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Tldr: im launching a choir, both IRL and *virtual*, plz help, boosts appreciated 🙏

Seeking choir nerds & a pianist 🎹🎶

Hey friends 🩷

Im a big ole music nerd 🤓

I wrote some choir music, and now Im starting the process of putting together a group of humans to perform it

The vision:
In-person group w accompanist, to perform live -- edit: located in/around Santa Cruz, California, USA* ☀️
And also
Pandemic-style online-only group, to record remotely and produce videos for online release -- EDIT: aka "virtual choir" (im such a luddite sometimes lol)

Right now its at the "put out feelers and see who is interested & available for what" stage

If either of the above is something you'd like to participate in, please let me know! Drop a comment and i'll DM you

If not, boosting goes a long way! Either way, thank you so much for reading this far, hope the rest of your day is gentle to you 🩷

Vid is of one of the songs I hope to do, as a taste of what is to come ⬇️

https://spectra.video/w/6ouwBv96JQykG7QYjjzQ9Q

#choir #SantaCruz #BayArea #singer #ChoralSinging #community #art #artist #music #FediMusic #FediChoir #composer

Tldr: im launching a choir, both IRL and *virtual*, plz help, boosts appreciated 🙏

Seeking choir nerds & a pianist 🎹🎶

Hey friends 🩷

Im a big ole music nerd 🤓

I wrote some choir music, and now Im starting the process of putting together a group of humans to perform it

The vision:
In-person group w accompanist, to perform live -- edit: located in/around Santa Cruz, California, USA* ☀️
And also
Pandemic-style online-only group, to record remotely and produce videos for online release -- EDIT: aka "virtual choir" (im such a luddite sometimes lol)

Right now its at the "put out feelers and see who is interested & available for what" stage

If either of the above is something you'd like to participate in, please let me know! Drop a comment and i'll DM you

If not, boosting goes a long way! Either way, thank you so much for reading this far, hope the rest of your day is gentle to you 🩷

Vid is of one of the songs I hope to do, as a taste of what is to come ⬇️

https://spectra.video/w/6ouwBv96JQykG7QYjjzQ9Q

#choir #SantaCruz #BayArea #singer #ChoralSinging #community #art #artist #music #FediMusic #FediChoir #composer

Tldr: im launching a choir, both IRL and *virtual*, plz help, boosts appreciated 🙏

Seeking choir nerds & a pianist 🎹🎶

Hey friends 🩷

Im a big ole music nerd 🤓

I wrote some choir music, and now Im starting the process of putting together a group of humans to perform it

The vision:
In-person group w accompanist, to perform live -- edit: located in/around Santa Cruz, California, USA* ☀️
And also
Pandemic-style online-only group, to record remotely and produce videos for online release -- EDIT: aka "virtual choir" (im such a luddite sometimes lol)

Right now its at the "put out feelers and see who is interested & available for what" stage

If either of the above is something you'd like to participate in, please let me know! Drop a comment and i'll DM you

If not, boosting goes a long way! Either way, thank you so much for reading this far, hope the rest of your day is gentle to you 🩷

Vid is of one of the songs I hope to do, as a taste of what is to come ⬇️

https://spectra.video/w/6ouwBv96JQykG7QYjjzQ9Q

#choir #SantaCruz #BayArea #singer #ChoralSinging #community #art #artist #music #FediMusic #FediChoir #composer

Tldr: im launching a choir, both IRL and *virtual*, plz help, boosts appreciated 🙏

Seeking choir nerds & a pianist 🎹🎶

Hey friends 🩷

Im a big ole music nerd 🤓

I wrote some choir music, and now Im starting the process of putting together a group of humans to perform it

The vision:
In-person group w accompanist, to perform live -- edit: located in/around Santa Cruz, California, USA* ☀️
And also
Pandemic-style online-only group, to record remotely and produce videos for online release -- EDIT: aka "virtual choir" (im such a luddite sometimes lol)

Right now its at the "put out feelers and see who is interested & available for what" stage

If either of the above is something you'd like to participate in, please let me know! Drop a comment and i'll DM you

If not, boosting goes a long way! Either way, thank you so much for reading this far, hope the rest of your day is gentle to you 🩷

