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| I am so excited to go back to Princeton next weekend, I can't even breathe.
It's been a whole year, and I still haven't found anything to equal how great last summer was. So it's back to Princeton I go, to see how much things have changed.
*sighs* I can't wait.
~Anne | comments: glitter and be gay   |
| Poo. My voice teacher won't let me do The Mikado.
It's SO easy for me to resent that, so easy. But I know she's right. I'm not really ready. Oh, but it would have been SO much fun.
In any event, I got to watch Topsy-Turvy again, which was fun.
All I have to say is that she'd better not prevent me from auditioning for Utopia Limited at the end of the month. I'll be pissed.
~Anne | | comments: 1 lavaliere or glitter and be gay |
| Hell YES I'll sing Yum-Yum in a sing-along Mikado in two weeks. Now THAT is a role I want on my resume.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what comes of being tenacious. I e-mailed the conductor of this Mikado because he's doing the Bach Magnificat in the fall and I would love to be the soprano soloist (speaking of my resume!). He e-mailed back saying we would meet to talk about this in a couple of weeks, as his son is getting married. Then I got another e-mail last week asking if I was familiar with the Mikado, because he was still looking for a few female roles. I was like, well, kind of, but it's not difficult music, and the parts I haven't sung (that is...most of it--I've done the aria and "Three Little Maids") aren't particularly complicated, nor are they particularly high or vocally taxing. So I said I could maybe sing Yum-Yum, and for sure Peep-Bo if they still needed one. But he called me today and said that their Yum-Yum could no longer do it, and could I sing Yum-Yum? I was like, absolutely. Learn most of a G&S role in two weeks? Why yes, yes I can.
I e-mailed Terry about it, but I had already accepted, so there's nothing she can do about it. And by week 9, I think I should be well able to sing that role. It's not exactly Tosca, and it's not through-sung, so it won't kill me. An excellent first role back in the game. :)
~Anne
And don't, in girlhood's happy spring,
Be hard on us, be hard on us,
If we decline to dance and sing!
Tra la la la la la! | | comments: 4 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| | Time: | 10:41 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/labellesiffleuse/Blackadder%20Mood%20Theme/shocked.jpg) startled |
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| Dear Antonia White:
Brava. Part of me hates you for what you did to Clara Batchelor, and the rest of me applauds you for writing three absolutely incredible novels, all of which I've torn through in the last few days.
I was a little sad when certain characters were abandoned (Léonie, Nicole de Sevigny, Patsy Cohen), but I did love Maidie and Clive, and ohhhhh, the little aunts at Paget's Fold. I wish I had little aunts like that.
I hope Clara gets to be happy at some point.
Love,
Anne | | comments: 4 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| Dream of a love song that might have been...
So remember all of those musical theater songs I've been trying to sing since I was fifteen? Piece of cake. All of The Music Man stuff, "What Does He Want of Me?", "Unusual Way"...easy as anything. Now I kind of want to do a musical. Eep.
I've been practicing while cleaning the kitchen. Way easier than practicing in a practice room. Not to mention there's so much feedback in the practice room that I can't hear how clear it is. When I went to speech therapy on Wednesday, Nathan's office had NO feedback at all, which was great, because I could hear that there really is no breathiness or hoarseness. My kitchen isn't the best acoustic, but it's better than a practice room. *sighs*
I signed up for Porchlight Music Theater audition e-mails, so maybe they'll do something that I could audition for. And there's always the Savoyaires. :)
~Anne
Do I love you?
Oh yes, I love you,
And I'll bravely tell you,
But only when we dream again. | | comments: 5 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| I just finished the divine The Lost Traveller and now am continuing on to The Sugar House, which I really do hope is the next in the series. *crosses fingers*
I was really glad that this book, even though it changed the names of the characters and the school, fleshed out "Nanda"'s parents. I thought her mother in particular got a bad rap in Frost in May.
Also, every review of these books mentions Elizabeth Bowen, whom I don't particularly care for--I find her writing really hard to read. Maybe it's worth a second try.
I also would like to read more Jean Rhys. And I've got Middlemarch on my couch at this very moment. It's really about time.
But other than Middlemarch, I've decided that this year I'm going to wean myself off of reading things because I think I should. That kind of reading has never been fulfilling for me (except in the rare occasions where the books turned out to be great, like The Once and Future King and The Fountainhead...and the first time I read Jane Eyre, whenever that was). I have a couple of glorious book resources at my fingertips here in Evanston--time to really take advantage of them!
Any and all recommendations are welcome. :)
~Anne
You know the walk?
I invented that!
