9:23 AM: Quickly removed tights before dashing out the door for the bus. (The tights just looked bad with today’s outfit.)
9:38 AM: Smashed my ring finger while closing the wonky door on one side of the Guild Room. Proclaimed a few choice words.
9:39 AM: Warmed up in the Guild Room to find I was in high voice today. (G6, anyone?) Reaching F3 was a peculiar challenge.
10:00 AM: Rehearsed with the Sanctuary Choir of Old South Church before today’s performance.
11:00 AM: Sang with the Sanctuary Choir as part of today’s services, including selections by Paul Simon, and Jean Berger.
12:20 PM: Found congenial camaraderie with parishioners of Old South Church over Friendly’s sundaes during an ice cream social.
12:47 PM: Felt somewhat conflicted that I had to miss out on auditions for a new series by an Academy Award-winning playwright due to the morning’s singing obligations. Still hoping the … Read more »
Yesterday I performed “Ich folge dir gleichfalls” from J.S. Bach’s Johannes Passion as part of the worship services at Boston’s Old South Church. The other members of the ensemble were good friend Sam Ou, cello, and young parishioner Will Palmer, flute. It went well, I think. I was confident in my performance, had a good time while singing and feel the piece was well-received by the members of the congregation, including an interactive baby in the second pew that freely gave commentary. Minister Nancy Taylor thanked me for my contributions at the end of the service with kind compliments. Nice!
postscript: I neglected to mention that our ensemble performance was preceded by a ringing cell phone prelude. Most apropos of a church service, don’t you think?
A week ago I sang the Allegro from Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate as part of one of the services at Old South Church. After having had a brief stint with Crud and not having sung the four days immediately preceding, I was quite pleased with my performance and looking forward to my big audition later in the week.
While I feel my performance wasn’t perfect (some of the onsets were not clean), after four days of not singing and hardly talking I thought the outcome was adequate and could not have been much better given the circumstances. There was a low-quality audio version of the performance available at the Old South web site that I listened to as part of my preparation for the big audition so I could recall how I felt during this performance The recording is here if you want to listen as well, but place the slider approximately here … Read more »
Yesterday I sang some gospel music as requested as part of Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday at Old South Church. Willie Sordillo’s jazz trio accompanied and they really rocked it. Thanks guys!
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