Maybe you read my earlier post, The Price, on risking my music for my new job
Turns
out I DID get to enough rehearsals, and I made the grade to perform with
the NZSO tonight : Gustav Holst's magical "Planets Suite"
...and tomorrow night : Giuseppe Verdi's magnificently operatic Requiem. Excited and delighted, that was me.
In one of those ironic little twists that remind us that Nature is really in charge, the recent stormy weather closed airports and stranded the orchestra in their home city of Wellington.
No airport, no orchestra. No orchestra, no concert. Cancelled.
And if I think I'm disappointed, what about all the people with tickets? What about Eve de Castro-Robinson, who was anticipating the world premiere of one of her works in the same concert?
So
far things are looking promising for Saturday. The tour manager must be
a miracle worker to reschedule flights for all those players, plus
shipping their instruments.
Fingers crossed.
Showing posts with label choir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label choir. Show all posts
learning to sing
I sing in choir. Practically my whole life.
It's brought me the most amazingly beautiful, exhilarating, challenging, fun experiences. Met a Best Friend and a Husband. Fortunately I still have the Best Friend.
I love it, and with all this practice and education along the way, I've become a reasonably good singer. It means so much to me that I know I need to improve to keep up up with the rising standard of my current group, Auckland Choral
And therein lies the flaw. I've never had a formal lesson from a singing teacher and I'm terrified to start. All these years I've been hiding in the crowd, gotta have 2 more people or I can't let a sound out.
Why?
so! tonight I'm going to commit to lessons with Ken Cornish, a singer I greatly admire, and see if I can Get Over It
It's brought me the most amazingly beautiful, exhilarating, challenging, fun experiences. Met a Best Friend and a Husband. Fortunately I still have the Best Friend.
I love it, and with all this practice and education along the way, I've become a reasonably good singer. It means so much to me that I know I need to improve to keep up up with the rising standard of my current group, Auckland Choral
And therein lies the flaw. I've never had a formal lesson from a singing teacher and I'm terrified to start. All these years I've been hiding in the crowd, gotta have 2 more people or I can't let a sound out.
Why?
- fear that I've never been any good - this is nonsense! all those successful auditions over the years...
- fear of constructive criticism - might have to work a bit, too bad
- fear that it can't get any better - surely must be able to squeeze a few more degrees of beauty
- fear of change... my old dragon, many times slain and reincarnated
so! tonight I'm going to commit to lessons with Ken Cornish, a singer I greatly admire, and see if I can Get Over It
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