Okay, so Opera Direction class wasn't as scary as I thought today... I did stay up until 1:30 a.m. last night memorizing my aria, and then I slept for five hours before getting up to finish memorizing. But then I went to class, and I thought I was going to have to sing while we worked on staging with one of the student directors -- but it actually ended up being just a discussion about our understanding of our characters and the interpretation of the piece. I was relieved! But I'm glad I got the aria memorized, anyway. That's certainly no time wasted!
The aria is a duet from Massenet's opera, "Cherubin". I'm playing a famous Spanish dancer, named "L'Ensoleillad", who is being seduced by a 20-year old who has just been called into the army. . . The music is soooo beautiful. I'm excited to perform it. The performance will be November 18th.
I have been overwhelmed with my schedule lately, and I decided, reluctantly, to drop my composition class. Composing takes a lot of time and creative energy, and I am finding it's taking a lot of time away from both my piano and vocal practicing, which I can't really afford right now (since, after all, I am here for a performance degree).
I had a disappointing lesson with Paul last week (I was disappointing, not him), just because I hadn't practiced enough. And he basically told me, if I don't have enough time to practice, he doesn't want to waste his time spending an hour with me each week. It made me feel really terrible and depressed, even though I completely understood. But it made me realize I need to re-prioritize and trim down my schedule a bit, which is a good thing!
All things in their proper order. I will still keep working on writing and recording my own songs in my spare time, but without the pressure of having a major project due by a certain deadline.
Okay. I have to go decide what I am going to sing for the next Vocal Department Recital on October 11th!!
The aria is a duet from Massenet's opera, "Cherubin". I'm playing a famous Spanish dancer, named "L'Ensoleillad", who is being seduced by a 20-year old who has just been called into the army. . . The music is soooo beautiful. I'm excited to perform it. The performance will be November 18th.
I have been overwhelmed with my schedule lately, and I decided, reluctantly, to drop my composition class. Composing takes a lot of time and creative energy, and I am finding it's taking a lot of time away from both my piano and vocal practicing, which I can't really afford right now (since, after all, I am here for a performance degree).
I had a disappointing lesson with Paul last week (I was disappointing, not him), just because I hadn't practiced enough. And he basically told me, if I don't have enough time to practice, he doesn't want to waste his time spending an hour with me each week. It made me feel really terrible and depressed, even though I completely understood. But it made me realize I need to re-prioritize and trim down my schedule a bit, which is a good thing!
All things in their proper order. I will still keep working on writing and recording my own songs in my spare time, but without the pressure of having a major project due by a certain deadline.
Okay. I have to go decide what I am going to sing for the next Vocal Department Recital on October 11th!!
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