Ending the First Week.

Wow. Can I just say this has been the busiest and craziest week of my life! I am beyond exhausted and already ready for a vacation.
Being a Music Major is not as easy as you may think it is. It is a lot of work. It's a good work though, it's very enjoyable. I feel very small here sometimes. Walla Walla is such a small town and has a much smaller community of musically inclined people. Here, it's a very competitive and everyone is talented. I used to feel very talented in Walla Walla, not in a snobby way, but I knew the insides and outsides of the music community. Here, I feel very lost. Today as I was walking home from choir, I felt a little discouraged just because I really don't know what I'm doing. When you become a music major here, you kinda have to learn the ropes by yourselves. I miss knowing what I am doing all the time. It's just going to take some getting used to I think. There are going to be days when I get discouraged I'm sure, but at the end of the day, I love what I am doing here. I love what I'm learning and I love this place! It's where I'm supposed to be.
Anyways, today was a pretty chill! I have two classes on friday and both are choir. I love my fridays. And I adore my choir teacher. She's phenomenal. She really pushes you to be your best. And she's always positive. My first choir class of the day has about 135 people and she manages to have a positive attitude even though half of the class could care less. I wish more people appreciated the hard work that music teachers put into there job. My poor Music Exploration teacher gets absolutely no credit for being a good teacher. I feel bad for him because, true, he does teach the most boring class but he also has the same passion for music that all of us have. Appreciation is something that I PRAY people will have for me when I become a music teacher. It's a very hard occupation and since being here, I have gained a whole new respect for music teachers.
My diction for class has been insanely difficult but really informative. I think it will be easier once I understand IPA. I think I am slowly getting there. It's a lot easier once you take the thinking out of it and just write how the word sounds. This is what my name looks like in IPA!
kɔrtni grɪgz
I've been working on a lot of Hymn Transcription this past week for theory. It's SUPER tedious and a waste of time but it gives me the chance to practice notating. I don't really need the practice for transposing but I definitely need the practice for notating music. So I've been spending time on that as well.
Im happy that the easy week is finally almost done. I'm ready for the meat of the semester to begin. It's about time to get started! Because once I get started the sooner I can teach!! AHHH!! Can the future be here now? :)
Until next time,
Love, Courtney Griggs