BASEBALL!

Today, I am sitting in my living room with my Dad, watching the Jays, (Blue Jays) play. Yet, not being to a real stadium yet to see them, soon my wish will be granted, and before I know it, I will be catching a foul ball, unless Josh Hamilton from the Texas Rangers throws it to me and I fall 40 feet into a pit, I CAN'T WAIT!
BYE!
-Immortal Beloved <3

Layla + Peanut = BFF's :)

Every morning I wake up to my beautiful cat, Layla, wagging her tail at her best friend, Peanut. Watching her eat the salted nuts I give out to her every night, excitedly.
It is no surprise one morning Peanut was there like usual, and Layla was more excited than ever. But it seemed 3 other squirrels were there, all fighting over the peanuts that dumb me is giving to them.
Sometimes when our screen door is open, Layla likes to put her paws up on the screen and Peanut comes and looks in at her and does the same.

As much as I would like to let Layla outside, she is an indoor cat, and doesn't have the needles to protect herself from some things coming from outside.

Pictured to the right, it was Christmas, and Layla always loves to sit in a bag or a box. To the left of her, is our Upright piano in our living room.

In a better picture of our piano is pictured to the left, where I practice all of my piano, other than my keyboard downstairs.

Thank you for reading!

-Immortal Beloved <3

Just a Check In...

After a long day at being at Nascar, a race track, being at Vaughan Mills, and going home to a night of soccer, scoring 2 goals and winning the game 5 nothing, and then receiving tornado watch as I try to fall asleep, listening to my very favourite show, The Golden Girls, I am never packing so much into a day.

This is a just a check in, while I have nothing to say...
To write soon!

-Immortal Beloved<3

BOREDOM:

Exactly my problem.

I

 am now currently sitting inside my family room, on Microsoft Word, trying to log into hotmail, and watching TV. Which for an outdoorsy girl such as myself, is a first.  Technology is not one of my specialties, and is definitely not one of my hobbies, though I hate the thought of staying inside all day on a computer, when it is beautiful outside.

I was just coming into my home from rollerblading around the neighborhood, filled with boredom. No one is around to hang out with, and it is too chilly to roller blade without being completely freezing with showered wet hair.

I am on my way to posting my newest composition, as described in my previous post, “Semi Grace”, on the blog so you can all hear it officially.

 Pictured above is Sonata number 14 composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven. It is my very favorite composition. My grandmother, Carol Joy, was a pianist herself and played that song every night for my mother and uncle until they fell asleep when they were children.

Then my grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in her early 60’s. She wasn’t able to play the piano anymore, and her piano was passed down to me.

I have been trying for 4 years to learn it, but grade 12 piano is not even close to my grade, because I am in grade 6 piano. If anyone reading knows how to play it and where to get the sheet music that is a bit closer to grade 6, please contact me in the comments below.

-Immortal Beloved <3

Beethoven Biography (Short)

This post is mainly about to share with you what my whole life for 5 years has been like, and how I spent it. Mostly my educational focus for my whole life.

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven, a great man of many prodigies, was born on December 16^th, 1770, in Bonn. He was circumcised on December 17^th, 1770. His father was Johann Van Beethoven, and his brother, whom was lost at a young age, was Maria Van Beethoven.

Beethoven grew up knowing what being physically abused was like, and the abuse was causing his deafness in his late 20’s.

Beethoven’s grandfather was known for being filled with anger all the time, and abused Johann, (Beethoven’s father). Which caused Johann to drink a lot wine and beer to get rid of stress and to calm down. This habit created         Johann to become an alcoholic. From being dangerously drunk all the time, Johann abused Maria (Beethoven’s older brother) and Beethoven.

Beethoven is known for being a psychopath with anger management, but the abuse and the alcoholism in his blood caused his life to go very wrong, and it was smart of him never to try a sip of wine so this cycle could stop.   

Ludwig moved to Austria in his early 20’s to create compositions with Haydn, another famous German composer in the 1700’s.

His love, whom shall not be named, was pregnant, and introduced Ludwig as the godfather. When they had separated and she had gone into a relationship with his brother, Ludwig was furious and was demanding for her to be separated from her son and she shall go to jail.

In court, Carl (her son) was passed down to Ludwig, and he cared for him for long.

Ludwig Van Beethoven taught Carl to play the piano and soon became the famous composer many pianists know, is Carl Czerny.

Ludwig was supposedly teaching Carl Czerny in his old age, as in the legend of, “Immortal Beloved’s” son was taught piano by Beethoven. He became a composer, Carl Czerny.

At age 57 Ludwig Van Beethoven died from old age, being completely deaf.

Thank you for reading!

-Immortal Beloved <3

Semi Grace

I have now created the newest composition yet created entitled, "Semi Grace". The meaning was about being have nice at times and being serious at others like my normal every day life, I can be graceful, but when I am mad I am mad. It is also based on children whos' thoughts are only based on hurting each other, and are graceful to the ones who follow them. The composition sounds soft at the beginning and the diminuendo sends it to great chords and loud fast notes and then back to soft, representing bullies, they act nice to you and then BAM! They turn on you like that, well mostly girls have those problems with the wrong groups.

So it must be a misleading title, but I have created this blog to claim my success in my RCM exam. Yet, not knowing the technical term and the examiner's opinion, I know I deserved at least 85%. I did everything correctly and dynamically, and my scales were AMAZING! The big awe in it was my best exercise in FOUR STAR is my sight reading, yet I got it terribly wrong, yet my worst weaknesses and worries were perfect.

The examiner was not the most kind, but was descent enough that I could stand her without feeling the need to jump off my chair and wrestle her until she admitted a 90% was the minimum she would grade me.
Yet tomorrow is another day I must get up and ready for, so...

Bye for now!
-Immortal Beloved <3

Help!

Today at exactly 4:00 PM. I will be doing my piano exam to continue to grade 6 piano in Royal Conservatory, now entering theory. And understanding thanks to my swimming teacher who explained to me the grade levels, the ability and skills, and most of all the happenings taking place in theory, are much to my liking. As I write my own music, and one of the tests is to continue compositions, which will be very easy for me.
But stress is building up mostly on the fact that all day practice is taking place and only a few hours to perfect my weaknesses, clapping back, playing back, and sight reading.

Each year this is a stressful time yet scary and serious, the morning of the exam, it is always a big hassle, from when someone doesn't want you to practice any more because it is annoying, to when rest is too hard to resist and the most important like this mornings happening, falling asleep sitting at the piano and almost falling off, and not realizing the pain until I was awoken by the smell of my breakfast awaiting me.

Above are all the songs I must perform for my Royal Conservatory Exam:

Pictured above is my Chickering Upright piano in my living room to the exact look.
-Immortal Beloved

(Pictured to the left is one of my favourite songs in my book)

Royal Conservatory Exams, Pressure!

After so many hours of practicing and worrying, the time has almost arrived, in exactly 8 days my Royal Conservatory exam for going into grade 6 piano, is creating so much pressure and stress. I have to get 80% or more to pass the exam.

Yet, each year I make sure I have at least one Beethoven song in my list of songs to play for my exams.

The video placed to the left is one of my current pieces I am playing i n my exam: 'Sonatina in F Major.' Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven.

The song is 2 pages long and is written one of the hardest songs played in the grade 5 books, and yet are one of my easiest  and favourite songs played yet.

-Immortal Beloved