My First (Unofficial) Cello Lesson

A little update on the cello aspect of my life :)

Yesterday afternoon, I headed to the Calusio Creativity Center for my meeting with their resident cello teacher, Lauren Reed. She was crazy, funky, cool - very artsy, spoke like a true college student (she's currently pursuing a degree in Fine Arts)... basically someone you wouldn't quite expect to be a cello teacher. She was also extremely young (about my age ;)). In my mind, you see, the archetypal cello teacher is a classy, elegant, and highly educated woman. While Lauren was just the total opposite of what I had in mind, she was extremely fun and easy to get along with:very natural, no pretentions... all you saw was how much she loved her art. She learned how to play the cello at the age of five, I think, so she's one of those people who have mastered their art through practice rather than theory, which is great, too! This Thursday, I get to meet with the other prospective teacher, Janelle Ragno, who fits exactly into the archetype I have in mind plus a lot of performance accomplishments. She seems nice, for sure, and I can't wait to meet her, too.

Yesterday's lesson wasn't exactly special only because I didn't expect to have a lesson at all, and the circumstances just seemed so... different from what I had pictured in my mind. Although, the first time I held the instrument, I felt a quiver go through my spine. I think I did pretty good... I made it to page 11 of the music sheet, which is apparently very rare on the first try ;)
And I'm glad I finally got to cut my nails, yesterday was trying only because it was difficult to press my fingers upon the strings as my nails got in the way. But this is all so exciting! I can't wait for Thursday, and then the Tuesday after for when musical theater starts for me. Plus, Amazon just shipped my order for the Flower Drum Song and Jesus Christ Superstar sheet music. Yay!

Back to work - have a pressie at 2pm ;)