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From:  "omtara" <cantare@p...>
Date:  Tue Jun 4, 2002  3:19 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] What I Learned From My Audition (long)

> very, very well said- as usual! How right you are. I
> myself had such an experience this past winter. I sang
> the aria I could sing in my sleep, a Mozart STANDARD,
> and this supposedly "experienced" coach/accompanist
> had never before seen it or played it in his life. It
> showed. He took off like a bat out of hell, and I was
> blamed for the entire thing.

Hi Molly -

I feel really lucky because my teacher trains me in my lessons to
NOT FOLLOW THE ACCOMPANIST - it's his job to follow me. I get in big
trouble if I adjust myself to match the pianist's tempo, or hesitate
if he makes a mistake, and I guess 9 months of that nit-picking
worked because the horrible pianist of yesterday hardly even fazed
me. I want the rest of my singing to be like that. . . just me
doing what I do, and correctly, no matter what anyone else around me
does! That's what my teacher has been trying to drill into my
obstinate head ;) Oh well, changing old habits takes time and
attention and (for me most of all) the WEARING DOWN OF
RESISTANCES. . . oy vey!

Take care,
Karena





  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date  
19265 Re: What I Learned From My Audition (long)John Link   Tue  6/4/2002  
19266 Re: What I Learned From My Audition (long)omtara   Tue  6/4/2002  
19267 Re: What I Learned From My Audition (long)John Link   Tue  6/4/2002  
19268 Re: What I Learned From My Audition (short)Reg Boyle   Tue  6/4/2002  
19271 Re: What I Learned From My Audition (long)Karen Mercedes   Tue  6/4/2002  

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