The Music of the Night

This weekend was harp weekend.

It was also the weekend of plentiful powder.

The fact that they occurred on the same weekend was a bit of the disappointment. Sometimes it's hard to have so many talents! 

Just kidding, sarcasm. I'm not that conceited.

Anyway, I had two harp recitals this weekend. Friday night was my solo performance and Saturday was my ensemble performance.

My solo performance. 

I thought it was going to be an utter disaster. I didn't have a lot of time to practice this semester. Now that I'm not a music major, harp has been put on the back burner. I love harp, but I just have so much work to complete in my other classes. 

I didn't realize how hard it would be to balance my music life with my business life. And it's alarming how quickly harp dropped on my list of priorities.

I'll always play harp, but never again like I used to play.

Friday night was my last solo recital, and it went better than expected. I played Clair de Lune. It's such a beautiful song. And it was a good ending.

My ensemble concert. 

Always a fun time. My favorite part about ensemble is the opportunity we have to create our own arrangement of a piece. This semester my group did and arrangement of 

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

from Phantom.

It was so lovely!

And to top it off, Dr. Brady, the harp professor, came up to me afterwards and told me that our arrangement was the best arrangement she has ever heard from the harp ensemble.

WOW!

Such a HUGE compliment!

I definitely felt fulfilled as a harpist after that comment.

Confidence = boosted.