#lmao i don't even know the context of that lady gaga quote lmao.

[firelord-frowny]

!!! i just had a happy College Memory! <3

During my first two years, i was friends with another violin performance major named Yena. She was ~older~ for an undergrad college student lmao I think she was like 25 or 26, and I was a wee 16ish 17ish year old. She wasn’t a particularly skilled player in that she didn’t have the technical skills to really play virtuosc repertoir solidly. 

BUT, when she played stuff that had a difficulty level that didn’t exceed her skill level, she played BEAUTIFULLY. like. she was SO expressive and was always able to impart her artistic vision with such ease onto anything she performed. Like, she did Vivaldi’s “Summer” for one of the major recitals, and it was PHENOMENAL. Stunning. Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it.

So, most music programs require that all students participate in a ~chamber ensemble~, which is basically a small group of musicians as opposed to a soloist or a full orchestra. the most popular form of chamber music is a string quartet, which usually includes two violins, one viola, and a cello. 

I LOVE playing in quartets. And usually a professor assigns a particular piece, and chooses which students are going to be in a particular group.

But I basically demanded to my professor that my group be assigned to play the Debussy string quartet, and I demanded that Yena be my 2nd violinist, and so that’s what happened. 

And it was just! Incredible! She was so wonderful to play with, and it was so easy to vibe off of her energy, and it was my faaaaaavorite experience in college. I loved playing with her so much! I hope she’s enjoying her life!