Italy (Lodi)

I just got back from Italy, where I was playing with Theresia Youth Baroque Orchestra. While Lodi isn't very well known, it is a kind of cute town, so I'm posting a few pictures.

Pictures from Switzerland

Last week was my Autumn Holiday. I spent it with Florian in Tarasp, a lovely region in the Swiss Alps. We did some hiking and some relaxing, and here are the pictures to make you jealous!

First pictures from Amsterdam

 Dusk at the edge of Zeeburgereiland

 

 The bridge to Steigereiland (with the moon just above it)

 The sunset from the bridge

 Looking over the water. The bridge in the background is for bicycles only

 Flevopark, an excellent place for a picnic

 Flevopark

 Me having a picnic in Flevopark

 The view from the bicycle bridge

 The bridge

Master Project Fun and Silly Fonts

Today I finished my school applications for next year. I won't know until the middle of April or maybe even early May where I've been accepted (Auditions are between the 10th and 17th of April), but it feels amazing to have the paperwork done. School applications are always a bit illogical, I find. Each one is just a tiny bit different from all the others, and they take a lot of time. Just finding all the pieces and finding all the webpages where various requirements were explained took hours.

My Master Project is also in full swing now. Things have really taken shape during vacation, which is brilliant. I still need a title, but my research is coming together nicely. I've been working extensively with older German texts for the first time since I lived in Oldenburg. The great thing about these books is that since they are no longer under copyright, you can find them online. The not so great things is that the default font of the 19th Century is very difficult to read, even before you factor in all of the different spellings that were used. Just in case anyone wants to take a stab at reading this stuff...

First Paragraph of the article about the Schunke Family, from the Encyclopädie der gesammten musikalischen Wissenschaften, oder Universal-Lexicon der Tonkunst

I'm having a lot of fun though, and I've gotten to meet some people (both in real life and through email) who are a lot of fun to talk to. It's great to meet someone who is as interested as I am in this stuff, because a lot of people couldn't care less.

I start my last semester in Zürich on Monday. I'm definitely feeling a little sad about leaving, it's been a wonderful few years. It's absolutely crazy to think I'm going to have a masters degree in a few short months. Time's going to fly.

And I will be home this summer, probably in July. In case anyone is planning anything.