Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Life Warm-up Exercise

You've been studying in your stuffy dorm room for so long that you've lost track of the time. All of a sudden you realize that you have to practice piano so you say, "Oh, my!"

You hop up from your seat, quickly throw on your shoes and a jacket and run out of the door.

You rush into Buckingham, throwing open the big, wooden door, run upstairs and see Dr. Kauffman. He tries to stop you to have a "quick chat" but you say, "Oh Dr. Kauffman, I'm quite in a hurry!"

You blow past Dr. Kauffman and reach up to the box with your music and grab a binder of music.

You go into a practice room, slam the door, sit down at the bench-shoulders relaxed, and open your binder only to realize you picked up the wrong binder and to make matters worse, Dr. Kauffman is knocking on your practice room door and asking you to come to his office...







(To be continued....)

Monday, March 24, 2014

Maeghin's FIrst Life Relaxation Exercise

It's Spring time! And you know what that means - spring cleaning.  So you immediately put on your favorite super comfy cleaning sweatpants and sweatshirt.  Oh! And don't forget your special cleaning apron.  Now that you have on the proper attire, it's time to get to work.  You start off by grabbing a broom and sweeping the floor.  You sweep in large swifts and circles on the floor.  In your sweeping, you drift into a daydream in which you are dancing at a ball.  You spin with your partner in the beautiful hall.  In the moment you throw your hands in the air and lift them to the sky.  With a resounding thud, your broom falls to the floor.  "Oh, no!"  You swoop down and pick it up and dust off all the dirt that it on your feet, legs, stomach, and arms.  You examine your work on the room and decide that you've done enough for the day.  It's time for you to go enjoy the warm sun outside, and you can always finish the cleaning tomorrow :) "Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh."

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Life Relaxation 3/24

Title: Homemade Pasta

You decide to make homemade pasta today.  You gather the eggs, oil, flour, and salt... but you can't find the last ingredient.  You call in a head voice, "Moooooooooooooom where's the semolina?"  You discover the semolina was hidden behind other pantry items on the top shelf.  You reach to get the semolina and continue making the pasta.  First you gently mix the ingredients then you forcefully knead the dough.  After the dough rests you diligently roll it out very long with the rolling pin.  (It takes a lot of work to roll the dough) After cutting the pasta you cook it in your pot and plate it with marinara.  You smell it with a deep breath and say, "mmmmm" you taste it and say, "ooooooo" and you are full and say, "aaaaaah."

Saturday, March 15, 2014

No class Monday

Due to Concert Chorale not returning until Monday night. We 'll catch another "interactive" time for teaching vocal technique to groups of people. So much fun!

Doc