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Pros and the Con: angewina_naguen's Journey Waddling Through Uni
katie,rinos:
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The amazing thing about today was that I was able to meet Elena Kats Chernin! She came in to give a casual workshop on her compositional process. As a music student, I’m so used to all the composers I study to be (deceased) that it was almost surreal to be in the presence of someone who I literally studied as a part of my HSC course. My tutor assigned me with the task of buying her a bouquet of flowers which I’m very glad she loved. It was an intimate and highly rewarding opportunity that I will owe the Con huge for giving me 8)
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She's actually coming to my uni to give a masterclass next week! Glad you found it interesting!! :D
Hope your performance goes well this weekend! :)
angewina_naguen:
15/03/2019
Hey, everyone!
Another week wrapped up :D I finished my small handout assignment which was deceptively more difficult than I thought it would be. I was stuck on this one question for a solid ten minutes and then realised I read everything in the whole clef (no wonder the answer was not coming to me). I made a mental note now to read questions properly to save myself from humiliation and wasting time.
--- Quote from: katie,rinos on March 13, 2019, 07:49:27 pm ---She's actually coming to my uni to give a masterclass next week! Glad you found it interesting!! :D
Hope your performance goes well this weekend! :)
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And awesome ;D What a coincidence! She's such a lovely person. I aspire to be as relaxed and inspiring as her :) I'm practising heaps for this performance and taking a break tomorrow evening so everything will be nice and ready to go on Sunday ;D
Today's seminar for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music was really moving for me. We covered a module about identity, cultural sensitivity and positive learning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. Since I did SAC in my last two years of high school, I found it fascinating to look into these areas from a teaching perspective and it was highly interesting :)
One moment in the workshop that particularly left an impact on me was an activity we did where we were asked to write down everything that related to our culture. I wrote about music, good food, superstitions and many other aspects that makes up who I am. Once we did all of that, our responses were all assembled in a visual map and the lady running the workshop came over with a black paint brush. She ran it across all of our responses and asked us how we felt about having all of our cultural qualities erased without permission. It was a confronting experience but it definitely helped me empathise. It was difficult holding back my tears when it was happening.
I think it's moments like these that really bring out my passion for people. I have many reasons for wanting to teach and I'm almost finding it hard to pinpoint just one. What moments like those allow me to do is to take that step closer to figuring out what it is that compels me to teach so much. I'm looking forward to learning more about myself throughout this course and although it's only been three weeks, it's an exciting start ;D Hope you all have an amazing weekend and will check in soon!
Toodles,
Angelina ;D
angewina_naguen:
23/03/2019
Hey, everyone!
Finally found some time to write this entry. It's been a heavy week but I can feel it getting even more intense. I'm hoping to get most of my work done over this weekend in preparation to lessen the load during the week.
Harmony is officially the bane of my existence :'( I'm not the worst at it but it's definitely proving to be a challenge right now. It takes me at least two hours to get the homework done and there's barely any of it. I think I'm going to seek more help from my tutor and pop in some time over the next few days. It would be a good idea to just clarify a few (by that I mean a lot) of concerns I have with the content :-\
I'm really enjoying my time in the education subjects I have this semester! Key Ideas has been heaps of fun and my cohort for Music Ed is really friendly :) It's nice being surrounded by such lovely and supportive people. I also made some friends with people in my Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Music class and will be performing with one for our first assessment task 8) We're doing Jessica Mauboy's Never Be The Same which is probably my favourite song by her! I'm loving the vibe of Music Ed and look forward to going to those classes the most.
Music in Modern Times and Musicology Workshop have also been really inspiring. I'm thinking of changing up my concept completely and doing something along the lines of musical satire in Francis Poulenc's The Breasts of Tiresias. I found this opera quite entertaining with its humorous take on propaganda and would like to present an analysis of how parody, irony, humour and satire have been translated in the musical features of the opera. I find that I'm learning more and more from these subjects and anticipate having them this week.
And finally, choir! The Handel has been a bit of a challenge. I have so much respect for people who can sing some of these passages flawlessly AND at the speed he wrote it in. It'll require more practice so I'm trying to set aside an hour or so for the repertoire each week. The other piece we're doing, Fiat Lux, is gorgeous! I'm a huge fan of it and it's significantly easier than the Handel. I'm excited to perform that one way more. I'm hoping to try and get my appreciation for the Handel work to that level eventually :D
That'll be all for this week! Hope everyone has an amazing weekend and don't forget to go vote ;D
Angelina ;D
angewina_naguen:
02/04/2019
Quick post :) I have a presentation on Spanish liturgical music manuscript on Wednesday, a reflective journal to be submitted online on the weekend, a mid semester exam next Monday and a performance task the same Friday. Things are getting real intense. Adding cumulative tutorial homework, portfolio entries and quizzes to the picture is not making it much prettier :'( That being said, I should be alright! Just feel like time racing and the finishing line is completely out of sight. I'm already looking forward to mid semester break to recollect myself (and also for my lecture debut woohoo!). Hope everyone's week has started off nicely and will update soon!
Toodles,
Angelina ;D
angewina_naguen:
06/04/2019
Hey, everyone!
Presentation went well ;D I got super nervous during it and accidentally said "Japan" instead of "Spain" when I was introducing the manuscripts but other than that, got good praise from the tutor :) The reflective journal is all set to submit tomorrow when the portal opens so I'm excited to get that over and done with.
Studying for this mid-sem feels like I'm sitting my Modern History exam all over again with the amount of content I'm trying to revise. After it's over, I'm thinking of sharing my top three works so far from Music in Modern Times in this journal :) You can tune into "Angelina Reviews Music on ATARNOTES Instead of Being Productive" soon!
Performance rehearsing has been going well too. I'm super pumped for it and can't wait to finish off this transcription to submit on Friday. Everything's going to be a hundred times more relaxing once all of this is over.
That'll be all for today. Have a great weekend, all and will touch base soon!
Toodles,
Angelina ;D
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