Emma Cifrino (dr. maine witch, DMA, PhD)

Evidence: Big Hill, on a river, lots of Catholics

It doesn’t but it should!

Hypothesis: Dubuque, IA is just Bigger Augusta, ME

Music people with doctorate-type substances on here: what do you wish you had known before entering the academic job market?

Crowdsourcing thoughts for a doctoral seminar I’m presenting at next week…

A government of, by, and for unfuckable chuds

I am already seeing "it's a distraction!" takes and please fucking kill me

As democrats, as progressives, as people who love democracy and rule of law and fairness and justice and respect for humanity, we have to hold the line on protecting *everyone*. No one gets left behind. Everyone has a right to thrive. When Newsom threw trans folk under the bus, he lost my vote.

Not really and I think the key changing a bunch of times would be even more annoying 🫠

Barber violin concerto third movement triplet passage where the half note = 90

How am I supposed to live laugh learn (this fucking absurd passage) in these conditions

Holy shit I feel like garbage. And half the orchestra for this concert seem to also be sick so that’s fun. I need this Tylenol to do its damn thing

It’s fun that I take so many medications with flu-like side effects that I can’t tell when I’m actually sick

Ad for Dubuque OBGYN that says “we bring out the kid in you”

I Cannot

Until just now I thought Half Nelson was a sports movie because I had mentally fused it with Remember the Titans

Barber violin concerto: I like it.
Rehearsing the Barber violin concerto at the end of a double rehearsal: every single thing that exists has wronged me, but especially this damn piece

Oh I like this a lot

My mom is incredibly picky about the male beings she allows into her life (she won’t even have boy cats 💀) and it has served us all well!

Oh my god you’re right. Did we conclude that they’re on opposite sides of the country or something? I have a vague recollection

My feeling on anyone trying to steal my identity is…do you really want 100k in student loan debt for four MUSIC degrees???

My favorite was the one from the Detroit Symphony (I worked for their youth ensembles briefly) — nice to have my credit monitoring paid by such an important cultural institution

Jangly has been on the tip of my tongue for sure. I also keep saying “bright” but like. These are chart-topping kpop songs. Many of them are bright!

I’m glad because I feel like I’m running out of adjectives and starting to doubt what words mean

Spreadsheet with the following song descriptions: Sexy, laid back R&B, vocal virtuosity, bluesy electric guitar Bright peppy folk-rock, upbeat steel-string acoustic strumming Melodic aughts pop, rock bass/drums feeling but no clear guitars Bright piano-driven alt pop, 80s synths, melodic disco indie rock, quite funky at times melodic indie pop, lots of vocal and instrumental hooks

Coming up with increasingly unhinged ways to describe songs

It is officially my 36th birthday now which my lovely friend and colleague Ilana recently assured me is “still mid-30s”

I saw somewhere between 3 and 6 at minimum including yours 💀

That sucks and I’m sorry! I don’t know how I lucked out so much. It’s probably because my mom is very picky about which men she allows into her life…

I’ve seen like five “if I wanted to listen to a senile bigot I’d just call my dad” posts and I would like to offer to share my lovely dad & stepdad with you all. One is a jazz guitarist and the other is a carpenter/scientist. They are both nice and sane and have good politics and love cats.

Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib heckle Trump as he goes full fear-mongering white nationalist

I guess I would expect it to transcribe it as “espa” but I probably did say it more like “aesper” because I’m tired and that makes my accent come out

I guess at least it didn’t spell hard as hahd