Hello!
Auditions are schedule on April 15 for the Cecilian grant. I received notification that I will find out about the grant through the UMD graduate council sometime no later than April 15th. Therefore April 15th is a very important day. Oh, not to mention that the New Music Recital held through UMD will be that day as well and I will be performing the piece "Good Night Moon" based on the the popular children's book. Big Day!
Today my GDR and I worked on finalizing the request for a special topics course that will give me credit for the summer work I will be doing. The final application will go through the music department and then through the graduate council.Things are slowly falling into place. I have also begun to learn how to conjugate Turkish verbs in the immediate present, continuous present, and simple past. Very exciting! I also received my copy of Turkish Music Theory, Makam, in the mail yesterday. Just skimming through the book, it is interesting to note that Turkish music uses the 8ve scale like Western Music (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C or Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do). However, Turkish music will have 9 "semi-tones" between every note in the 8ve scale. For example, C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, D 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, E...etc. Some music theorists argue that those notes in between are just embellishments. However, it is hard to say something is simply an embellishment when it is used prolifically in all forms (classical, popular, folk, etc) of a culture's music. What a beautiful connection for Western music to share with Turkish music!
One more note, both Chloe, my ferret, and the cat that our household "cat-sat" enjoy Turkish music more than opera I learned. They sat there and listened to Turkish music while they ran around the house in a fury during opera. Any opinions?
I think that a ferret and a cat running around during opera is "highly appropriate".
ReplyDeleteI would agree!
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