:::::::::::::::::: MADE IT TO NEC ::::::::::::::::::::: ------- New England Conservatory -------- {{{{{{ 9 months at Music Schoolllllllllllll }}}}}} WAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTT...............

Hi Everyone - the big news (for now is...) I am currently in Boston, enrolled at the New England Conservatory to do a Masters in Contemporary Improvisation. 

Officially the hardest thing I have ever done - moving countries, setting myself up, the paperwork, visas, making new friends, getting used to the weather. So hot and humid and then so cold - and the heavy rain. Interesting.

CLIMBING UPHILL. A Journey of growth, strength, courage, insanity and ultimate wonder.

You might think  - why would you choose to move across the world in your mid-30s to go to an incredibly challenging and expensive institution? 

I'm here to challenge myself, learn things I have always wanted to learn, ask questions I have always wanted to ask, study with some of my favourite musicians and immerse myself in music school, practice cello, and figure some stuff out. A place where music really is the only thing that matters. Having never been to music college and feeling there are 'nuff gaps in my knowledge, I figured it was now or never.

Greatful to the lakes, the trees, the birds and Felipe and Susanna who have been looking after me whilst I find my feet.

I discovered a new term - leaf peeping - like trainspotting, this is the thing you do when you want to see the leaves turn - so that would make me a leaf peeper. Quite like that. I don't think we would ever come up with a term like that in the UK - it s too...hilarious. But also adorable. 

Wish me luck - see you in a few months!!!

xxxx