Busy and lovin' it

As you all may have suspected, my weeks have become full of time-consuming rehearsals and such. Contrary to my belief, I am pretty much loving it! Not only that, but I am still getting into bed around the same time, and getting more sleep because the second I'm in bed, I'm snoring! Woohoo!

The next weeks are going to pass by really really fast, and in no time I will be in Poughkeepsie, visiting with my mom and my NYC friends. :) Yay!

Before I forget, here is a list of days I'll be performing. If you feel so inclined, please come to support me/hear some great (hopefully!) music:

Friday April 8th and Saturday April 16th- Magic Flute. Friday is open seating, which means any seat, and cheaper too. Both performances are at 8pm. Watch me "Pa" in style for my 5 minute MAC debut :)

Saturday April 16th-Opera Auditions. I'm singing Durch Zartlichkeit (which has nothing to do with either opera, but will hopefully go really well and be good recital prep). For you high note affetionados, it's got 3 high Es at the end. I'm supposed to go on around 11am. Opera auditions are great to watch if you want to catch lots of different singers singing their attempted best in under 4 minutes each.

Sunday, April 17th-having been recruited into University Singers, I'm performing in Giles Swayne's CRY at 4pm. It's 70 minutes long, 1-on-a-part amplified crazy singing. I've got some high Ds to sing, and tons and tons of notes above B-flat to wail on for way too long (while saying melemelemele over and over. If you're masochistic, or just plain curious, come watch. If nothing else, it should be really interesting...

Saturday, April 23rd-Adonis and I are singing in a church concert benefiting our music ministry at St. Paul's (17th St. just west of Jordan). The concert will be performed by different school of music students--3 singers, and a good handful of instrumentalists. I'm performing rep that will be on my recital, so if you're just coming to check me out, you should come on out on:

Sunday, April 24th-this is the BIG PERFORMANCE! this semester. My first master's recital, Ford Hall, 3pm. I'll be performing Handel, Mozart (one aria from Alcina, the other from Abduction of the Seraglio, mentioned above [3 high Es]) Brahms, Strauss (only 1 German lied each), Faure, and Barber (the whole Hermit). Kazuha Nakahara will be accompanying :) The whole recital should be just under an hour. Please come support me, as it is always nicer to sing for a larger audience. :)
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And that's that. I'll be going out on Monday April 25th to celebrate the end of the above performances and the handing in of my last paper (stupid vocal ped, it's due the 25th, the day after that crazy weekend). All are invited to celebrate the last Monday of our first year at Grad school! :)