Performance Block

During the performance block, I attended different activities. I attended the Vocal Health Workshop which was very interesting and useful and I have learnt many good tips to keep my voice in good shape. It was very beneficial to have professional singers and GPs coming in to talk to us and give us all the information that they did! I also attended Concert Band this time taking the Oboe part which was a nice change! However, the piece that we were working on had some tricky time signatures that are not really used in vocal pieces, so I did find that difficult.

Choir was, as always, enjoyable though I think I speak for all the sopranos when I say that we didn't appreciate the held upper G in the Gloria piece! Especially at 9 o'clock in the morning! However, we had lovely pieces to perform at the end of term mini concert. Rock Choir was good fun though there weren't as many of us as last time. The song choice wasn't something that I would have chosen as I am not the biggest Proclaimers fan in the world, but it worked well and we had fun!

The Listening To Music In The Dark concert was good fun and it was enjoyable listening to other students compositions! Plus the commentary was rather gigglesome!

Until next time!

Bye!

Repertoire

So far, I have two pieces that I have learned off by heart. I still have three which I have to learn completely; 'Here Amid The Shady Woods', 'If Thine Wilt Ease Thine Heart', and 'Cradle Song'.

At the moment, the way I am trying to get them into my head is by listening to good recording that I have found online and reading the music whilst listening. I hope it works!

I feel this year that I am rather behind on my repertoire and I'm not sure why. I think maybe all the work and preparation at the beginning of the year for the O2 and the introduction of the new performance blocks has affected my sense of time! However, I will work very hard over the next two weeks to learn the three pieces and the songs for 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change'.

Bye for now!

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

This year, I auditioned for a show that a group of college students are doing for their Advanced Project. The show is called 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change', and it has been very successful in the West End and in Broadway. I have been involved in Amateur Dramatics for the past 13 years so I was looking forward to working with a new group of actors and also learning a show which I hadn't heard of before.

Rehearsals for the show started a little later than expected and we have also lost a cast member which meant that more scenes had to be delegated to the other members. However, we are now working well and productively.

When I first auditioned, I did worry about learning more songs on top of my repertoire for my Performance module but I think I have managed to cope so far! I do feel that we maybe should have started rehearsing a bit earlier than March but we are all getting on with learning our scripts.

The show goes on in May so we are now really working hard now, but it is still enjoyable and that is mostly due to the Creative team who are fantastic to work with. They are patient and enthusiastic and that makes it more fun for the cast members!

Bye for now!

Audition for Napier

I have applied for the Music course at Napier University and had my audition just before the Easter Holidays. For the audition, I had to perform two contrasting pieces so I performed Beau Soir and So In Love.

I feel the audition went very well and that my performance of the pieces improved. I think because I wanted the audition to be successful I gave it everything I had and I thing that I need to remember how I felt and try and perform the pieces that way from now on.

Evidently, the audition went very well as I have been given a conditional offer for Year 2 which was a lovely surprise! Still trying to decide what to do next year but I have to concentrate on my coursework at the moment! Speaking of which I better get on with some!

Bye for now!