Vid is of one of the songs I hope to do, as a taste of what is to come ⬇️

https://spectra.video/w/6ouwBv96JQykG7QYjjzQ9Q

#choir #SantaCruz #BayArea #singer #ChoralSinging #community #art #artist #music #FediMusic #FediChoir #composer

Tldr: im launching a choir, both IRL and *virtual*, plz help, boosts appreciated 🙏

Seeking choir nerds & a pianist 🎹🎶

Hey friends 🩷

Im a big ole music nerd 🤓

I wrote some choir music, and now Im starting the process of putting together a group of humans to perform it

The vision:
In-person group w accompanist, to perform live -- edit: located in/around Santa Cruz, California, USA* ☀️
And also
Pandemic-style online-only group, to record remotely and produce videos for online release -- EDIT: aka "virtual choir" (im such a luddite sometimes lol)

Right now its at the "put out feelers and see who is interested & available for what" stage

If either of the above is something you'd like to participate in, please let me know! Drop a comment and i'll DM you

If not, boosting goes a long way! Either way, thank you so much for reading this far, hope the rest of your day is gentle to you 🩷

Vid is of one of the songs I hope to do, as a taste of what is to come ⬇️

https://spectra.video/w/6ouwBv96JQykG7QYjjzQ9Q

#choir #SantaCruz #BayArea #singer #ChoralSinging #community #art #artist #music #FediMusic #FediChoir #composer

Come hear superb Sonoma County choral music this weekend!

I sing with Cantiamo Sonoma up in Santa Rosa, and our summer concert is this Sunday, 4 pm, St. Seraphim Cathedral (which is acoustically gorgeous for a group like ours).

Music from the Renaissance to modern. Stanford, Lassus, da Palestrina, Bairstow, Clausen, Finzi, Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Don MacDonald, Trotta, and more!

Tickets at the door. More info: https://cantiamosonoma.org/events/2026/06/07/summer-concert-xc8hs-gfhzj

#music #choralMusic #choralSinging

Come hear superb Sonoma County choral music this weekend!

I sing with Cantiamo Sonoma up in Santa Rosa, and our summer concert is this Sunday, 4 pm, St. Seraphim Cathedral (which is acoustically gorgeous for a group like ours).

Music from the Renaissance to modern. Stanford, Lassus, da Palestrina, Bairstow, Clausen, Finzi, Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Don MacDonald, Trotta, and more!

Tickets at the door. More info: https://cantiamosonoma.org/events/2026/06/07/summer-concert-xc8hs-gfhzj

#music #choralMusic #choralSinging

Come hear superb Sonoma County choral music this weekend!

I sing with Cantiamo Sonoma up in Santa Rosa, and our summer concert is this Sunday, 4 pm, St. Seraphim Cathedral (which is acoustically gorgeous for a group like ours).

Music from the Renaissance to modern. Stanford, Lassus, da Palestrina, Bairstow, Clausen, Finzi, Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Don MacDonald, Trotta, and more!

Tickets at the door. More info: https://cantiamosonoma.org/events/2026/06/07/summer-concert-xc8hs-gfhzj

#music #choralMusic #choralSinging

Come hear superb Sonoma County choral music this weekend!

I sing with Cantiamo Sonoma up in Santa Rosa, and our summer concert is this Sunday, 4 pm, St. Seraphim Cathedral (which is acoustically gorgeous for a group like ours).

Music from the Renaissance to modern. Stanford, Lassus, da Palestrina, Bairstow, Clausen, Finzi, Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Don MacDonald, Trotta, and more!

Tickets at the door. More info: https://cantiamosonoma.org/events/2026/06/07/summer-concert-xc8hs-gfhzj

#music #choralMusic #choralSinging

Come hear superb Sonoma County choral music this weekend!

I sing with Cantiamo Sonoma up in Santa Rosa, and our summer concert is this Sunday, 4 pm, St. Seraphim Cathedral (which is acoustically gorgeous for a group like ours).

Music from the Renaissance to modern. Stanford, Lassus, da Palestrina, Bairstow, Clausen, Finzi, Moses Hogan, Christopher Tin, Don MacDonald, Trotta, and more!

