4/6 exams done.
Music History was probably the one I'm least confident about, simply because despite having a photographic memory my ability to remember dates and names of musical works (especially when they're from the damn 1600s) is not exactly top-notch. I know I got a 94 on the listening portion, though, which is a good sign at least.
Music in Therapy was surprisingly easy. Here my photographic memory actually did help. I knew we were going to have to be able to provide examples of the six settings and four levels of music we talked about - a total of 24 possibilities. I wrote down an example of each possibility on my review sheet, glanced over it right before the test, and was able to use my photographic memory to remember where on the sheet each possibility had been so I could transfer it to the test. Music in Therapy isn't the hardest class anyway; if you pay attention and know some basic vocab, the rest comes logically.
My conducting final was the best one yet! I was conducting
this little piece from Handel's Messiah. I got every cue and was attentive to every dynamic and stylistic change, surpassing the teacher's expectations. (He knows I'm an atheist, and he joked afterward that he thought I had been converted for a little bit during my conducting it.) I was also really solid on the questions he asked about Handel and the Messiah itself - mostly cause we just talked about Handel and the Messiah in music history, heh.
Then was my guitar proficiency. I had to play a few prepared tunes, sight read both normal music and tab style (and put chords to the staff music), play in a few different styles, transpose at will, and respond to the teacher asking me for specific artists or genres. That latter part I had the most trouble on - I didn't know any heavy metal, spiritual, or Taylor Swift, three of the things she asked for (my poor theoretical music therapy clients ; ;) but I was able to redirect... usually. Either way I passed (though it wouldn't have mattered if I failed. The proficiency is solely for music therapy majors, which means I didn't need to take it since I'm switching to bachelor of arts in music this coming semester. I took the proficiency because I wanted to.), with the stipulation that I have to perform on guitar in front of my peers in the spring, so that I might work on my vocal abilities (my biggest concern - dammit, Jim, I'm an instrumentalist, not a singer!) in the meantime. I've gotten so much more confident since starting school, so it's not a problem for me to do that, haha.
Tomorrow is my piano jury and Italian, neither of which I'm particularly worried about.
