Vicki Bryant wrote:
> As I approach a full length solo recital next week, I've been trying > to decide how to occupy myself all day without wearing myself out > (I've got the whole day off, and the recital is at 8:00 pm).
> What do you all do to keep your sanity on a heavy performance day?
What I do (did) is go the hairdresser in the AM. That takes up several hours, because my guy in in DC, and I live in Virginia. Then I have a late, good-sized lunch, because I'm going to need fuel for energy, but I don't want to eat too soon before singing.
Then I go my bedroom, turn off the lights (though it's daylight, so there's light to see by), close my eyes, and mentally go through the entire recital, beginning to end. I have my music at hand and check out anything I need to.
Then I vocalize for a little while, but don't sing a note of the music I'm singing at the performance. Then I do other stuff, like read, watch TV, put on opera CDs, listen to the radio, until it's time to get dressed and head out the door.
When I do my warm-up before the recital is when I go over parts of the music I'll be singing - singing the beginning of each song with the accompanist is great if there's time.
Peggy
-- Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA "Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile" mailto:peggyh@i...
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