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Weekly Round-up 8/22/16

Performances:

Satellites:
Aug 26 10p-1230a Icehouse
Sept 24 9p-1a Glueks Downtown

Mill City Five:
Aug 26 7-830p Minnehaha Falls Pavilion
Sep 23 8-11p Bistro La Roux

Rehearsals: Satellites on Thursday to learn three new songs for our sets at Icehouse Friday!

Practicing: Annie Laurie, Red Dragonfly, Bitsch No 1, Telemann Canonical Sonata No 1, Rochut No 13. AND UMN Ensemble audition repertoire. *exhausted emoji*

Listening: Lots and lots of Clara Schumann.

Teaching: Practicing habits for all modalities and learning styles.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat. This is next week. I won’t talk about it any more after that, I promise.

Relaxing: Kayaking, biking, hanging with friends, just trying to get all the summer in I can in the next two weeks.

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Weekly Round-up 8/15/16

Performances:

Satellites:
Aug 26 10p-1230a Icehouse
Sept 24 9p-1a Glueks Downtown

Mill City Five:
Aug 20 4-6p Bistro La Roux Patio Grand Opening party
Aug 26 7-830p Minnehaha Falls Pavilion

Rehearsals: No rehearsals for me this week.

Practicing: Annie Laurie, Red Dragonfly, Bitsch No 1, Telemann Canonical Sonata No 1, Rochut No 13.

Listening: Finished my arrangements of PYT and Come to My Party this weekend. I start next on Groove Me.

Teaching: Breathe.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat. New Recital Rep in the pipeline- Beethoven and Grafe and Fetter.

Relaxing: As much hammock time as I can fit in. And kayaking.

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Weekly Round-up 8/8/16

Performances:

Satellites:
Aug 13 5-6p Chapel Hill Church Fundraiser
Aug 26 10p-1230a Icehouse!

Mill City Five:
Aug 20 4-6p Bistro La Roux Patio Grand Opening party!
Aug 26 7-830p Minnehaha Falls Pavilion

Rehearsals: No rehearsals for me this week.

Practicing: Annie Laurie, Red Dragonfly, Bitsch No 1, Telemann Canonical Sonata No 1.

Listening: Just watching the Olympics.

Oh AND, saw Corinne Bailey Rae last night at First Ave. Holy cow. What a joyous, warm, wonderful, funky performance.

Teaching: Approach everything with open-mindness.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat.

Relaxing: What a marvelous weekend. Farmer’s Market, kayaking, Open Streets NE, Corinne Bailey Rae- and the weather was perfect. I’ll take another, please!

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Weekly Round-up 8/1/16

Performances:

Satellites:

Aug 3 6-8p Park United Methodist Fundraiser
Aug 13 5-6p Chapel Hill Church Fundraiser
Aug 26 10p-1230a Icehouse!

Mill City Five:

Aug 20 Time TBD Bistro La Roux Patio Grand Opening party!
Aug 26 7-830p Minnehaha Falls Pavilion

Rehearsals: No rehearsals for me this week.

Practicing: Annie Laurie, Red Dragonfly, Bitsch No 1, Telemann Canonical Sonata No 1.

Listening: Podcasts: This American Life, Radiolab, Two Dope Queens, Classical Classroom, Mortified.

Teaching: Be Musical.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat.

Relaxing: Wonderful weekend spent in Cedar Rapids with my honey. We drove out to Maquoketa State Park and climbed around in caves. 10/10 would spelunk again.

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Weekly Round-up 7/25/16

Performances:

Satellites:

Aug 3 6-8p Park United Methodist Fundraiser
Aug 13 5-6p Chapel Hill Church Fundraiser
Aug 26 10p-1230a Icehouse!

Mill City Five:

Aug 20 Time TBD Bistro La Roux Patio Grand Opening party!
Aug 26 7-830p Minnehaha Falls Pavilion

Rehearsals: No rehearsals for me this week either.

Practicing: Annie Laurie, Red Dragonfly, Bitsch No 1, Telemann Canonical Sonata No 1.

Listening: CHVRCHES

Teaching: The usual. Ear on the prize.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat.

Relaxing: My birthday was very delightful thanks in large part to the success of reaching the first goal in my scholarship campaign! I also saw Ghostbusters again (You try saying no to these salty parabolas), enjoyed games with friends, went to the Little Mekong Night Market, and took a hammock nap.

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Husting Studio Scholarship: Year 2!

Friends, family, students and student families, fans, random internet lurkers,

I am pleased to announce that on Friday July 15th I made my second annual campaign to fund scholarship to my studio for low-income low brass students live on GoFundMe. The campaign is running strong at nearly $1000 after only 4 days- which is where I set my goal for Friday, July 22nd! This year, I’m hoping to double contributions so I can expand the program to 2 full or 4 half scholarships, and offer clinics to school band programs that can’t otherwise afford outside coaching.

