Attack of the phlegum!
That's right, it's a never ending battle, me and this blasted phlegm. But I will overcome this, indeed I shall! Hope all is well with everyone. Things are looking up for me.
So all of my school stuff got taken care of, THANK GOODNESS! THANKS BE TO GOD!!! WOOOO I'm now fully registered for all the necessary courses. And though this semester may prove somewhat difficult for me. Not in the class load or anything, just the dedication to stick with my practicing. But I've made a few epiphanies about a few things and they have done wonders for my confidence and drive.
Carmina is fantastic! We're all having a blast. One of the sopranos did a couple of the solos and she was phenomenal. Once again, the Atlanta Opera chorus has proven that anyone who steps in front of us has some hefty shoes to wear and some serious singing to do. Because you are under careful scrutiny when you come before us so all soloists beware. I say this because we are not just any old opera chorus. Every single person in our chorus is extremely talented, and any one person could be hand picked from our chorus to do the solo stuff for the company at any moment. So there is a sense of majesty surrounding the chorus. We are just as talented as the principles, but we're doing the chorus. That's a comforting thought. GOOD TIMES!
I'm kinda sad to not be in the whole voice department fold, but not so much because I really have to focus on preparing for Grad school auditions and I can't do that when I'm all up in the goodness at State. Coleman isn't upset at me anymore and for that I am very thankful. He's doing much better but I still worry about him. He shouldn't try to do too much.
GAWED THIS MUSIC IS GORGEOUS!!!
Hm, Grad schools have been narrowed down finally and I have about six on my list that I'm gunning for. Of them, I'm not really sure if any will accept me, but my dream and my passion is strong enough so I will push forward and do my very best, giving the best auditions that I'm capable of! We will see what happens. I'm hopeful for a successful year and successful round of auditions this year. I feel like my priorities are finally where they should have been years ago and I've got that academic spirit back in me. It really did die once I decided to pursue music...and that was because music came easy to me. I became lazy because of that. But not anymore, how well I do academically is just as important as how I perform musically. I just hope I haven't done too much irreparable damage to myself. Oh well, it was my mistake and I have to pay for the consequences so come what may!
OH YES! I came upon this new epiphany for singing my high notes! YAY! It was through some grueling and upsetting practicing yesterday that I stumbled upon it. It was due to some advice given me by several people. I was so worried about finding the right way to approach my upper range without blowing out my middle register, which is what I was doing and after doing that yesterday, then working with that to figure out what I could do to fix it, the simple and most complex thing popped into my head. And it was something that I knew but have never really comprehended until yesterday. I felt like a total dunce. I read this book where it stated that the way men sing high falsetto is the same approach we should take in our head voice. I KNEW that but had never conceptualized it, if you understand me. I knew what he meant but I didn't have an understanding of what he meant, like how to really do it, how to approach it. It did not register to me that the feeling would be the same both in falsetto and head voice. Again, I feel like such a dunce. I'm very happy, though, because I came across this discovery all on my own, without my teacher and now I know what I need to do and I feel like this is going to do wonders for my high range. It may take some time, but I've got time to get it right. Everything else seems to be going okay with my singing.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tinnywho, gonna go practice now...TOODLES!
Endy
So all of my school stuff got taken care of, THANK GOODNESS! THANKS BE TO GOD!!! WOOOO I'm now fully registered for all the necessary courses. And though this semester may prove somewhat difficult for me. Not in the class load or anything, just the dedication to stick with my practicing. But I've made a few epiphanies about a few things and they have done wonders for my confidence and drive.
Carmina is fantastic! We're all having a blast. One of the sopranos did a couple of the solos and she was phenomenal. Once again, the Atlanta Opera chorus has proven that anyone who steps in front of us has some hefty shoes to wear and some serious singing to do. Because you are under careful scrutiny when you come before us so all soloists beware. I say this because we are not just any old opera chorus. Every single person in our chorus is extremely talented, and any one person could be hand picked from our chorus to do the solo stuff for the company at any moment. So there is a sense of majesty surrounding the chorus. We are just as talented as the principles, but we're doing the chorus. That's a comforting thought. GOOD TIMES!
I'm kinda sad to not be in the whole voice department fold, but not so much because I really have to focus on preparing for Grad school auditions and I can't do that when I'm all up in the goodness at State. Coleman isn't upset at me anymore and for that I am very thankful. He's doing much better but I still worry about him. He shouldn't try to do too much.
GAWED THIS MUSIC IS GORGEOUS!!!
Hm, Grad schools have been narrowed down finally and I have about six on my list that I'm gunning for. Of them, I'm not really sure if any will accept me, but my dream and my passion is strong enough so I will push forward and do my very best, giving the best auditions that I'm capable of! We will see what happens. I'm hopeful for a successful year and successful round of auditions this year. I feel like my priorities are finally where they should have been years ago and I've got that academic spirit back in me. It really did die once I decided to pursue music...and that was because music came easy to me. I became lazy because of that. But not anymore, how well I do academically is just as important as how I perform musically. I just hope I haven't done too much irreparable damage to myself. Oh well, it was my mistake and I have to pay for the consequences so come what may!
OH YES! I came upon this new epiphany for singing my high notes! YAY! It was through some grueling and upsetting practicing yesterday that I stumbled upon it. It was due to some advice given me by several people. I was so worried about finding the right way to approach my upper range without blowing out my middle register, which is what I was doing and after doing that yesterday, then working with that to figure out what I could do to fix it, the simple and most complex thing popped into my head. And it was something that I knew but have never really comprehended until yesterday. I felt like a total dunce. I read this book where it stated that the way men sing high falsetto is the same approach we should take in our head voice. I KNEW that but had never conceptualized it, if you understand me. I knew what he meant but I didn't have an understanding of what he meant, like how to really do it, how to approach it. It did not register to me that the feeling would be the same both in falsetto and head voice. Again, I feel like such a dunce. I'm very happy, though, because I came across this discovery all on my own, without my teacher and now I know what I need to do and I feel like this is going to do wonders for my high range. It may take some time, but I've got time to get it right. Everything else seems to be going okay with my singing.
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tinnywho, gonna go practice now...TOODLES!
Endy