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ichi_chan0326

Grr!

Feb 03, 2007 21:39

>:(

I am so fed up with myself!

My teacher claims that I actually have a voice and that one day I should be able to sing that scary Queen of the Night aria, but I just can't believe her the way things are going!

I've finally figured out my precise problem: I'm scared. I actually scared to go for the higher notes in the songs/pieces/arias/whatever I' ( Read more... )

grr, perfectionism, singing

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operaticingenue February 17 2007, 06:43:42 UTC

*Pats* I know how you feel. I'm working on piano/pianissimos on notes past my passagios and...GOD! I get SO frustrated sometime!

My advice: remember that all you're doing is PRACTICE; no one's going to judge you during that time. If you're too scared/self-conscious to sing those notes now, during practice, how will they improve and be ready for a true preformance?

Also... BREATH SUPPORT! That is KEY to higher notes. Oh! And mentally "see" the sounds leading from between your eyes. My teacher used tell me to imagine a hole being there and the sounds just flowing through. Singing involves SO much imagination/picturing; so much of it's mental.

Keep up the work! :)

ichi_chan0326 February 18 2007, 00:49:36 UTC

I've gotten better with my squeamishness concerning practice lately. I could still use work with that, though XDD;

Thanks for the advice! =D!

Advise, if you're up for it...? vocaliste09 April 14 2007, 11:17:27 UTC

I hope you don't mind me looking at your blog... I don't usually do this sort of thing, I guess I was curious. Don't give up. High school is rough. I'm a mezzo, so my voice is a little darker than it sounds like yours is. (I'm only a sophomore in college, so I'm not that far ahead of you.) Since my voice was deep, it was very different from everyone else's when I was in high school, and since I went to a big school, there were plenty of "normal" voices for them to use for the show choir, the musical, etc. I'm not saying that this will happen to you, but it could. The most important thing for you is to keep trying. Audition experience is very important, even when it hurts. You need to have confidence that you have something special, that you have the ability to use it, and that you can get past the crap with your sanity. When you graduate, and you see what everyone goes on to study, it will be surprising if a few of those leads even go on to be music ed majors, much less opera singers. Not that there's anything wrong with ( ... )

Re: Advise, if you're up for it...? ichi_chan0326 April 15 2007, 22:22:20 UTC

Thank you so, so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to write all of this! I will take it to heart and remember it next time I want to whine about this musical or I'm afriad to go after a high note ;]!

I really want to take some type of summer program, but I have no idea where to look for any... If not for this year, than definitely for the next, do you know any way I can go about searching for them? I often see credit/non-credit courses offered for math and science and English and etc, but almost never for music =/!

Re: Advise, if you're up for it...? vocaliste09 April 15 2007, 23:07:16 UTC

I would try looking at colleges and conservatories with big music programs Ex: Northwestern University. They seem to do outreach programs to high school students. Also, if there's an opera company in your state, they may do an opera camp or workshop Ex: Detroit Opera, I think. I know Interlochen (a Fine Arts High School) also has summer classes. Classicalsinger.com is a really good resource (esp. for your college search), but I'm afraid as far as summer programs go, it will be better for when you're in college. I'm doing a program this summer called Midwest Young Artist Program that is for ages 15-20, too... it's at Elmhurst University in Chicago. Just keep your eyes open for things, I guess.