Tickets at the door. More info: https://cantiamosonoma.org/events/2026/06/07/summer-concert-xc8hs-gfhzj

#music #choralMusic #choralSinging

I swear, shape-note music / Sacred Harp harmonies have a literally addictive affect on my brain… I cannot stop scratching this itch…

Well... Not quite fulfilled and elated. Oh well. Some pieces we did quite well and things are coming together, but it was one of those incredibly frustrating rehearsals where everything is flat. Ugh. Just so frustrating. When people remember and focus on doing the right vowels the pitch is so much better. But so often we seem to forget. #choir #choral #choralSinging

Well... Not quite fulfilled and elated. Oh well. Some pieces we did quite well and things are coming together, but it was one of those incredibly frustrating rehearsals where everything is flat. Ugh. Just so frustrating. When people remember and focus on doing the right vowels the pitch is so much better. But so often we seem to forget. #choir #choral #choralSinging

Well... Not quite fulfilled and elated. Oh well. Some pieces we did quite well and things are coming together, but it was one of those incredibly frustrating rehearsals where everything is flat. Ugh. Just so frustrating. When people remember and focus on doing the right vowels the pitch is so much better. But so often we seem to forget. #choir #choral #choralSinging

Well... Not quite fulfilled and elated. Oh well. Some pieces we did quite well and things are coming together, but it was one of those incredibly frustrating rehearsals where everything is flat. Ugh. Just so frustrating. When people remember and focus on doing the right vowels the pitch is so much better. But so often we seem to forget. #choir #choral #choralSinging

Well... Not quite fulfilled and elated. Oh well. Some pieces we did quite well and things are coming together, but it was one of those incredibly frustrating rehearsals where everything is flat. Ugh. Just so frustrating. When people remember and focus on doing the right vowels the pitch is so much better. But so often we seem to forget. #choir #choral #choralSinging

Really don't feel like going to rehearsal tonight. So I'm hoping it's one of those where I don't feel like going but after we finish I feel fulfilled and elated 🤞🏼

#choir #choral #choralSinging

Really don't feel like going to rehearsal tonight. So I'm hoping it's one of those where I don't feel like going but after we finish I feel fulfilled and elated 🤞🏼

#choir #choral #choralSinging

Really don't feel like going to rehearsal tonight. So I'm hoping it's one of those where I don't feel like going but after we finish I feel fulfilled and elated 🤞🏼

#choir #choral #choralSinging

Really don't feel like going to rehearsal tonight. So I'm hoping it's one of those where I don't feel like going but after we finish I feel fulfilled and elated 🤞🏼

#choir #choral #choralSinging

Really don't feel like going to rehearsal tonight. So I'm hoping it's one of those where I don't feel like going but after we finish I feel fulfilled and elated 🤞🏼

#choir #choral #choralSinging

Hace un par de semanas cantamos en el Memorial a nuestro querido director fundador, José Manuel López Blanco.

Aquí os presento la obra 'O Nata Lux'. Cuando nos repartieron la partitura fue en la época de la presentación de 'Lux' de Rosalía. Recuerdo que pensé que si la hubiera incluido en el disco no desentonaría 😄

El sonido a veces satura un poco, pero creo que merece la pena.

https://youtu.be/zoIqfUeePFA

#musica #music #choralsinging

Hace un par de semanas cantamos en el Memorial a nuestro querido director fundador, José Manuel López Blanco.

Aquí os presento la obra 'O Nata Lux'. Cuando nos repartieron la partitura fue en la época de la presentación de 'Lux' de Rosalía. Recuerdo que pensé que si la hubiera incluido en el disco no desentonaría 😄

El sonido a veces satura un poco, pero creo que merece la pena.

https://youtu.be/zoIqfUeePFA

#musica #music #choralsinging

Hace un par de semanas cantamos en el Memorial a nuestro querido director fundador, José Manuel López Blanco.

