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Something important happened yesterday.
Yesterday was the annual Providence Vocal Performance competition. And I won. Go me!
If you can't tell, I'm very excited.

Come one, come all

Hi everybody,
This is an official invitation to my graduation recital, featuring Carla Giesbrecht, alto, and Straight Ahead. My recital is at 7 PM in the College Chapel on April 6, 2006. So, if you're reading this, then you're invited!
-Matt

Coming home

Hi all,
I'm currently in my last week of school at Prov before spring break. I'll be home this Friday!
So...give me a call sometime!

Chopin!

So, yesterday I finally graduated...piano, that is. I got my brand new Grade 7 books, and I'm really excited! And, here's the best part:
It has a Chopin prelude, and I can play it!
I was reading through the book, and I came to a Chopin prelude, and I tried it, and I could play almost all of it! I'm super excited.
In other news, U of M audition tomorrow. I feel good about it. I'll keep you all posted on how it goes.

iPod!

As a late birthday present to myself, as well as a present for working a loooong day for the government a few weeks ago, I picked up a 30 gig Video iPod earlier today.
The result: I'm really happy. Now if I could find some videos to put on it instead of just 20 GB of jazz....

Long Time No See...

Hi all,
Sorry for the lack of updates - this new semester is going to be absolutely nuts (and I don't have internet in my room yet).
Here's what I'm taking:
Philosophical Foundations for Studying Theology
Jewish Religious Texts
Bible Study Methods
Music In Christian Worship
Recital
Voice lessons
Piano lessons
Jazz Band
College Singers
Instrumental Ensemble
Pretty full, eh?

For all you sojourn readers out there - I've been re-reading Wild at Heart, as well as doing some deep reading for Philosophical Foundations (with Tim Perry) - so I'll have some good stuff to comment on soon.

Also - my audition for the U of M is on Friday, February 17th at 11 am. Let's pray that all goes well this time!

A few more days

Well, this will probably be my last Christmas break post. I go away to Bird River Bible Camp tomorrow night for a College & Career retreat, and after I get back on Sunday, I leave for Prov. I'm very excited to go back and graduate, but I'm currently working on getting into the School of Music at the U of M for next year, so all of that is going to take up a ridiculous amount of my time and energy. I go to the U of M tomorrow for a meeting with the composition prof there - hopefully he likes my stuff and can give me some good feedback on it.
See you on the other side!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Enjoy your day off!
-Matt

Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV

Quote of the Day:
Calculon: That was so terrible I think you gave me cancer!
From Futurama Season 4: Bender Should Not Be Allowed On TV!
Also from that episode:
Cubert: Relax, Dad, we just invited a few friends over.
Farnsworth: Hmm. There's something wrong with your story but I can't put my finger on it. [He gasps.] Of course! You don't have friends!

Straight Ahead '05

Wow, I've been posting a lot. Anyways, I give you Straight Ahead, 05-06 edition!