Hi everyone!
I thought maybe you would like to know how my singing exam went despite of my vocal problems. I took me so long because I was a little reluctantly to write that I did sing the exam in despite of the replies on my original message.
Well, I doubted the whole weekend whether I should sing or not. I didn’t take the steroids but finally decided to sing after all. I really had to if I wanted to have my diploma in July. I worked so hard this year to finish everything in time, especially to get my paper ready in time, that I didn’t want to spoil it by not singing an exam where I really ready was at that time. So I decided to give it a go and hope not to damage my voice permanently (which my doctor said couldn’t happen so after long doubts I decided to believe him).
And how did the exam go? Well, I was really, really nervous. I don’t think I’ve ever been that nervous. The vocal problems took a whole part of my self-confidence away and my mental preparation in the weekend wasn’t really optimal! And if that wasn’t enough my exam started more than half an hour late. During that time I had to stay in the hall where all the public was. And where the jury stood discussing the latest Elisabeth Competition. (Oh what a fine comparison, I’m not yet ready to be in the final of such a competition!) So I started really tensed. Fortunately I have had a lot of concert practice this year so the public (and maybe the jury) didn’t notice my nerves. But for me it was really working to get trough it and not enjoying the music. But they say it’s almost always like that in a final exam. (An exam is still different from a concert, though it shouldn’t be that way!)
The comments of the jury were really promising. Of course they had still a lot of remarks but they were unanimous about the quality of my voice. They didn’t give a hard time about my really heavy program or the fact that I sung almost only late-romantic music. And they liked my opera-arias the most, and that’s what I want to do! I got great results, so I don’t regret have sung the exam. Sure I feel like I could have done a lot better (mostly easier and more fun for me) and unlike my previous exams I didn’t sing better than ever before but I got great results so I have to quite whining about it!
Finally, I want to thank everyone for their kind reactions on my messages.
Greetings, Annelies
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