ETA: Oh, AND, since there hasn't been much music dorkage in this journal lately, I requested a copy of Milhaud's Liturgie Comtadine, five songs for Rosh Hashanah, from the rare books room (I went on a bender today at the library because I had this idea that maybe I could get a grant to go to Paris, or even Aix-en-Provence, to study Milhaud's Jewish music and its relationship to French Jewry pre- and post-WWII...I don't know if I actually like Milhaud's music, or if it's just the idea of him and Les Six...whatever). Anyway, I opened it up, and there, on the title page, was a little note from THE COMPOSER to the recipient of the copy. I don't know if I was allowed to do this, but I photocopied that page. It was freaking DARIUS MILHAUD'S signature!! Amazing. | | comments: 19 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| What the hell is wrong with my foot? I wonder if I've twisted or sprained my ankle in some way...but I don't think that's it. I think I'd know if I had sprained my ankle--it would be huge, and now it's just slightly swollen. It hurts to flex but not as much to point. Only the left one hurts at all, but it hurts a lot and walking is pretty uncomfotable. I probably ought to wear sneakers, but honestly, the pain doesn't change at all Harumph.
In other news, last speech therapy appointment today! I'm so sleepy, but I have to stay awake for the drive. Blech.
This entry brought to you by noises of disgust. Uggggghhh.
~Anne
Queenie was a blonde,
And if looks could kill,
She would kill twice a day
In vaudeville. | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| I'm probably not supposed to be messing with this yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to sing a killer "Caro nome." Yessssss.
Also Tytania in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I am SO excited right now.
~Anne | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| It is so easy to forget that now my cords are NORMAL, not PERFECT. Stuff is still going to be hard. They can still get swollen, there can still be mucus and dryness and phlegm and everything nasty. My cords can get tired and not close all the way. My body can get tired and not want to support. The sound won't always be clear and perfect.
Must stop worrying. It's week 6, and I really don't think that anything I've done since my last speech therapy appointment has reversed the surgery. That would take 10 years of screaming at summer camp and singing every choir rehearsal and talking for hours on the phone and never giving myself a rest and singing on really swollen cords and singing through illness, on top of sore throats--because that's basically what caused the nodes in the first place.
My last speech therapy appointment is on Wednesday. I'm getting scoped again sometime mid-July. I want a clean bill of health so badly, so I can stop freaking out and just sing.
In other news, I've decided to learn "S'altro che lagrime" from La Clemenza di Tito (even though Servilia is kind of the least of the characters in that opera...oh well). My voice likes it; it likes my voice. Win!
~Anne
Turn out the light,
Don't try to save me.
You may be wrong,
But for all I know,
You may be right. | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| I'm not sure if anyone on my friends list is enough of a Brahms fan to help me out, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
I have a Brahms set on my senior recital. It originally looked like this:
Wir wandelten
Liebestreu
O kuhler Wald
Der Jager
But then I realized that "O kuhler Wald" really doesn't suit my voice very well (no matter how much I love it...and it's been slightly eclipsed in popularity by "Unbewegte laue Luft" and "O wusst ich doch den Weg zuruck"--man, do I ever love Brahms!), and the pure cute of "Der Jager" doesn't suit my personality. I think I'd like to replace the latter with "Juchhe!" (because it's a lovely exuberant song about how the world is so beautiful and everybody knows it, and also because our Brahms class had an inside joke about it), but I'm a little stumped about the former.
I have a few options. No, actually, I have a whole lot of options--I could sing anything I want to. I have a book of 75 Brahms songs, but also access to whatever the libary has. I'm just not sure what would fit thematically with my set. So I've got "Wir wandelten," which is a gorgeous song about walking with one's love (naturaly, andante), then "Liebestreu," my angry two-character dramatic song, and "Juchhe!", the bright and energetic life-is-beautiful song. So should the fourth song be a nature song, or a very slow sad song, or something similar to "Wir wandelten"? I'm kind of partial to "Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen," but I may go to the library tomorrow to investigate further.
Ideas are welcome!
~Anne | | comments: 1 lavaliere or glitter and be gay |
| Oh, also, at the EPL book sale where I got my OPERA NERD TREASURE (read: 2 volumes of the annotated Gilbert and Sullivan, an enormous book of opera libretti, and a box set of 13 records entitled The Record of the Voice: 1925-1939, all for $11), there was a VHS copy of the Pride and Prejudice miniseries. A woman asked one of the guys who was working there if he could get it down from a high shelf for her, and I commented on how much I loved it. The man asked if it was a Jane Austen movie; we told him it was. The woman said, "It's so romantic," and the guy was like...I think it's a girl thing. I agreed, and he said, "They never want the noblemen, they want the gardener or whatever..." I was confused for a second, then realized he had no idea what he was talking about.
Tee hee.
~Anne | | comments: 1 lavaliere or glitter and be gay |
| A Friends List poll.
Who is your favorite Muppet? This includes Sesame Street if you're so inclined.
I'm kind of leaning towards Rowlf right now, but Miss Piggy is pretty hilarious. Oh, and the Swedish Chef.
~Anne | | comments: 10 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| "Ah, I remember being a teenager in love."
