The One With the Finals

DUUUUUUUUDEEE...I am now officially half way through with my finals, and I have to say that it is a NICE feeling! Last Thursday, I had the first half of my Musicianship exam (sight singing) and, though it went okay (I think his exact words were, "Well, not your best hearing."), it was not stellar. Then I had my diction final and I am reasonably sure that I did very well on that one. I am somewhat of a diction geek! It was almost fun. Anyway, today I had my theory exam and it went well. There were a few things from earlier this year that I had trouble recalling but overall, I think it was good. We'll see. Then I had my piano jury....um....it was okay. I was insanely nervous, enough that I messed up two out of four scales. The arpeggios were perfect (Yeah!). Then came the harmonization. For you non-major types, that means they give me a simple melody and I have to provide it with chords as I play it. Well, it was perfect!! Only after I finished did one of the faculty tell me that she had very clearly asked me to play the second piece and I had played the first.


So I died.


Right there in the office. Yup, this is coming from beyond the grave! Actually, they were very nice about it beause I was such a nervous wreck. Then I had to transpose that melody to another key and that was perfect as well. Lastly, I played two of my repotoire pieces and they were great as well! Overall, I think I did reasonably well. Finally, I had my voice jury today as well and........


IT WAS SPECTACULAR! I made only one mistake (cut off a word with a breath. But it was a loooong word. Mancarmi'l. Stretched over three measures. But I nailed it the second time through, so that's good. And strangely, I was not nervous during that one. So there we are, halfway through.

Tomorrow, I have my Christian Scriptures exam, Saturday is the second half of the musicianship exam, Monday is my American Constitutional Development final (which will require uber studying) and my history final (which may not go well regardless of how much I study. WORST TEACHER ON THE PLANET!). Then I am done! No More! YEAH!!!!


So, here is what you can do. Ignore the others, pray like MAD that I do not lose steam through my history final (1500 words in three essays, plus twenty matching questions. One of the essays is 50 percent of my final - which translates into 20 percent of my final grade. The problem is that this professor is unbelievably unreliable in his grading. I have no idea what I will make). Wish me luck!