Celebrating victories, moving forward with bigger goals.

After giving my final graduate recital this year, I listened  to the technical advances I had made in a short time. Yet with a critical ear, I also watched for things that needed improvement.  Releasing breath was a big goal for me, as well as keeping head voice in every part of my range. In preparation to sing for Dolora Zajick, I wanted to listen once again to this excerpt as it was the most demanding vocally of my sets. Although it is hard sometimes to listen with a critical, yet accepting ear, I have found it to be one of the best tools!  

With knees shaking and palms on fire, I stood up and sang for my biggest hero. I did well, and was grateful for excellent guidance from both my voice teacher and coach. We spent two weeks getting the "Letter Scene" from Werther ready.  

Dr. Dorgan and I revving up for a very intense coaching.  I enjoy his input so much. I consider him a gem, and I always leave feeling more in love with music, and ready to work harder.

Cheers!

Where the real pursuit began.

I have sung my entire life. I have pursued an education, practiced, and done all the work necessary to have a career. Somehow, with all of my training I lacked the belief in myself to really go for it. TO pursue a career. Then I was asked, with just five hours notice to sing a messiah in December of 2010. As I stood there, in love with the music I was singing, and a technique that worked in service of such beautiful music, I knew that I must work hard, pray a lot, and make plans to be heard.



Not only was I proud of my communication, I heard ample things to work on technically! Stay tuned for the next technical progress!