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Reality selected
The alternate reality that I inhabit is the one where I don’t get $ quickly enough to join the program this year, and then the program falls through because too many other people have the same problem. I am told that there are plans to try and get the PNWFS certificate program attached to a university of some sort in order to become accredited, so the banks will consider all students as “in-school” and maybe even allow students to obtain federal financial aid. If this happens, I will do my best to go next year!
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So! I had that recital I mentioned in my previous post. It was a collection of computer music, a piece for cello and “tape”, a film score, and the bridges piece. I need to revise the film score so it can be recorded and accompany the film on the soundtrack.
Reed and I will be moving to Seattle before September 7, because that’s when the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring program starts. Totally awesome! I’m currently immersed in a world of apartment hunting, which is exciting. I like to think about how this decision would influence a lot of potential outcomes, and therefore would theoretically work as a central point from which several alternate realities spring. But that’s really nerdy so I’ll just ponder that one on my own.
The school itself will be on Mercer Island. We may end up moving into an apartment on the island itself, which is cool. I’ve never lived on an island before (unless you say “This Island Earth” but then that’s less unique because there’s X Billion others in the same boat). The alternative would be to find a place in Seattle or Bellevue and then ride the bike to class, which I would also be fine with. There’s also the question of finding some kind of part-time weekend or evening job to make ends meet.
I recently completed a 4-week class on the history of electronic music. Interesting stuff. My appreciation for cerebral music is increasing, but I think I’ll still be able to handle “that sounds nice”. The class was taught by Christopher Penrose, who is working on a spectral synth for the iPad called Synthtronica.
I’m sure there’s more to say but I’m not sure what it is just yet.
Here’s a youtube video of one of the pieces I presented at my recital: