Final thoughts for the afternoon

[thedarksiren2]

A total bomb dropped on my brain the other day. I hope the damages are less acute in Italian. Music lit & history, well...let's just say it is a damn good thing he drops the lowest test score.

On the brighter side, I got 2 A's on the first of a three-part midterm in piano.

Later today, 3PM to be exact, I sing in front of my studio class - AKA all the students who study under Patricia Pease and with whom I will work the remainder of this year, if not longer. It will be the first time I will have done anything solo for my "peers" here at OU. It's a recitative and aria from Handel's Messiah. It is easy, really. Singing in a small classroom in front of thirty or so people, however, is not. I think I get temporary claustrophobia in certain moments, particularly those involving an audience whose eyes I can see and meet without trying. No exit sign to look toward, seeking freedom, escape to look forward to...yay stage fright.

You now know why I sing (s)karaoke all the time. Helps with that sorta thing.

Then, opera theater. cake. Later, open-mic at The Front Room. I think I'll get in touch with inthecouch to see if he might want to hang out with me up there. I have homework to do, but it'd be nice to have the company.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.
~8)

Comments

[tete6871.livejournal.com]

"On the brighter side, I got 2 A's on the first of a three-part midterm in piano"

CONGRATS

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

muchas thankies.
Two more parts to go!

[ex-caleea.livejournal.com]

That is why I sing karaoke as well ... Altho, I like it better when the lights are blinding you on stage and all you see is a sea of black. That is when I'm most confident.

=)

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

aren't we all...~;)

[http://users.livejournal.com/-symphony-/]

I find that my self consciousness about singing only creeps up when I'm singing a style that doesn't feel like it is entirely my own.
Like when I have to sing Arias/standard classical stuff. I feel it then.
But, in truth, I know my voice. When I'm playing and singing my pieces I sit well back into the trousers of my voice and feel perfectly at ease. That's where I accomplish any vocal feat; where I can stretch my voice and progress. I feel like a folklorist, telling a story, taking an audience along on my story.

So...

heh, the only way to avoid all those butterflies - for me - is to practice and know the piece backwards, forwards, downside up, and inside out.

[thedarksiren.livejournal.com]

thanks for sharing this with me. I completely agree with you!

The studio went well, although I rushed through the recitative. Oh well...just gives me something to work on for juries, I guess.

But yeah, you're right...knowing it better than a lover is mandatory!~;)

Hope school is treating you well!