The Letter..

After enduring a couple of weeks of skipped heartbeats whenever the postman arrives, I'm glad I would no longer need to suffer from disappointments during this exam period. The letter finally arrived today when I wasn't at home. And I am seldom NOT at home. Anyway, I expected either an appointment letter or a rejection letter. Instead, I was summoned to go for a music audition. At least the audition is scheduled right after my exam period.

So, here's whats included in the audition. I'm supposed to perform prepared pieces of songs and bring a copy of the pieces that I would be playing. This means that I can't play songs composed by myself as I do not have written scores. Neither can I play drama serial theme songs as I do not rely on scores to play them. All these comes naturally. Why in the world do they need a copy of the music score? I've no intention of preparing a Bach, Mozart or Beethoven piece. The last time I played classical music was a donkey 8 years ago! There's no way I can master a Symphony blah blah blah in 2 weeks. Somehow I wish the interview was tomorrow. This kind of stuff should be impromptu. Besides playing the prepared pieces, any one of the following may be included: sight reading (confirm fail), sight sing (should be ok), harmonize simple melody (what's that?), improvise a simple piece (I do it all the time, but on pop music).

10 more days to the start of exams. Schedule for the next 1.5 weeks: Wake up, brush teeth, eat breakfast, read newspapers, study, eat lunch cum watching tv, bathe, study, eat tea (if hungry), study (with 'surfing internet' breaks in between), eat dinner, stroll, bathe, study, and finally sleep. Piano practice sessions will be held whenever I feel like it (i.e. sick of studying). How I love exams.