through the years we all will be together...
Either I'm getting good at updating LJ again or I'm just bored... but more than likely, it's the latter of the two. hehe
This week was better than normal for some reason. Aside from the fact that I was tired as all get out (I can't figure out why), mostly just good things happened. My voice lesson on Tuesday was better than normal- it's the first lesson I've ever had where Mr. Tom told me not to change anything about a piece- for him, that's saying a lot. He's really sparing with his compliments, so that was definitely a good thing. He said I was nailing all of my pieces, which is also a good thing to hear, considering I have MTNA in less than two weeks. (eek!) We ran into a bit of a problem with the Converse audition- they're requiring an Italian piece, and I have one... but I have another piece that's better in my voice than the Italian. I mean, it's good and all, and I really like it, but there's an English piece that I do better. So Mr. Tom said he'd call up at Converse (he went there so he has connections) and ask Dr. Hay if the Italian one was really that necessary, or if it is, if I can sing a 4th piece. That was the other thing- there's ony 3 pieces included in the required repetoire- an 15th, 16th, or 17th century Italian aria or art song, an English aria or art song, and a third aria or art song of the applicant's choice. My third piece that's basically a given is a French art song by Faure that's drop-dead gorgeous... I've had the piece for a while, but it wasn't that great in my voice- then for some reason it clicked this year and Mr. Tom really likes it, so.. I'm using it. Anyway, if I can do 4 pieces, I'll sing the Italian aria I'm working on which is called Care Selve from Atalanta (Handel), The Crucifixion (Barber)- I did that one at NATS and FSU- Ici Bas (Faure), and Laurie's Song from The Tender Land (Copland). And I'm doing all of those at MTNA except the last one (they discourage arias like that apparently...but they like ones like Care Selve- they're weird), so in its place I'm doing another French piece called L'Heure Exquise (Hahn). Anyway... now that I've bored everyone with that...
I get to watch Sisterhood on Wednesday with Catherine!! yay! Of course... that means that I hafta do my poetry response on Tuesday... boo. Oh well. It's worth it. And SAT scores come out on Monday... *crosses fingers* and I think Friday me and Cate are trying for our next Disney girl's night (The Great Mouse Detective and 101 Dalmations at this one). So if everything works out- this should hopefully be a really good week.
And something exciting happened the other day.. I got back in touch with a friend of mine I haven't talked to in almost 2 years. All I can say is Myspace is my hero. There's probably no way I would have ever talked to this guy again otherwise. So that was very cool. :D Yay for old friends.
So I've decided that when I leave.. I'm only going to miss people. I'm still holding to my strong dislike for Lexington, and especially LHS. Then again, I've never been crazy about it. And really, there's not many people I'll miss. But the few that I'm going to miss- it's gonna be hard leaving. A couple weeks ago when we first got Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in Chamber Choir and we sightread it, we got to the part where it says "Through the years we all will be together..." and Mackenzie kind of squeezed my leg... gah I thought I was gonna cry. I know that's the only thing that's going to sink in for me- but it's starting to. I still want out of here really badly, and I still am dying to get down to Florida... but I'm not quite so dying to get away from my best friends here...
And btw- the delimma I mentioned before is more or less solved. I got advice from a few people, and it helped a ton. So... what was eating at me to a pretty high degree.. isn't do that so much now. :) To the people who talked me through that- you know who you are- I love you.
That's about it... I'm gonna think about sleep now.. even though it's early. But I'm tired. Goodnight.
<3me
This week was better than normal for some reason. Aside from the fact that I was tired as all get out (I can't figure out why), mostly just good things happened. My voice lesson on Tuesday was better than normal- it's the first lesson I've ever had where Mr. Tom told me not to change anything about a piece- for him, that's saying a lot. He's really sparing with his compliments, so that was definitely a good thing. He said I was nailing all of my pieces, which is also a good thing to hear, considering I have MTNA in less than two weeks. (eek!) We ran into a bit of a problem with the Converse audition- they're requiring an Italian piece, and I have one... but I have another piece that's better in my voice than the Italian. I mean, it's good and all, and I really like it, but there's an English piece that I do better. So Mr. Tom said he'd call up at Converse (he went there so he has connections) and ask Dr. Hay if the Italian one was really that necessary, or if it is, if I can sing a 4th piece. That was the other thing- there's ony 3 pieces included in the required repetoire- an 15th, 16th, or 17th century Italian aria or art song, an English aria or art song, and a third aria or art song of the applicant's choice. My third piece that's basically a given is a French art song by Faure that's drop-dead gorgeous... I've had the piece for a while, but it wasn't that great in my voice- then for some reason it clicked this year and Mr. Tom really likes it, so.. I'm using it. Anyway, if I can do 4 pieces, I'll sing the Italian aria I'm working on which is called Care Selve from Atalanta (Handel), The Crucifixion (Barber)- I did that one at NATS and FSU- Ici Bas (Faure), and Laurie's Song from The Tender Land (Copland). And I'm doing all of those at MTNA except the last one (they discourage arias like that apparently...but they like ones like Care Selve- they're weird), so in its place I'm doing another French piece called L'Heure Exquise (Hahn). Anyway... now that I've bored everyone with that...
I get to watch Sisterhood on Wednesday with Catherine!! yay! Of course... that means that I hafta do my poetry response on Tuesday... boo. Oh well. It's worth it. And SAT scores come out on Monday... *crosses fingers* and I think Friday me and Cate are trying for our next Disney girl's night (The Great Mouse Detective and 101 Dalmations at this one). So if everything works out- this should hopefully be a really good week.
And something exciting happened the other day.. I got back in touch with a friend of mine I haven't talked to in almost 2 years. All I can say is Myspace is my hero. There's probably no way I would have ever talked to this guy again otherwise. So that was very cool. :D Yay for old friends.
So I've decided that when I leave.. I'm only going to miss people. I'm still holding to my strong dislike for Lexington, and especially LHS. Then again, I've never been crazy about it. And really, there's not many people I'll miss. But the few that I'm going to miss- it's gonna be hard leaving. A couple weeks ago when we first got Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas in Chamber Choir and we sightread it, we got to the part where it says "Through the years we all will be together..." and Mackenzie kind of squeezed my leg... gah I thought I was gonna cry. I know that's the only thing that's going to sink in for me- but it's starting to. I still want out of here really badly, and I still am dying to get down to Florida... but I'm not quite so dying to get away from my best friends here...
And btw- the delimma I mentioned before is more or less solved. I got advice from a few people, and it helped a ton. So... what was eating at me to a pretty high degree.. isn't do that so much now. :) To the people who talked me through that- you know who you are- I love you.
That's about it... I'm gonna think about sleep now.. even though it's early. But I'm tired. Goodnight.
<3me