Monthly Archives: June 2011

Backpacking in the Swiss Alps

Backpacking in the Alps for 3 days was an amazing experience. I went to an area past Lucerne with Candy (former BFA RA), Emily (BFA teacher), and Kyle (Emily’s rock-climber friend). Though we dealt with rain, sunburn, stinging nettle, and … Continue reading

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Year 2 in Review

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Paris

This trip with Kristin was my first time to Paris without students! It started with a bit of a bump. Kristin and I missed our train by about 2 minutes because of a faulty GPS and construction at the train … Continue reading

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Finals Week

Monday: had music department breakfast at Fünfschilling restaurant, returned rental instruments to Christian Ganter, taught a violin lesson, and went to HBR for my last Monday night subbing session. Tuesday: went for a run, proctored Algebra / Statistics exam, went … Continue reading

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Spring Concert 2011

Sunday, May 29 was the Spring Concert, the last big event of the semester for the music department. It was a good way to round off the musical year. I always forget to take pictures of my orchestras, so during … Continue reading

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Strasbourg & the STARS

In college, I volunteered with the STARS Disability Ministry at College church. I helped Kristin Knosp, a fellow music ed major, with the music sessions for people with special needs. For the past 2 weeks, Kristin and the STARS were … Continue reading

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Kirchenkonzert

“Kirchenkonzert” means “Church concert.” My community band (Stadtmusik Kandern) played a concert in the Evangelical church in town on Sunday, May 22. A few months ago, the director of the band could see that I was getting bored playing tuba. … Continue reading

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Catching Up

So… last time I wrote was May 19th. We are no longer in the month of May. I’m becoming a delinquent blogger! Oh no! Actually, there were so many things happening I didn’t have time to write about each one … Continue reading

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