Revision as of 23:24, 11 July 2012

The Obligatory

Yo. Instead of writing poetically about who I am, I'll list some things which interest me. For completeness, also things that certainly will not interest me.

Things which interest me and I deal with on a daily basis

• Math. In addition to being a math major I'm somewhat involved in high school math competitions; with Damien Jiang I grade for AoPS and USAMTS, I've taught at Idea Math, and have also graded various olympiads for the AMC, including grading at MOP. I am a also an officer on HMMT, see below.
• Danny Shi. If you catch me at the right time I may just be talking like him.
• Mario Kart. Possibly the only video game at which I ever had any level of competence (and the only video game I in which I care to gain any competence).
• Feeding it.

Things which interest me which regrettably come up less often on hall, but which pleasantly surprise me whenever they do

• HMMT. I'm one of the problem czars for February 2013, and you should definitely let me know if you're interested in writing problems. Otherwise, if you're interested in volunteering or in any other aspect of the competition, you can let me know; I'll try to fill you in.
• Music (see below). Specifically western music since Bach: Performance, History, occasionally Theory. I even did a UROP in computational musicology and atonal music. Just for fun, my favorite composers: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Schubert, Shostakovich. You might hear me blasting chamber music with my door open on hall.
• Sports. I'm always down for a game of badminton or basketball. I'm a Celtics and Patriots fan, nominally a Red Sox fan but over the years I've found baseball more and more boring.
• Cooking. I especially like trying new recipes provided the ingredients are reasonable.
• Running. Took it up relatively recently, ran a 5-miler in April, and am currently training for the Bay State Half-Marathon on 10/21/12. Let me know if you want to run sometime, though I may be less flexible in agreeing on a time/pace/distance when in the middle of training for anything.
• TV shows that don't suck. I've been looking for someone to marathon Friends episodes with for ages.
• Stupid things you can do when someone wants to pound it with you, e.g. snail.
• How Lexington, MA is better than wherever the hell you grew up.

Things that seem to interest other people on hall but don't interest me (sorry)

• Computer Science
• Video Games that aren't Mario Kart
• All of the stupid shit people say on hall because other people say the same stupid shit on hall

Classes, by Semester

• Fall 2011: 7.012, 8.022, 18.100B, 21M.011, 21M.445
• Spring 2012: 18.102, 18.901, 18.952, 21M.301, 21M.445
• Fall 2012: 18.705, 18.712, 18.905, 21M.302, 21M.445, 21M.480

Music Performances

I'd like to think that much of the time other hall members spend playing video games, I put in to music (Alas, I'm guilty of both playing too much Mario Kart and sucking at it). My main instrument is and always has been piano, but I played violin in high school and occasionally can be heard sawing away on Vlad's violin. I was an Emerson Scholar in 2011-2012, hopefully an Emerson Fellow from Fall 2012 onward, and also play in Chamber Music Society. Somewhat for my own reference, I've documented my past and future performances on piano, so as if you give a shit:

Past

• September 2011: Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Minor, WTC I (Bach). 21M.011 Recitation.
• October 2011: Sonatina, Sz. 55, BB. 69 (Bartok). MTNA Quad-State Convention Masterclass, Medford, MA.
• November 2011: Ballade in F Minor (Chopin). Michael Lewin Masterclass, Lowell, MA.
• December 2011: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" (Beethoven), I; Berceuse and Finale from L'Oiseau de Feu (Stravinsky/Agosti). Emerson Piano Recital.
• December 2011: Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major (Brahms), with D. Zhang, violin, and K. Miller, 'cello. Chamber Music Society Concert.
• May 2012: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein" (Beethoven), II/III. Studio Recital, Boston, MA.
• May 2012: Fantaisie in F Minor (Chopin). Emerson Piano Recital.
• May 2012: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor (Arensky), with D. Zhang, violin, and K. Miller, 'cello. Chamber Music Society Concert.
• June 2012: Piano Sonata for Four Hands in D Major, II/I (Mozart), with A. Yuan, piano. MOP Talent Show, Lincoln, NE.

Upcoming

Ask me for more info if you want to come! I usually send out e-mails about the ones that are more important to me.

• December 2012: "Trout" Quintet in A Major (Schubert), with D. Zhang, violin, C. Chang, viola, ?, 'cello, and M. Chen, double bass. Chamber Music Society Concert.
• Spring 2013: Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major, D. 960 (Schubert), Fantaisie in F Minor (Chopin). Emerson Solo Recital.
• Spring 2013: Etudes, Op. 25, Nos. 9-12 (Chopin). Studio Recital, Boston, MA.

At some point this may become more than really stupid lists of information, and/or may be formatted better. Probably not soon, however.