On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Jocelyn Gooch wrote:
> The week later I audition for San Francisco Opera Chorus. (AAAaack!) I hope > three's a charm. I'm planning on singing Mi tradi. (snort)
Best of luck to you, Jocelyn - I'm sure you will do extremely well! I live in your neighborhood, so I'll send good vibes :-)
> Anywho, that's the singing life from here at my computer. How about your > life? Any beauty coming through? I'd love to hear.
My news is modest compared to everyone else's - but I'm excited all the same... This Friday will be my debut as an "early music" countertenor soloist. Many of you know I've done yards of 20th century music but have never felt confident enough in my pre-Schoenberg musicological knowledge that I've never ventured earlier than than Ruth Crawford Seeger. Quite shameful for a countertenor ;-)
On a technical note I'm even more excited! I'm getting the hang of singing without pushing, at least below my 2nd passagio. What an epiphany. Never did I realize singing could be so effortless! I was struck by how immediately the extra resonance kicked in with a balanced onset. I suspect it will be a while before I regain all my previous volume, but I imagine I'll be able to get more sound in the long run.
Tako Oda
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