Today I have been more sniffly than a Niffler from Harry Potter. (anybody else remember the nifflers?!) There is a pile of tissues in my bin that you could burn a small child with. Oh dear, now I sound grumpy and evil! I'm not! Despite my nose, I've felt gradually better as the day's gone on. I think a packet of Percy Pigs from Marks and Spencer cheered me up (they really are EXCELLENT, aren't they!) See, just look at the photo above: I took that today at my "composing station" in my bedroom.
I've made an effort to be productive on what could have been a slug day, as I call them. I've done about 90 minutes of piano practice today (not as much as I might have liked, but I had a headache for quite a while). I've started off a rather interesting compostion for the next Aldeburgh course. It's a trio for French Horn, Violin and Piano. It really makes a difference to how I compose when I know the people who will be playing it in a few weeks!
Today I've been on Twitter a lot. My follower numbers have risen from 70 to over 100, and I have Lisa Lynch to thank for that largely. (https://twitter.com/AlrightTit) I really love Twitter, and if any of you haven't got it yet, then DO!
Other news now, and yesterday I received a lovely letter from Dr Jeremy Thurlow, of Cambridge University Faculty of Music. It was his crit on my composition that I submitted to the Cambridge Young Composer competition. I came third out of over 30 entries, which I'm chuffed with, and his comments about my piece were really nice.
I hope to be back at College tomorrow!
