Dear Laura

I am sorry that you have not had a response to your recent e-mails and that your application has not been properly acknowledged.

It was not possible for an audition panel to be convened to consider your recording and it was suggested that you may like to apply for 2008 entry. However, due to an oversight within the Early Music department, this was not communicated to you. I apologise for this oversight. I will arrange for your audition fee to be refunded as soon as possible.

Best wishes

Richard Jerrom

Dear Mr. Jerrom,

Thank you for your email - I truly appreciate your honest response.

It is unfortunate that my application was not considered, but I appreciate the apology and explanation, as well as your effort to arrange a refund of my fee.

Take care,

Laura Kishimoto

To whom it may concern,

Over two weeks ago I emailed the following message to the postgraduate office regarding my application and I have not yet heard a response. I have forwarded this message with the previous email to both the registry and music department for their consideration.

Please respond,

Laura Kishimoto

To whom it may concern,

I submitted an application for entry into the postgraduate music program (MMus Performance - Early Music Soprano) in October of 2006, with my recording following soon after. With this I had paid an application fee of L56. My reference number was 0700974.

On May 13th of this year I had sent an inquiry about when I might hear my result, as I had time-sensitive offers of admission to other UK schools. Richard Jerrom prompty replied:

“Your audition CD will be heard by an Early Music panel later this month [May] when other candidates are being considered. We will let you know the outcome of this audition as soon as possible”

It is now midway through August and I have heard no result through post, email, nor phone. I am no longer interested in attending Guildhall, regardless of application result.

I feel that my application fee entitled me to the courtesy of a response. I would like to request a refund of my initial fee. I understand this payment is applied toward processing costs, but as I have received no result I can only assume it that my package did not finish this process.

Sincerely,
Laura Kishimoto

We got the first email.

Things at home are good. We spent all day yesterday cleaning up from the 4-day party we dubbed “The House Massacre”. The cats are having a blast spending the nights outside. We were a bit worried about the food supply out there, but judging from the squirrel carcasses and the fish heads lying around, it looks as if they’ve been doing fine. Though, I haven’t seen Lego in a couple days, and Sumi seems to be MUCH larger since. I’ve dropped out of school, which seems to have helped with the problem of getting up on time for class. We’ve also traded in one of the cars for a pizza, as we were a bit hungry yesterday and the squirrels can only fill so many meals during the day. They wouldn’t accept the other car at the pizzeria however, as none of the deliverymen can drive standard. We’ll have to find another way to assist in the fight against toxic emmisions. Don’t worry about our eating habits though. We’ve had plenty of greens, as you’ve taught us. The leafy thing in your bedroom supplemented for greens nicely, though it did have a bitter aftertaste. We’ll experiment more in the coming days and keep you posted. Though, you really should’ve told us how to differentiate between real and fake plants, aside from taste.

In parting, a few important questions:

1. Where can i find the deed for the house?

2. Is amputation covered through our health insurance?

3. Do you know of any capital murder defence attorneys?

I think that’s it. We’ll let you know if anything else comes up.

Dave

P.S.- I MADE BAIL!

Dear Laura

Thank you for your application for the MMus Performance - Early Music Soprano programme. Your application has been successfully submitted and will be processed as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely

Registry

Guildhall School of Music & Drama