Coming into my lesson this week I didn't necessarily know how it would go. Monday evening I experienced a moment of panic because our jury is two weeks from now. That being said, I think that our lesson today went fantastic. I think it is the best one that we have had yet this semester and it makes me so happy. I was worried about it also because I am vocally tired today. I have been practicing a lot as of late.
I am also really happy that I almost have Nimmersatte Liebe memorized. Once that is done it's one thing off the list. Program notes and translations are the next big projest.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Senior Recital-Week 5
I think that my lesson today went well. Especially since I was not feeling well. My voice felt really tired today, so that is always irritating. I did do almost two hours of vocal practice outside of ensembles yesterday though.
This week during practice the name of the game is going to be my vowel shapes and modifications. I really am going to need to go through all of my music with a fine tooth comb and make sure that everything is unified. I also really enjoyed the chromatic warmup. I think this will be very helpful for my vocal flexibility.
I'm am starting to really get some of my characters for my pieces figured out. The problem is that now that I have them figured out I need to go bigger. With this music I just want to go big or go home. For me there really is no other options this semester. I am also really starting to memorize, which is a giant relief. Sometimes that concept doesn't always come easily to me.
PS-Dr. Hepworth, thank you for all of your help and guidance. I appreciate you so much.
This week during practice the name of the game is going to be my vowel shapes and modifications. I really am going to need to go through all of my music with a fine tooth comb and make sure that everything is unified. I also really enjoyed the chromatic warmup. I think this will be very helpful for my vocal flexibility.
I'm am starting to really get some of my characters for my pieces figured out. The problem is that now that I have them figured out I need to go bigger. With this music I just want to go big or go home. For me there really is no other options this semester. I am also really starting to memorize, which is a giant relief. Sometimes that concept doesn't always come easily to me.
PS-Dr. Hepworth, thank you for all of your help and guidance. I appreciate you so much.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Senior Recital-Week 4
This week we worked really hard on Nimmersatte. Let's just say that I absolutely adore this song. I think that it is really going to work well with my other Wolf piece. I think I love this song because it is so romantic, but it is still really going to allow me to stretch my wings vocally and also with my technique. I also think that the springboard and apple in front of the mouth concepts are REALLY helping me a lot. Something that frustrated me was that when I sang it in studio that my old habits snuck back in because I was focusing more on words. That really bothers me because I thought that I was more sound in my techniques. Darn my tongue and jaw. Oh well, back to the practice room.
Speaking of practice rooms...I was working on looking at my self in the mirror. For one, it's kind of entertaining, but exactly what Dr. Hepworth says it is. It is so helpful. I have been working on trying to convey all of the emotion that needs to be a part of my aria. I am trying to take all of the sorrow and anguish that I have felt in times of trail and tribulations and put it all in my song. It is still a work in progress, but they are coming along.
Speaking of practice rooms...I was working on looking at my self in the mirror. For one, it's kind of entertaining, but exactly what Dr. Hepworth says it is. It is so helpful. I have been working on trying to convey all of the emotion that needs to be a part of my aria. I am trying to take all of the sorrow and anguish that I have felt in times of trail and tribulations and put it all in my song. It is still a work in progress, but they are coming along.
Senior Recital-Week 3
This week we worked on Va! again. I didn't realize how much I still was keeping my lips very neutral and that they weren't puckered enough. I am getting really excited about this aria. It has also been quite the adventure learning how to use my chest voice. We started working on this concept last week as well. I have had some opportunities in choir to implement the concept as well. It's really new that I have the opportunity to actually work on some more complex concepts. It's also really terrifying at the same time. I am also trying to implement the darker vowels as well. That's also crazy because I worked so long on finding the bright resonant sound. It's all a mystery that I am working really hard on.
Senior Recital-Week 2
This week we started actually working on material. I am sincerely enjoying having a whole hour for my lessons this semester. I was really excited when we started to work on our warmups because the Eh-Ah-Oh and moving the mouth and noticing the tongue placement and actually having it click right away was AMAZING! I also really loved digging back into Va! laisse couler me larme. It is amazing how many little things that we really didn't get time to cover last semester. I am praying that it goes over well at NATS.
Senior Recital-Week 1
During our first lesson we got to pick out new rep!! I am so excited about the new pieces. I am especially excited about Nimmersatte Liebe. Il Pescatore Canta is also going to be really awesome as well. I am totally excited about everything starting.
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