Well, last night's performance was great! It really went pretty well, despite the fact that it was an outdoor concert and it was freezing. Not literally but it sure was cold. 50s, maybe. I found that the lights in the back of the audience tent were quite warm so for about 20 minutes before the performance (we were last), the three of us sat next to the light and kept our hands warm. There was some music that was partly blown away but Korinne magically somehow kept the music on the stand. Flying music - always stressful, haha.
Today, piano was a completely different story. Our studio had studio class and a guest professor, so we had a masterclass. I think I probably haven't played so poorly in awhile. The professor was nice and just worked with different things to help it be better, but man, I was super embarrassed. The fingers just were not working the way I had practiced, at all. I did learn something pretty important, though: as long as I just focused a lot on what the teacher was saying and did not think about how bad I sounded, I didn't get too frustrated or upset. Besides, getting upset doesn't do any good, right? Haha, it's easier said than done sometimes. Still, I guess now I only have more good tools to make everything hopefully more consistent in the future. So, with that, I think I am going to go back to the practice room before my brain starts obsessing about everything I messed up today ,). So very glad I have an off day for performing -- the big Brahms performance is tomorrow evening so the plan is to be super pumped up for that. Until next time, friends.
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