Hillary Hahn and My Own Musical Escapades

Hello, World! I'm ba-ack! Sorry, life kind of exploded ( I will explain at a later date), but I'm hoping that in the next few weeks I can get back into blogging fairly regularly. Oh, gosh, I've seriously missed this, and I hadn't realized it until just now as I started typing.
So, last night, I got the chance to go to an amazing concert with one of my best friends, Delaney. I'm grateful to have Delaney around, she is my fellow extreme music nerd friend, who will just talk auditions and orchestrations with me for hours. So, on my birthday this year, she texted me, wanting to know if I was busy November 16th. I told her no, so she told me that she had two tickets to the Hillary Hahn concert with the Utah Symphony. For those of you who are unaware, Hillary Hahn is one of the best violinists in the world. I've loved listening to her play since I was little, and getting to see her play live always is a highlight of the YEAR. It's that good guys.
So, last night, Delaney and I made the trek out to Abravanel Hall (and nearly got mugged in the alley between the Salt Palace and Abravanel- jk!) to watch the performance. Guys, I was riveted. I could not take my eyes off of her as she sawed at her violin. It was amazing to watch her perform, and to make it seem so effortless and natural. It's one of those dreams of mine that I keep buried at the back of a drawer that maybed someday I could play a piece like that.
Speaking of musical dreams, I went through the first of a series of auditions in the next few months this week. I applied for Sterling Scholar down at the school. For Utah, Sterling Scholar is huge, it's the chance to compete with the best high school musicians from all over the state. Each school can pick only one per department- and at my school, eight applied for the music division. And I gotta say, the people who applied are GOOD. They are also my friends- this is what I get for hanging out with a bunch of music nerds.
So, like everyone else, I'm stuck waiting to find out who got it until Monday at 2:18. And while, I wish that I could say that I obviously won (snobbish, I know), I can't. I heard everyone warming up for auditions, and they're all really good. So all I can do is hope. Until Monday at least!