Aquí os presento la obra 'O Nata Lux'. Cuando nos repartieron la partitura fue en la época de la presentación de 'Lux' de Rosalía. Recuerdo que pensé que si la hubiera incluido en el disco no desentonaría 😄

El sonido a veces satura un poco, pero creo que merece la pena.

https://youtu.be/zoIqfUeePFA

#musica #music #choralsinging

Hace un par de semanas cantamos en el Memorial a nuestro querido director fundador, José Manuel López Blanco.

Aquí os presento la obra 'O Nata Lux'. Cuando nos repartieron la partitura fue en la época de la presentación de 'Lux' de Rosalía. Recuerdo que pensé que si la hubiera incluido en el disco no desentonaría 😄

El sonido a veces satura un poco, pero creo que merece la pena.

https://youtu.be/zoIqfUeePFA

#musica #music #choralsinging

Hace un par de semanas cantamos en el Memorial a nuestro querido director fundador, José Manuel López Blanco.

Aquí os presento la obra 'O Nata Lux'. Cuando nos repartieron la partitura fue en la época de la presentación de 'Lux' de Rosalía. Recuerdo que pensé que si la hubiera incluido en el disco no desentonaría 😄

El sonido a veces satura un poco, pero creo que merece la pena.

https://youtu.be/zoIqfUeePFA

#musica #music #choralsinging

I'm happy to announce that Cypress Choral Music has just published "Mist and Rain" from my Canadian Seasons cycle for SA choir and piano!

https://cypresschoral.com/composers/d-geoffrey-bell/mist-and-rain/

#choralmusic #choralsinging #choralconcert #ChoralCommunity

Last night's first Cantiamo Sonoma concert went pretty well, I'd say.

I'd forgotten how unnerving and exposed-feeling it can be to sing in a small unaccompanied vocal group in front of a full house. Been a very long time since I've sung in a group this small. I love it, but it's challenging!

I think we started out well and then for some reason lost some confidence about mid-way through. Not sure why. And I think we were singing too loud, in general. But the audience seemed to really like the performance.

And now of course today I am sick. A cold, I think, but very annoying. Taking it VERY easy (despite having lots of work to do and Christmas prep to do!) in hopes of shaking it by the next concert tomorrow night.

#choralSinging #choralMusic #music #choralSinger

Last night's first Cantiamo Sonoma concert went pretty well, I'd say.

I'd forgotten how unnerving and exposed-feeling it can be to sing in a small unaccompanied vocal group in front of a full house. Been a very long time since I've sung in a group this small. I love it, but it's challenging!

I think we started out well and then for some reason lost some confidence about mid-way through. Not sure why. And I think we were singing too loud, in general. But the audience seemed to really like the performance.

And now of course today I am sick. A cold, I think, but very annoying. Taking it VERY easy (despite having lots of work to do and Christmas prep to do!) in hopes of shaking it by the next concert tomorrow night.

#choralSinging #choralMusic #music #choralSinger

Last night's first Cantiamo Sonoma concert went pretty well, I'd say.

I'd forgotten how unnerving and exposed-feeling it can be to sing in a small unaccompanied vocal group in front of a full house. Been a very long time since I've sung in a group this small. I love it, but it's challenging!

I think we started out well and then for some reason lost some confidence about mid-way through. Not sure why. And I think we were singing too loud, in general. But the audience seemed to really like the performance.

And now of course today I am sick. A cold, I think, but very annoying. Taking it VERY easy (despite having lots of work to do and Christmas prep to do!) in hopes of shaking it by the next concert tomorrow night.

#choralSinging #choralMusic #music #choralSinger

Last night's first Cantiamo Sonoma concert went pretty well, I'd say.

I'd forgotten how unnerving and exposed-feeling it can be to sing in a small unaccompanied vocal group in front of a full house. Been a very long time since I've sung in a group this small. I love it, but it's challenging!

I think we started out well and then for some reason lost some confidence about mid-way through. Not sure why. And I think we were singing too loud, in general. But the audience seemed to really like the performance.

And now of course today I am sick. A cold, I think, but very annoying. Taking it VERY easy (despite having lots of work to do and Christmas prep to do!) in hopes of shaking it by the next concert tomorrow night.

#choralSinging #choralMusic #music #choralSinger

Last night's first Cantiamo Sonoma concert went pretty well, I'd say.

