new developments...!!!

Well its been a little while since my last post. Apologies, but I have been incredibly busy with the preparations for Spring.

Next weekend I will be attending the National Orff-Schulwerk Conference in Spokane, WA. I am one of three first-year students who were invited to go with the PLU Music Ed department. I am not particularly interested in Elementary Education, but I think this conference will prove as a notch in my belt. I am excited to meet other educators and learn about the field.

Speaking of being excited, my mind has been floating in the Choral Music Education clouds for quite awhile. With traveling to Bellevue in February for the NW Music Educator's National Conference, as well as a week in Chicago for the National American Choral Director's Association Convention, I am in need of business cards. Whew. Lot of words. Working with a friend of mine here shortly on a possible logo... I'm pretty excited!

And on top of all THAT, I ordered a Mollard Conducting Baton today. Pictures to come when it arrives :)

I also have been working ferociously on linkedin.com and connecting with other choral masters. In the spring I intend on meeting and interviewing Eric William Barnum, a choral composer and conductor. He is currently working on his DMA in Choral Conducting under Dr. Geoffrey Boers at the University of Washington.

AND we are preparing for our Christmas series at Pacific Lutheran University. The Choir of the West, University Chorale, and University Symphony Orchestra are combining to perform The Pacific Sanctus by Robert Kyr. It is incredible. You really don't want to miss it!

To sum it all up, I am FREAKING EXCITED for all the crazy things going on!