Thanksgiving is always such a pleasant time filled with family, friends, and good food. But when the time comes to return to school, if you're a music major, you've probably been slammed by literally everything at once.
You've got at least 3 tests, 2 quizzes, and probably an evaluation of some kind before the week is out.
You've spent hours on end studying, and you've only tackled one subject. Before you know it, it's the wee hours of the morning. Times up. Lets hope that Baroque aria, or small form, study session sticks while you nap for 2 hours before your 8 A.M.
Your juries are in a week. SURPRISE!
Its that time again. You look at the calendar and realize, crap, I have maybe two out of my six pieces memorized. Welp. Time to hit a practice room for six hours. Let's hope to God these pitches and rhythms stick along with the information you've crammed in that head of yours. You know you should have been practicing for months but, oh yeah, you've had tests and performances every week and a half for the past three months.
Every ensemble you're in has a concert this week.
Final concerts are this week, featuring all of the patron's favorite carols and your conductor's favorite Bach Oratorio, Handel Chorus, Tchaicovsky Suite, or god-awful rendition of Sleigh Ride. You've got the carols because you've played or sung them since you were 5 but the Bach, not so much.
Church's are all over you for gigs like flies on garbage.
Who can resist the easy money of a church gig? But wait, how many have you accepted now? Two? Ten? Who's to say?
Luckily, it'll all be over in a few days, only to be replaced by the stress of actual finals. But keep going! It'll ALL, actually, be over in just a few weeks. You'll be free as a bird, sittin' pretty back at home, no music to memorize, no test to study for. Aural skills will be a distant memory, music history a mere wisp lost in your hot chocolate. You'll be snuggled up on the couch, watching whatever holiday movie ABC family is playing, surrounded by your loving family. SO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT. THE END IS NEAR AND YOU CAN DO THIS!