I'd forgotten how unnerving and exposed-feeling it can be to sing in a small unaccompanied vocal group in front of a full house. Been a very long time since I've sung in a group this small. I love it, but it's challenging!

I think we started out well and then for some reason lost some confidence about mid-way through. Not sure why. And I think we were singing too loud, in general. But the audience seemed to really like the performance.

And now of course today I am sick. A cold, I think, but very annoying. Taking it VERY easy (despite having lots of work to do and Christmas prep to do!) in hopes of shaking it by the next concert tomorrow night.

#choralSinging #choralMusic #music #choralSinger

Hey London!
Are you a SPACE fan?
Are you a nerd?
Do you like music?

You should probably come to this on 7 October! Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-society-lates-2075-a-space-odyssey-tickets-1639555457509

Ready Singer One, the UK's nerdiest choir, will be performing some of our most out-of-this-world rep.

Turn-up queue also but with priority to ticketholders.
#London #LondonEvents #singing #livemusic #Nerds #space #astronomy #comedy #RoyalSociety #choir #choralMusic #choralSinging #adultsOnly #art #science #scienceCommunication #scicomm

Hey London!
Are you a SPACE fan?
Are you a nerd?
Do you like music?

You should probably come to this on 7 October! Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-society-lates-2075-a-space-odyssey-tickets-1639555457509

Ready Singer One, the UK's nerdiest choir, will be performing some of our most out-of-this-world rep.

Turn-up queue also but with priority to ticketholders.
#London #LondonEvents #singing #livemusic #Nerds #space #astronomy #comedy #RoyalSociety #choir #choralMusic #choralSinging #adultsOnly #art #science #scienceCommunication #scicomm

Hey London!
Are you a SPACE fan?
Are you a nerd?
Do you like music?

You should probably come to this on 7 October! Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-society-lates-2075-a-space-odyssey-tickets-1639555457509

Ready Singer One, the UK's nerdiest choir, will be performing some of our most out-of-this-world rep.

Turn-up queue also but with priority to ticketholders.
#London #LondonEvents #singing #livemusic #Nerds #space #astronomy #comedy #RoyalSociety #choir #choralMusic #choralSinging #adultsOnly #art #science #scienceCommunication #scicomm

Hey London!
Are you a SPACE fan?
Are you a nerd?
Do you like music?

You should probably come to this on 7 October! Tickets here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/royal-society-lates-2075-a-space-odyssey-tickets-1639555457509

Ready Singer One, the UK's nerdiest choir, will be performing some of our most out-of-this-world rep.

Turn-up queue also but with priority to ticketholders.
#London #LondonEvents #singing #livemusic #Nerds #space #astronomy #comedy #RoyalSociety #choir #choralMusic #choralSinging #adultsOnly #art #science #scienceCommunication #scicomm

🎶 Woohoo! I'm in. They invited me to join and I gladly accepted. Will start singing with them in September.

https://cantiamosonoma.org

#choralSinging #choralSinger #choralMusic #choralMusician #sonoma #sonomaCounty #music

🎶 Woohoo! I'm in. They invited me to join and I gladly accepted. Will start singing with them in September.

https://cantiamosonoma.org

#choralSinging #choralSinger #choralMusic #choralMusician #sonoma #sonomaCounty #music

🎶 Woohoo! I'm in. They invited me to join and I gladly accepted. Will start singing with them in September.

https://cantiamosonoma.org

#choralSinging #choralSinger #choralMusic #choralMusician #sonoma #sonomaCounty #music

🎶 Woohoo! I'm in. They invited me to join and I gladly accepted. Will start singing with them in September.

https://cantiamosonoma.org

#choralSinging #choralSinger #choralMusic #choralMusician #sonoma #sonomaCounty #music

🎶 Woohoo! I'm in. They invited me to join and I gladly accepted. Will start singing with them in September.

https://cantiamosonoma.org

#choralSinging #choralSinger #choralMusic #choralMusician #sonoma #sonomaCounty #music

Well I think the audition went well, should hear tomorrow late morning. I sang my piece well, the sight singing (singing a Palestrina that I didn't know! in a quartet) was pretty easy and the director complimented me on my good sightsinging. I'd be sooooo surprised if I didn't get in. There were definitely good vibes.

