You Wish You Were One of Us

Hello,
I am considering auditioning for the BUTI Piano Program, and I have a few questions:

1. I realize that Tanglewood is a selective program, but exactly how selective is selective? Is simply being able to play at a somewhat-advanced level good enough, or is world-class, "play a Chopin impromptu and Tchaikovsky concerto, now, at the same time" talent necessary? I honestly have no clue at what level my piano playing is; I've been playing since I was five, but I ditched the Suzuki method awhile ago and I took a bit of a hiatus for a year or so about a year ago. Any advice on how high I should get my hopes up for is appreciated.

2. What are scholarships and financial aid offerings like? If I do get into one of the three-week programs, I'm not sure that my family or I would be able to pay for the entire $3,000 ourselves.

3. What is the program like, in general? I can appreciate it if you think it was amazing, but exactly what made it amazing? Are the people that attend bright and interesting? Is the faculty helpful? What is Massachusetts like? etc.

4. If not Tanglewood, what other summer programs would you suggest?

Thanks in advance.

Does anybody have a copy of both the cello and piano parts to Faure's Apres un reve and/or Dvorak's Songs my Mother Taught Me that they would be willing to e-mail me?

Thanks a bunch.

......( i am going to pine for tanglewood.Collapse )

sigh

:(
♥

did anybody else order a summerbook??
[aka the yearbook like thing that you can get from BUTI every year]
and if you did, have you received it?
cuz since i was only there for 3 weeks, i gave my moolah to nadav on the day i left but i still haven't gotten mine so i'm beginning to suspect that he misplaced my $$ =[

so anybody?

I WANT MY BERNSTEIN/SIBELIUS CD. NOW!

(cfa kids- can you go abuse whoever's in the buti office?)


t-wood ♥




ps >> the bso is doing a harbison piece in october and bartok concerto for orchestra in december :-)

You know...coming home from a long day of school to the BUTI cds is just so wonderful...

Greetings!!!
We are Kiss Kiss.
An Orchestral Esque Rock Band looking to replace our Violinist.
We Write Catchy Popish Songs with a Twist of Experimentation.
We Like to use Odd Times Signatures and Eastern/Asian Scales to Create a Dark Yet Accessible Sound.

We consist of:
Piano/Synth/Vocals/Guitar/Bass/Drums/Violin

Influences Vary From Beach Boys to Igor Stravinsky, Nirvana to Bartok.

Our CD Ep will hits Stores OCT 11th on Eyeball Records, distributed through Sony Red. We just began recording our 1st Full Length CD to be released by Universal Records and The Platform Group on AstroMagnetics Records.

We Tour Lots and are looking for an Energetic Violinist who can compose their own parts on songs yet to be, and learn the parts of the songs already created.

You Can Hear our MP3's here:
http://www.myspace.com/kisskiss

You Can see our Record Labels Here:
http://www.eyeballrecords.com
http://www.astromagnetics.com

Thanks a Lot.
Look Forward to hearing from You.
JOSH

For info Email: EggsnoBacon@yahoo.com

hey everyone--i posted pictures on my livejournal from when i visited tanglewood back in july to see the yao concert/hang out with people from last year/be nostalgic and annoying/etc. and kate (gotmusikk) suggested that i post a link to them here, considering that this is the token buti livejournal community and all...so go here if you're interested...enjoy!

I just finished packing and does anybody else think that they have like a ton of stuff?!? Seriously, I feel like I'm going to have the most stuff out of anybody there...which would be very embarassing haha.

SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW!

Similar to Canto6866, I'm a BUTI '02 Alum (thinking of maybe being an RA next year...who knows.) My name's Jamie, and I was a Baritone in the YAVP, and now I go to McGill for Voice (or composition...haven't decided yet which to really concentrate on.) and Political Science. (Yeah Dual Degrees that take forever!)

It makes me so happy that there's finally a BUTI group on here. And i'm envious of you people who get to be in / hear the Chairman Dances this summer. I had to study them for my composition tutoring this past year and they make me happy.

And now that I've rambled on and made an ass of myself at 4 am...good night.

~Jamie

ps...does anyone here know what FOLT stood for? please? if so, respond and you will make my life filled with glee.