Handel's Messiah by heart in 2.5 months?
One of the things i really miss is singing in a choir. I did madrigals, choir, tenor recorder, clarinet & piano (both them to grade 3) so that I could study music at school. You couldn't study without doing minimum 2 instruments to grade 3 level. I was never more than a plodder with instruments, but I loved singing and was competent enough.
I'm *cough* years out of practise and definitely lost my top notes (sang soprano). Anyway I was thinking of joining the mass choir that annually performs Handel's Messiah at the Sydney Opera House every year. They have "real" singers, and there's a large non-auditioned but rehearsed "Messiah Choir" that joins in a number of the choruses. You have to pay a registration fee (about $120) , and attend every rehearsal.
*BUT* this year for the first time everyone (including the Messiah Choir) will be performing without scores. I don't think that I can learn enough between now & November 6th to effectively join the rehearsals and know it all off by heart for early December. I'm way way out of the habits I'll need.
I should sign up for next year. Perhaps I should buy the learning CD now, so that I can start early next year.
I'd like to join an amateur choir, but finding one that suits me might be a problem. Or I should find some community college singing lessons next year.
I'm *cough* years out of practise and definitely lost my top notes (sang soprano). Anyway I was thinking of joining the mass choir that annually performs Handel's Messiah at the Sydney Opera House every year. They have "real" singers, and there's a large non-auditioned but rehearsed "Messiah Choir" that joins in a number of the choruses. You have to pay a registration fee (about $120) , and attend every rehearsal.
*BUT* this year for the first time everyone (including the Messiah Choir) will be performing without scores. I don't think that I can learn enough between now & November 6th to effectively join the rehearsals and know it all off by heart for early December. I'm way way out of the habits I'll need.
I should sign up for next year. Perhaps I should buy the learning CD now, so that I can start early next year.
I'd like to join an amateur choir, but finding one that suits me might be a problem. Or I should find some community college singing lessons next year.