I'm singing for Collaborative Piano auditions tomorrow and Saturday, which is an easy way to earn a couple extra bucks. I only have to sing pieces I already know, but some of them are from high school and need brushing up. I remembered that I recorded "The Monk and his Cat" for the NFAA Arts Awards in 2003, and I dug it out of the depths of my hard ( Read more... )

Um, someone up there is watching out for me because I just got the news that I got into Wolf Trap after all!!!!!!!!! AHHHHH!!! Someone must have declined the offer, but I don't care how it happened because I am SO HAPPY. They're doing Boheme and Cosi this summer (and something Monteverdi that I had never heard of), and it will be amazing to be a ( Read more... )

So I spent a long time tonight combing through A LOT of pay-to-sings on YapTracker, and I find myself wondering.. how the F*** do people afford to do these over and over again??? I mean, I understand that some people have family money, but I know people who do not and they STILL have done several very expensive programs both in the US and abroad. ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a little professionally inadequate right now. I feel like people I know are succeeding while I'm.. not. People are getting into YAPs and summer programs, winning Met district competitions, getting gigs, etc etc etc. I definitely feel like I'm idling right now, despite people telling me that I should be happy I did this well for my first ( Read more... )

Well, I didn't get Wolf Trap. I mean, I haven't officially been told that, but I know of 3 people who got email offers today so.. that's that. It was basically my last option for the summer, so I kind of literally sobbed about it.. which is so childish, but I was crushed. I don't know. I guess I should know that I'm young and I have a lot of work ( Read more... )

Yay I'm a finalist for the Wolf Trap Opera Studio!! :-) Only half the finalists actually get into the program, but still.. they heard 50+ sopranos for the Studio this year, so I'm feeling pretty good! I've recently been really, really nervous about not getting into a program for the summer, so this makes me feel slightly better about it all. ( Read more... )

I wish things didn't bother me so much. I had a truly stupid altercation with someone tonight via Facebook (the stupidest of stupid ways to have an altercation) and now I can't sleep ( Read more... )

I'm getting married.

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This week has been thought-provoking so far, and a HUGE improvement on last week in many ways. Most importantly, my voice is back to functioning normally. I think maybe if I don't try to practice on Sunday or Monday, I'll be ok with the church job. I realize that's losing 2 days of the week, but if it means keeping my voice relatively healthy and ( Read more... )