Nick Hwang
I was walking by LSU stadium to my car after and just thinking about how I hate staring at a screen all day. Laptop screen, iPhone screen, ipad screen, etc. It wears on the eyes. And then I passed this large bush with some flowering something's. I've heard that looking at green things helps your [...]
Day 2 in Washington DC: We woke up a little earlier and got out the do ~10:15. Grace took the day off to be with us. Our first stop was the Natural History Museum with two important destinations: the dinosaur hall and the ocean hall.
I flew into DC at Midnight:30. My sister picked me up in her pajamas. I’d come to visit her and see DC. My parents had taken the family to the Smithsonians and monuments when we were in elementary. I remember running up down the hill of the Washington Monument with my siblings while my dad [...]
I had a semi-meltdown yesterday. I was frustrated with the current state of GUA. I got flustered when people were complaining and I was trying to fix it. This semester has taken its toll on me mentally, physically and now emotionally. I feel like I've been sick for a month. I realized that I've a [...]
Finished an arrangement of my the second movement of my latest String Quartet for string orchestra, be the performed by the Louisiana Sinfonietta. Coincidentally, I'm the webmaster and administrative assistant for the Sinfonietta. Its performance is on March 24, 7pm. Check out the performance at LSU School of Music, to a hear an [...]
A year ago, Philip Glass spoke at LSU, and one of his most memorable quotes on notation was to the effect 'Don't use overly complex notation; the performers will mess it up anyway: A poor performer will mess it, and a better performer will do what they feel like.' George Crumb is to have said [...]
I've always wished I could have a full beard and mustache. But I've never had a reason to try it and every reason to not. It seems like a big time commitment also. The long hours grooming and touching it up. Constantly brushing it. Jk. But i think I've found the perfect excuse. I left [...]
We're back from SEAMUS2011, and we barely have time to prepare for our Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana tour. Today is day full of rehearsal and tech. prep. I have a ton of academic loose-ends. My general exams still loom at the end of the tour. We're making four stops in the Southeast to perform and [...]
"And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony." Colossians 3:14 [Nocturne from String Quartet No. 1] I went home to Florida for winter break, as I normally do, and got to visit family. This year saw the addition of two new in-laws: My sister's husband Aaron and [...]
On the heels of the ISIM conference, we (Jeff, Corey and I) received word, our trio has been accepted to perform at the Society Electro-Acoustic MUSic (SEAMUS) conference this coming January in Miami. We’re hoping to hear word while we were in Ann Arbor, and the anxiety of not being accepted was swept-over as we [...]