Here’s the link: Husting Studio Scholarship 2016

Please consider visiting for more information, donating if you can, and sharing the link with your circle! I really appreciate all the help and support this little project has gotten this past year, and I can’t wait to see where it grows.

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Weekly Round-up 7/18/16

Performances: Let’s see- so many in August! Mostly Satellites. We’ve got a few church fundraisers, another night at the Icehouse, and potentially a gig at the VFW. Stay tuned for more details. Mill City Five had a BLAST at Como Dockside last Friday. We’re next up August 26th at Minnehaha Falls, with a few gigs in the works as well.

Rehearsals: No rehearsals this week- fine by me! It’s birthday week!

Practicing: The Tune Library hit 100 tunes on Friday! I added one more today, but I’m doing a little review now. Working on Bitsch Etude No 1 for my first lesson at the U, Red Dragonfly, and thinking about adding Annie Laurie back into the mix for my first doctoral recital.

Listening: The Beatles are my quintessential summer music.

Teaching: Watching out for tension, good posture, airflow, etc. Driving home the importance of efficient, honest practice.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat.

Relaxing: Comic Book Club on Sunday, Ghostbusters (!!!!) on Saturday, oh yeah, and I bought a hammock.

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Weekly Round-up 7/11/16

Performances: July has been busy! Brass Lassie at the Scottish Fair this past Saturday was an amazing event- I’d never been to a Highland Games before and it was not only fun to play for the crowd but to also be a spectator to some awesome feats of strength.

Next up:

Mill City Five: July 15th, 530-7pm @ Como Lakeside Pavilion. It’s free! Good food, beer, company, and tunes. See you there.

Rehearsals: MC5 gets together this Wednesday night to prepare for our Como gig. I’m sitting in with Sheldon Theatre Brass Band in Red Wing tonight- British Colliery band is one of my favorite styles to play in and this group is full of incredible talent and leadership.

Practicing: Absolutely must get started on repertoire for my upcoming doctoral program. Want to learn the third movement of Red Dragonfly and find some other pieces to fill out the program.

Also hoping to add some technical practice back into my routine.

Listening: Nothing new or special. I’ll start doing new arrangements for the Satellites this week so that will change.

Teaching: Summer of Tunes continues. After some in-depth talks with my good friend Jason Hausback this week, and watching him work with my students on various areas, I’m excited to apply some new techniques and observations.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. On repeat.

Relaxing: Well! What’s that! I did spend a lovely weekend in Lutsen with my partner over the 4th, hikes and campfires galore. Lots of good meals and bike rides with Jason. Buying a hammock today.

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Weekly Round-up 6/27/16

Performances: No performances scheduled in June at the moment, but…

The Satellites: July 7th 11pm @ Icehouse

Brass Lassie: July 9th, sets at 11a and 2pm, Minnesota Scottish Fair

Mill City Five: July 15th, 530-7pm @ Como Lakeside Pavilion

Rehearsals: Brass Lassie tonight and tomorrow, Satellites on Sunday night!

Practicing: Still adding tunes to my Tune Library! I’d like to get to 100 by the end of June- can you help?

Working on the 3rd movement of Red Dragonfly and searching for other tunes for my first doctoral recital.

Listening: I don’t have a good answer for this! With all the bike riding I’ve been doing instead of driving, I don’t listen as much to things. It’s a fair trade at the moment.

Teaching: Summer of Tunes continues. Let’s make really good sounds, too.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. Woof. Remembering this week how much I hate melodic dictation.

Relaxing: A nice weekend full of Pride, bike rides, Eloise Butler, friends, and the new season of Orange is the New Black.

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Weekly Round-up 6/20/16

Performances: No performances scheduled in June at the moment, but…

The Satellites: July 7th 11pm @ Icehouse

Brass Lassie: July 9th, sets at 11a and 2pm, Minnesota Scottish Fair

Mill City Five: July 15th, 530-7pm @ Como Lakeside Pavilion

Rehearsals: I have a new project in the works with fellow lady horns Elizabeth Stodolka and Lucia Sarmiento Roccatagliata. Stay tuned for more details. We record tonight. 

Practicing: Still adding tunes to my Tune Library! I’d like to get to 100 by the end of June- can you help?

Listening: Hm. Podcasts.

Teaching: Summer of Tunes continues. Let’s make really good sounds, too.

Studying: UMN entrance exams. Woof.

Relaxing: I went to NYC for 5 days…it was amazing but definitely not a chill vacation! This past weekend a friend was in town and we did a little more sitting and enjoying of the weather. I plan to find some time for outdoor activities this week and weekend as well.