Hi Internet!
So as I analyze my year so far in opera there are good and bad things happening and I need to take time and reflect everything that is happening.
Passion: I effin love music/singing and want to work my butt off to make it a profession…The reality is it doesn’t seem like work, in a given day I am putting 3-4 hours into study either before or after my day job and all I think about is how if I can become a professional I can put even more time into honing my craft.
Goal: I want my career to be in opera, it’s my passion, I love the feeling I get when I have a breakthrough, am singing well, I am inspired when I am on stage and I realize now that nothing else in my life brings me more joy. With that realization the goal to achieve as much as I can with singing seems simple. I also feel prepared for the ups and downs that are going to happen with pursuing a career.
UPS 2011-2012: I can’t seem to shake singing, at the beginning of 2011, I said, i’ll just compete in the Met Opera Auditions here in San Diego and see what happens…since then I have been on a local whirlwind of competitions, meeting new and inspiring colleagues, and coming to the realization that I want to do this.
1) Found a fantastic teacher who has opened my voice up like no other. We have only been working for 6 months but I am learning in leaps and bounds.
2) Was a finalist in the Fanfaire Competition and was able to perform with an orchestra for the first time ever (a dream of mine). Also, the director and I still keep in contact and she has given me several performance opportunities since then. I also plan on competing again next year for the grand prize.
3) I made it into the OperaWorks program this summer, so I am really looking forward to the month long intensive program that will help to round me out as a singer and performer.
4) I produced my first CD, it was a really fun experience for both learning about the recording process and creating something of my own.
5) I realized that singing is my true passion and I am going to pursue it to the fullest. So pretty much everyday I am putting in hard work to develop myself to be a professional opera singer.
DOWNS 2011-2012: In retrospect I realize that there have been a lot more positives than negatives and even though i tend to focus on the negative…they can still be looked at as positive’s.
1) I was to old to compete in the Metropolitan Opera auditions
2) I did not place in the Virginia Hawk Competition
3) I was not selected as a finalist for the Carmel Music Society Competition
Overall, I am still honing everything about my craft (technique, expression, roles, languages, diction, etc…) but I feel I have the talent, courage and capacity to really make it in this profession and I am excited to see it through and in the process become a better person for it.
Thank you for reading Internet!
