SōSI 2022
I can say without a doubt that the Sō Percussion Summer Institute was one of the best musical experiences I have ever had. You never know...
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isaacrsmith
- May 23, 2022
The best thesis is a finished thesis
I think for every person who has ever completed a large thesis, dissertation, etc, there comes the point where the perfectionist inside...
isaacrsmith
- Mar 27, 2022
Mid-Semester Update
It is currently crunch-time for my thesis, as I have just about 6 weeks until I need to turn in a final draft, and I still have a long...
isaacrsmith
- Nov 13, 2021
Thoughts on "Universal Thoughts"
It feels good to be part of a live performance again! On November 8, the NouLou Chamber Players opened the University of Louisville's New...
isaacrsmith
- Aug 19, 2021
Summer is Over Already?!
It doesn't seem possible, but as I write this post I am less than a week away from starting my second year of grad school! The summer has...
isaacrsmith
- May 22, 2021
The End of Year One
The spring semester continued to be a crazy one, and since my last post things got worse before they got better. I have been happy with...
isaacrsmith
- Mar 11, 2021
Another Crazy Semester
When I took fewer credits this semester, I was hoping it might allow me a little bit more time to focus on writing music and doing the...
isaacrsmith
- Jan 1, 2021
The end of 2020
After the busiest finals week I have ever experienced, my first semester of grad school is over. Winter break has been just as crazy,...
isaacrsmith
- Oct 22, 2020
Fall Mid-term Check-in
It doesn't seem possible that it is already October, but this semester has flown by. Despite the strangeness of going to school while...
isaacrsmith
- Aug 17, 2020
Beginning a New Chapter
It's the first day of grad school! It is a strange time to be starting at a new school, but at this point I think it is a "strange time"...
isaacrsmith
- May 16, 2020
Online Graduation, Plans for Summer
I never could have imagined a world in which I would have to participate in an online commencement ceremony. Funny how much I missed...
isaacrsmith
- Apr 18, 2020
COVID-19 and Quarantine Fun
What a strange world we live in, isn't it? It is amazing how quickly our entire lives turned upside down in just a matter of weeks....
isaacrsmith
- Mar 7, 2020
Senior Recital
I can honestly say that the night of March 4 was the happiest my heart has felt in as long as I can remember. That night marked my senior...
isaacrsmith
- Feb 22, 2020
Tallcorn and Myra Melford
Each year, our chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia puts on the Tallcorn Jazz Festival in February, where 40-50 high schools compete and...
isaacrsmith
- Jan 5, 2020
Some Goals for the Upcoming Semester
It has been a strange feeling the last couple of months. For most of the recent past, all I can remember was preparing for grad school...
isaacrsmith
- Dec 21, 2019
End of the Semester
I can remember how nervous I was at the start of this semester (as I indicated in my post from the start of the Fall), and for the most...
isaacrsmith
- Nov 30, 2019
Grad School Applications are Done!
As I have mentioned in previous posts, it seems that for the last 18 months of my life I have been thinking about one thing, and that is...
isaacrsmith
- Oct 12, 2019
Crunch Time
This is the point in every fall semester where everything gets very stressful. October has always been my least favorite month, and this...
isaacrsmith
- Sep 7, 2019
The Start of a New Semester
This has been the semester I have been nervous about for the last year or so- the semester in which grad school applications are due. I...
isaacrsmith
- Aug 12, 2019
Iowa Composers Forum 2019 Summer Festival of New Music
Just a couple of weeks after my return from Maine, this weekend I went to another new music festival, though this was on a much smaller...
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