but I had to
play E-flat clarinet most of the time for our first concert. I don't
mind playing e-flat, but Dr. Lynch got pretty upset with me about my
intonation. I wish he would just leave me alone and let me do my
thing. Anyway, that little incident made me really scared of playing
out. In the end, everything turned out alright. That stupid
instrument is just impossible to tune!
Quintet is going
pretty well. We have a gig in April and we're hoping to play our own
recital this semester. I would LOVE that. Right now, we're playing
the Tafenel (sp?) quintet, a Beethoven transcription, and we're getting
ready to start the Klughardt. I love quintet. We have a gig in April
for the alumni association. It's for $75 + provided transportation +
food. It should be quite fun.
I really like my new trio. It's clarinet, viola, and piano. Right now, we're working on Schumann's Fairy Tales,
which I originally thought was really strange, but it's turning into a
really beautiful peice. The voice leading is just weird. My part
sounds funny to me when I play it, but when I listen to the recording,
it's really lovely.
As far as my own playing is concerned,
I'm playing the entire Krommer concerto for my jury peice this
semester. It's a nice romantic concerto, and the technique isn't
overwhelming. I'm playing a lot for lessons right now. I've got like
6 etudes every week, plus about 45 minutes of basic technique stuff,
and then my solo. On top of that (right now), I have an audition on
March 2nd for scholarships, for which I'm playing the first movement of
the Szalowsky sonatina (one of my peices from last semester), and 3
movements of the Vaughan-Williams Six Studies on an English Folk Song,
which is originally a cello peice. The catch is, I have to have those
things memorized for the audition. Ally is accompanying me, and I have
the Szalowsky memorized already. I'm just now learning the Vaughan
Williams, though, so I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I can't beleive I just
found recordings of both of those peices. I dug around all last
semester looking for the Szalowsky, and couldn't find one anywhere; not
itunes, not amazon, not tower, not anywhere! Now itunes has one. Of
course.
On a non musical note and more of a life note, life
is great. I've really enjoyed being free of comitment if you know what
I mean....OK, I've enjoyed being single! I've really enjoyed all the
new friends I've made in the past few months, and the time I've been
able to spend with old friends. I've been dating a lot of cool guys,
but no one I'm interested in seriously...but I think it's mutual. If
it's not, sorry!
I'm SUPER EXCITED about this
weekend!!! Molly, Ashley, and Brandi are coming up this weekend, and I
can't wait to show them around Lawrence and hang out around here
together! Not to mention, Claire's birthday party is this friday, adn
we'll so be there! I can't wait!
Well, I must to wind ensemble. I hope to write more later. =) | | |
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| So, I emailed Dr. Maxey last night about my jury results.
I just got a reply back today.
Dear Larkin":
You played a very solid jury and got a grade of A-, but you were not
approved for the performance major. I am sure this is a disappointment
to you, but we can talk about it when you get back. I really feel that
your current degree program is superior to the B.M., which prepares you
for absolutely nothing except to take auditions. Everyone is able to
see improvement in your playing, however, and we can take another shot
at it in the spring if you wish.
lm
How can I get an A and not be a peformance major?
How could I have worked so hard for so long and still not get it?
Am I just aweful?
Should I not be a performance major?
How can they put me in the wind ensemble, the symphony, the new music
ensemble, and a quintet and not think I can do it?!
How was he able to show confidence in me deceptivly like that?
I feel like my dreams were just in my reach and then they disapeared. |
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