To: vocalist
Subject: Aud: SFO
Date sent: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 14:44:10 PST
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Hello again. I love vacation and all the things I can do, like read for FUN!
I'm nearly caught up with my vocalist digests, getting close to December 20
now.

I recently auditioned for SFO chorus. It would have been an ideal job, being
just across the bay from San Francisco. I do so love a gorgeous sound, raw
emotions and a pretty costume!

This was my third audition for them, so I was not very nervous at all; a
nice change. My technique is quite solid compared to years past, BUT I had
just gotten over about three weeks of laryngitis/coughing/lung infection.
Plus the weather is so strangely dry, that I seem to need gallons of water
to keep my juices flowing. Anyway, my voice got a little stuck, beginning
with [P (click)--ordZi - amor]. It felt like my cords wouldn't open at
onset. Argh. (Porgi Amor)

My next piece was chosen by my teacher, and Ian Robertson was not familiar
with it. The accompanist hadn't played it in ten years. We were not
together, I had to stop and find a place we would be together. Embarassing.

The good news: My rejection letter included the line that I would be kept on
the audition list for the following year. I guess I impressed them enough
not to be kicked out on my ear.

Anyway, thanks for "listening." It's nice to be able to share things with
those who understand.

Also, I was shocked and pleased when I recieved an A in my graduate
bibliography class. I have many of you to thank. I had been reading
everything I possibly could about falsetto, head voice, chest voice, and the
confusion of terms, and wrote a paper entitled, "Passaggio." I hope you
don't mind, Dr. Lloyd, but I used two of your long explanations in my paper,
with grand use of footnotes, of course. Thank you for your up-to-the-minute
information. I was literally crowing all over the house when my grades came
in the mail yesterday!

Anyway, Mele kaliki maka, as they say in Hawaii, and here on the lovely
island of Alameda, in California.

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.


Jocelyn Thulin, soprano

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