"Yeah, but Queen Victoria wouldn't have you!"
I love the Muppets!
~Anne | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| I got a $50 American Express card from a friend of my mom's for graduation. It has officially been designated as The Undergarment Fund. Thank goodness. ;)
I bought another dress today. It's a good thing my penchant for pretty dresses doesn't run to the expensive ones (one of the things that always bothers me about SATC is how expensive Carrie's clothes are, considering how little money she makes...whatever). But oh, this one is so cute! It's one of those really short bubble dresses, black jersey, with one beaded strap. $12.50. I think one of the best tricks is making cheap clothing look really expensive.
This heat is just wiping me out. Obviously the only cure is shopping. And healthy food, and Snapple.
~Anne
Ain't it awful, the heat,
Ain't it awful?
Don't know what I'm gonna do! | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| Well. I now know how many calories are in a slice of Dulce de Leche cheesecake, and the knowledge is making me quite ill. And I managed to exceed my 35 allotted extra points for the week. Granted, some of the problem was that I had to wait to eat dinner until 7, when I'm accustomed to 5 or even 4:45, because of how early I eat everything else. So I had to snack periodically, and wound up with only 3 points plus 3 activity points for the rest of the day...and then I ordered a salad with cheese and chicken and they put the dressing on it instead of on the side.
It was an epic Weight Watchers fail.
Oh well. I'll get up and out early tomorrow and run. Maybe. :)
~Anne | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| | Time: | 01:27 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/labellesiffleuse/Blackadder%20Mood%20Theme/frustrated.jpg) frustrated |
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| Me to Terry via e-mail: Can we have a lesson this week?
Terry to me: Sure. How's 1:15 tomorrow?
Me to Terry: 1:15 sounds great.
Terry to me: Good.
And today, I walked into her studio at 1:15 to find another girl having a lesson. Said Terry, "Are you just coming to visit early?" I told her that the e-mail had said 1:15, and she said, "I hope not!" Man. I even repeated the time in my response.
I mean, it's not a huge deal. I live across the street and it's only half an hour difference, and at least I was early and not late. But still. Oy vey.
~Anne | | comments: 2 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| "Want to come up?"
"Abso-fuckin'-lutely!"
Way to end, Sex and the City. What a fantastic last couple of episodes.
I was told that I wouldn't like Aleksandr Petrovsky, but I did anyway. Couldn't help myself. :)
And I loved the bit with the dog so much that I made an icon of it. Hurrah!
Now, on to something new.
~Anne | | comments: glitter and be gay |
| | Time: | 12:44 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/labellesiffleuse/Blackadder%20Mood%20Theme/confused.jpg) confused |
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| I'm worried that my vocal overuse this weekend (graduation, dinner with my family, Brian's family and Cristina's family, more family, friends, etc.) has done something to my cords. I mean, logically, I know that's probably not the case, especially since I just sang for half an hour and it was fine. Not great, but fine. I think I'm starting to understand what it feels like when people without vocal problems say their voices are tired. It SOUNDS okay, but feels difficult.
I know I shouldn't worry so much, but it was a horribly stressful weekend. Eek.
I'm just going to take the next few days very easy. I'm in no rush to be fully recovered (I mean, it would be great, but I'm not going back to school in the fall, no auditions coming up or anything), so I can take my time. My speech therapist said that the vocalizing guidelines are really more for people who HAVE to get their stamina up, like professional singers who can only afford to take exactly six weeks off. But I've got all summer to figure this stuff out.
That said, I sang part of "Piangerò" this morning (probably a bad idea), but it was about a thousand times easier than it used to be, even when I'm tired. Hurrah!
~Anne | | comments: 4 lavalieres or glitter and be gay |
| | Time: | 10:04 pm | | Current Mood: | ![[mood icon]](http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/labellesiffleuse/Blackadder%20Mood%20Theme/relieved.jpg) relieved |
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| Once I thought I'd never grow tall as this fence.
Time dragged heavy and slow,
But April came and August went
Before I knew just what they meant.
And little by little, I grew,
And as I grew, I came to know
How fast the time could go.
Once I thought I'd never go outside this fence;
This space was plenty for me.
But I walked down the road one day,
And just what happened, I can't say.
But little by little, it came to be
That line between the earth and sky
Came beckoning to me.
Now the time has grown so short,
The world has grown so wide.
I'll be graduated soon!
Why am I strange inside?
What makes me think I'd like to try
To go down all those roads
Beyond that line above the earth
And 'neath the sky?
Tomorrow when I sit upon
That graduation platform stand,
I know my hand will shake
When I reach out to take that paper
With the ribboned band.
Now that all the learning's done,
Oh, who knows what will now begin?
Oh, it's so strange.
I'm strange inside.
The time has grown so short,
The world so wide.
Congratulations to the rest of the class of 2009! :)
~Anne | | comments: glitter and be gay |
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