You live where????
Hello, all,
It’s about time I brought you up to speed. The long and short of it is like this:
On August 7, I was journaling, and I prayed a rather shot-in-the-dark prayer. The substance of it was,
“God, please get me out of Phoenix. And please get me out soon.”
The reasons for this prayer were many, but they largely centered around the fact that I had just earned a masters degree, was struggling to make ends meet as a non-student in a state that was hit hard by economic recession, and was beginning to find myself forced to choose between the kind of job that would pay for my health insurance but eliminate a significant chunk of my practice time, versus the freelance lifestyle I had planned to have, which allowed ample practice time but could not cover the cost of health insurance.
The next day I got a phone call offering me an immediate teaching assistantship (with free health insurance) in the doctoral program at the University of Alabama.
When God answers prayer that quickly, you go. I left Phoenix on 72 hours’ notice.
So now I live and teach in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I have a graduate assistantship teaching MUS 121 Introducton to Listening and performing with the Alabama Brass Quintet (the faculty brass quintet). I’m also helping to organize a pretty serious trumpet conference in February, PR materials soon to follow for that.
But at present, I am in Tucson, Arizona, needing to catch some sleep before a flight. A big thanks to everyone who came to the Sonora Winds concert to hear the Arutunian concerto tonight, and a special thanks to every member of the ensemble who made that performance possible.
Best wishes, and stay in touch,
-Brittany :)
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