I have been unbelievably busy.

This past month I've been:

• writing two new pieces of music (one brass feature for wind band, another that's still being sketched out)
• rounding up musicians to premiere Sound Sequences sometime next Spring
• going to Canton Youth Symphony rehearsals on Wednesdays from 6-8:45
• trying to keep up with an insane marching band schedule
• practicing music for Solo & Ensemble in January (a trombone solo and a piano solo, plus several accompaniments and possibly a trombone quartet and brass choir)
• barely making it to Malone's symphonic band rehearsals right after marching band
• filling out college applications
• preparing audition repertoire
• completing at least an hour of AP Calculus homework every night
• trying to make a recording of Photonic Collisions to send in to CIM with the score, which means finding a facility with two pianos available
• keeping up with piano lessons every Friday

My schedule doesn't typically get this full until at least around Thanksgiving, sometimes a little bit later when all the demand for Christmas music shoots up, conveniently right as contest season begins. As I read over that list, I find myself fighting the urge to just fall over and weep in utter despair. I've already spent too much time typing this post, so I'll just leave it at that.

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