Iowa Solo and Ensemble Contest was yesterday, and I did a LOT of things. I did a solo, duet, trio, quartet, quintet, a chamber orchestra, and I accompanied a friend on her vocal solo. I got score ratings of ones all across the board (1 being the best and 5 being the worst). What I'm most excited for are the quartet I played in and the solo I did. Both of those pieces are on the playlist. The quartet was the American String quartet by Dvorak, and the solo was Elegie by Gabriel Fuare. Both of them went amazingly well, and I even got a perfect score on my solo! The judge talked with me before I and the audience left, asked me how long I played, where I'm going to school and what I'll be doing, asked some questions about my cello, and gave a lot of compliments about my performance. I'm very happy about it all. But I think what I'm mostly happy for is that solo and ensemble is done.
I also got to enjoy watching some other people perform. Brian E. did an amazing vocal solo that I thoroughly enjoyed, he did it very well. I didn't get to watch her, but Katie B. got a one on her flute solo, which is excellent, and not very common for a freshman to get! Overall people did extremely well. :)