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Oct. 30th, 2003
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Oct. 30th, 2003 01:13 amDude, the soloists for the Haydn are all pretty fucking awesome, but the alto just kicks major ass. She's so, so fucking incredible!!!!!! I want to be her when I grow up. And the baritone used to be in Chanticleer. Berkeley's such a great place to sing. :) The only soloist that I don't care for quite so much is the tenor; he sounds like he doesn't know his notes, but since he presumably does, I don't know what the deal is.
Also, my lesson today was good; I'm starting to remember problems I've encountered in the past and identify new ones beyond those. Maybe this whole being a singer thing could actually work some day. In the very far off future. I'm pretty sure, actually, that I'd take it over being a classicist, except I suppose it's a lot more uncertain. What if you're sick? Or just have a really bad day? Or does that just not happen once you're good enough that you're Really Good? (Well, being sick obviously happens, but I heard Dawn Upshaw sing when she was sick, and she still sounded fantastic, she just didn't do the pieces she would otherwise have done that went above high C.) Also, I'm convinced that I sing better when I'm singing in my lesson. Which isn't to say that I can't sing like that in other situations, of course, just that I've not yet figured out how; and this is problematic, because I don't know what the difference is. I can't hear myself as well or identify problems as well when I'm not singing for Deborah.
Glug.
And I need to memorize all my P5 pieces so that we can sing them in churches at random whims without having bits that fall apart or go randomly out of tune. (Though the out-of-tune-ness on "Timor" was due to lack of parts, I think.)
Oh, and I so want to sing the rest of the pieces that go with Josquin's "Ave Vera Virginitas," now that Esther's told us that it's an entire cycle.
I felt bad for telling Lily to shut up so sharply today, but she's such a child, it's ridiculous. If someone asks you to be quiet, then you be quiet! Ugh!!! (Especially when you don't know the person. It's called respect. Honestly.)
Also, my lesson today was good; I'm starting to remember problems I've encountered in the past and identify new ones beyond those. Maybe this whole being a singer thing could actually work some day. In the very far off future. I'm pretty sure, actually, that I'd take it over being a classicist, except I suppose it's a lot more uncertain. What if you're sick? Or just have a really bad day? Or does that just not happen once you're good enough that you're Really Good? (Well, being sick obviously happens, but I heard Dawn Upshaw sing when she was sick, and she still sounded fantastic, she just didn't do the pieces she would otherwise have done that went above high C.) Also, I'm convinced that I sing better when I'm singing in my lesson. Which isn't to say that I can't sing like that in other situations, of course, just that I've not yet figured out how; and this is problematic, because I don't know what the difference is. I can't hear myself as well or identify problems as well when I'm not singing for Deborah.
Glug.
And I need to memorize all my P5 pieces so that we can sing them in churches at random whims without having bits that fall apart or go randomly out of tune. (Though the out-of-tune-ness on "Timor" was due to lack of parts, I think.)
Oh, and I so want to sing the rest of the pieces that go with Josquin's "Ave Vera Virginitas," now that Esther's told us that it's an entire cycle.
I felt bad for telling Lily to shut up so sharply today, but she's such a child, it's ridiculous. If someone asks you to be quiet, then you be quiet! Ugh!!! (Especially when you don't know the person. It's called respect. Honestly.)