I had my first lesson. the professor is super cool. His argentinian wife and 5 year old daughter live in Buenos Aires, so he said that we'll have to reschedule sometimes when he goes to visit them. I asked him if he was looking for a bassoon position over there so that he could be with them and he said that yes, his job at my university is temporary. He invited me to stay with his family in Buenos Aires, though. (!)
I said that I wanted to work on a south american piece for my jury (which is in november) and he said he'd bring some music next time. I'll have weekly lessons on Thursdays and reed class on Mondays before my portugese class. In the meantime he gave me a reed... i offered to buy one, but he says that he frequently gives students reeds. It sounds pretty good. He gets his cane from a guy in Mendoza who has a plantation there. He says instruments and tools are hard to come by here, so i'm glad i got all my tools in order antes de salir... except for a reamer... falto eso.
Also, my professor plays with the Santiago symphony and said that he'd get me tickets for saturday.
It seems like the school doesn't really offer too many groups... which is weird. My professor said that there's a lot of youth orchestras and that i should audition for one... i'll look into that
Tomorrow i'm going snowboarding. Robert's driving and lending me a board and goggles. Matt's lending me his snow clothes. I think the lift ticket is 13,000 pesos for students ($26). Then there's a party at an austrian friend's house.
i ahve to go to a friend's concert now. forgot about it. i'll write more later