Slightly off Broadway wrote:
> What an interesting thread.
> For whatever reasons, sometimes we need
> to abandon where we are and step into a new
> world. We can always go back!!!
But we will never be quite the same!
> I believe it's essential for singers to be able to act
> and move on stage no matter the genre of music they
> choose.
This is SO important. If more teachers believed this and taught
accordingly, maybe the art song recital would not be a dying entity!
> I have felt that my creativity as a writer and composer
> has been stifled for a long time and I am taking this year
> to submit my 6 plays to publishers and theatres as well
> as write the children's book that I have had on the back
> burner. I also long to write original music for my
> gospel choir and do some of my own arrangements.
Good for you!!! We only have so much energy, and when we give it all to
others, as we do in teaching, there is never enough left to do things for
ourselves. That;s why sabbaticals are wonderful things.
> I chose to take a sabbatical because I do not know what
> will happen after a year.
We can never know what will happen as a result of our taking a leap of
faith! That's why it IS a leap of FAITH! But that's the only way that
really great things DO happen!
> I know our business will see a
> substantial drop in money from the absence of all my
> students but we feel that it is time for this. I may be
> rejuvenated for teaching the following year or I may decide
> that I have, in fact, moved in a new direction.
Won't it be fun to see how things develop? I call this "putting it on the
altar of possibility."
> I agree with Wim...you have to do something you love
> which far outweighs the money.
Again, amen! And we usually find we have what we need, even if we don't
have all the luxuries in the world. Far better to be happy doing what we
love and fulfilling ourselves by using our gifts.
> And remember...you can always change you mind back again.
But you will never be quite the same! :-)
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