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Yesterday, during my Cello class, my teacher walked in with a big box full of cello music. He drops it in the middle of the room and proceeds to let us go wild and take what we want. This led to music being strewn around the entire orchestra room. I managed to get about 10 pieces. Beethoven, Bach, Strauss, 2 Tchaikovsky's and a Hayden among some others. All but one have turned out to be cello parts for Symphonies. The one solo piece is Beethoven's  12 Variations for Cello and Piano. My Dad wants me to do a solo in Solo and Ensemble later this year, even though I'm already doing a piece in my quartet for it (I'm pretty sure the quartets hav

I found a recipe for Roasted Stuffed Bell Peppers the other day. Dad had gotten some mini sweet bell peppers at the store last week that we hadn't eaten so I decided to make them for dinner today. Roasted Bell Peppers with a Rice/Tomato/Onion mix. So I spent about 2 hours making them, about 20 little half peppers. While making those, I got the idea to make some Rice Pudding for dessert. So I made a Blueberry Rice Pudding which took another hour or so. I spent about 3 hours total making dinner. And it turned out amazing. My Dad and brother come home and I serve the Peppers. My brother takes one look at his plate, pushes it away and refuses t

"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent." I've just started learning this Brahms Cello Sonata. Its a beautiful piece and my teacher reckons I'll be really good at it. Its my 'long term' piece while I'm working on other things. Earlier today, I was working on it while waiting for my Mom to finish the dishes so I could clean out a bowl from earlier. She finished and came to tell me to clean it. I was in the middle of the piece and told her I would once I finished practicing. A moment later, she comes back to my door, pounds on it, and yells at me to put down the Cello and go clean the bowl. Again, I told