good news!
so first off, it's cold outside and i'm done for the day and i'm sitting in my cute little room with my window opening and the sun and the cold coming through. i'm so happy that all i can do to just sit here and enjoy...
secondly, we worked quite a bit on Water Night today in choir...now anyone who knows me well knows that: 1) i'm totally in love with Whitacre, and 2) that Water Night is my original favorite choir piece EVER...it made a HUGE impression on me the first time i heard and i've probably listened to it several thousand times since then and every time i notice something new...such hott music. However, Raines is withholding the climax of the piece from us right now and it's kind of the hugest tease ever...not fair. anyway...good news for today is that after choir, Raines called about 15 of us to his office (i was one mentioned) and we all think that he finally picked people for the sightreading choir he was going to use for the conducting class, but no...we all cram in there, and then he proceeds to tell us about a recording gig he needed a small choir for, this Thursday night which will pay! SO exciting...he told us not to feel honored or anything because this gig is something he would bestow on any of the choir kids, but i can't help feeling just a little excited, just cause this is my first paying gig (not counting church choir)...but yeah, i'm happy. yay.
i didn't do as badly on my french diction test as i thought i would, which is also kind of happy. movement was a little bit brutal because we did ballet and i worked through my feet really hard and now my arches are sore just cause i'm not used to doing it. Oh, and sautes ('jumps' in French ballet terminology) make my calves sore too, but i guess that's the point, yeah? it was cute too, because we got to partner up with the boys (who had to take multiple turns to accommodate all the women in the class) and do balances across the floor holding hands...elementary, but still cute.
so yeah, not much planned for the rest of the day...i have to go pick up music for Thursday's gig around 4:30 and then i have an Alexander Technique class at 6 pm with Dr. Maddox and the rest of the studio. Those are always fun. It gives us a chance to bond more and it's just generally kind of laid back, which is what school needs to be more often. i think right now i'm going to lay down for a bit, read, chart some vowels and figure out what i'm going to sing for my lesson tomorrow morning.
Love you kids!
=o)
secondly, we worked quite a bit on Water Night today in choir...now anyone who knows me well knows that: 1) i'm totally in love with Whitacre, and 2) that Water Night is my original favorite choir piece EVER...it made a HUGE impression on me the first time i heard and i've probably listened to it several thousand times since then and every time i notice something new...such hott music. However, Raines is withholding the climax of the piece from us right now and it's kind of the hugest tease ever...not fair. anyway...good news for today is that after choir, Raines called about 15 of us to his office (i was one mentioned) and we all think that he finally picked people for the sightreading choir he was going to use for the conducting class, but no...we all cram in there, and then he proceeds to tell us about a recording gig he needed a small choir for, this Thursday night which will pay! SO exciting...he told us not to feel honored or anything because this gig is something he would bestow on any of the choir kids, but i can't help feeling just a little excited, just cause this is my first paying gig (not counting church choir)...but yeah, i'm happy. yay.
i didn't do as badly on my french diction test as i thought i would, which is also kind of happy. movement was a little bit brutal because we did ballet and i worked through my feet really hard and now my arches are sore just cause i'm not used to doing it. Oh, and sautes ('jumps' in French ballet terminology) make my calves sore too, but i guess that's the point, yeah? it was cute too, because we got to partner up with the boys (who had to take multiple turns to accommodate all the women in the class) and do balances across the floor holding hands...elementary, but still cute.
so yeah, not much planned for the rest of the day...i have to go pick up music for Thursday's gig around 4:30 and then i have an Alexander Technique class at 6 pm with Dr. Maddox and the rest of the studio. Those are always fun. It gives us a chance to bond more and it's just generally kind of laid back, which is what school needs to be more often. i think right now i'm going to lay down for a bit, read, chart some vowels and figure out what i'm going to sing for my lesson tomorrow morning.
Love you kids!
=o)