(Actually I am laughing because I decided on a voice lesson piece, worked on it a lot, and in an email offered that and also Samuel Barber "Sure on this shining night" but I didn't really work on that, the director's response in email was "whichever you prefer"... but then when I got there she said "okay, you're singing Barber, right?" 😅 So I did the Barber and a little of a Caldara...)

#auditions #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusic

Well I think the audition went well, should hear tomorrow late morning. I sang my piece well, the sight singing (singing a Palestrina that I didn't know! in a quartet) was pretty easy and the director complimented me on my good sightsinging. I'd be sooooo surprised if I didn't get in. There were definitely good vibes.

(Actually I am laughing because I decided on a voice lesson piece, worked on it a lot, and in an email offered that and also Samuel Barber "Sure on this shining night" but I didn't really work on that, the director's response in email was "whichever you prefer"... but then when I got there she said "okay, you're singing Barber, right?" 😅 So I did the Barber and a little of a Caldara...)

#auditions #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusic

Well I think the audition went well, should hear tomorrow late morning. I sang my piece well, the sight singing (singing a Palestrina that I didn't know! in a quartet) was pretty easy and the director complimented me on my good sightsinging. I'd be sooooo surprised if I didn't get in. There were definitely good vibes.

(Actually I am laughing because I decided on a voice lesson piece, worked on it a lot, and in an email offered that and also Samuel Barber "Sure on this shining night" but I didn't really work on that, the director's response in email was "whichever you prefer"... but then when I got there she said "okay, you're singing Barber, right?" 😅 So I did the Barber and a little of a Caldara...)

#auditions #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusic

Well I think the audition went well, should hear tomorrow late morning. I sang my piece well, the sight singing (singing a Palestrina that I didn't know! in a quartet) was pretty easy and the director complimented me on my good sightsinging. I'd be sooooo surprised if I didn't get in. There were definitely good vibes.

(Actually I am laughing because I decided on a voice lesson piece, worked on it a lot, and in an email offered that and also Samuel Barber "Sure on this shining night" but I didn't really work on that, the director's response in email was "whichever you prefer"... but then when I got there she said "okay, you're singing Barber, right?" 😅 So I did the Barber and a little of a Caldara...)

#auditions #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusic

Well I think the audition went well, should hear tomorrow late morning. I sang my piece well, the sight singing (singing a Palestrina that I didn't know! in a quartet) was pretty easy and the director complimented me on my good sightsinging. I'd be sooooo surprised if I didn't get in. There were definitely good vibes.

(Actually I am laughing because I decided on a voice lesson piece, worked on it a lot, and in an email offered that and also Samuel Barber "Sure on this shining night" but I didn't really work on that, the director's response in email was "whichever you prefer"... but then when I got there she said "okay, you're singing Barber, right?" 😅 So I did the Barber and a little of a Caldara...)

#auditions #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusic

I have an audition with a local choral ensemble Tuesday night. Yay!

But...

Geezus, I've been doing auditions my entire life and I *still* get really nervous about them. You'd think by now I'd have them in stride.

I think it's when I'm in any situation where I don't know *any* of the people and yet I'm going to "perform" and they're going to judge me. 👍 👎

Maybe it's a little more uncertainty than nervousness... I need to decide sometime today which of 2 of the pieces from my voice lessons I'll use. The one I think might be better I seem to go a little flat on, though... but I guess I will be able to have some minimal accompaniment. If she can give me the left hand of the piano I think I should be fine. (But then my reptile brain kicks in and says "but maybe they would have admitted you if you'd used the *other* piece!")

On the other hand, I am at the nice stage in my life where I am completely comfortable that if they *don't* admit me, then it wasn't the right thing anyway.

But still...

Yeesh.

#singing #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusician #choralMusic #auditions

I have an audition with a local choral ensemble Tuesday night. Yay!

But...

Geezus, I've been doing auditions my entire life and I *still* get really nervous about them. You'd think by now I'd have them in stride.

I think it's when I'm in any situation where I don't know *any* of the people and yet I'm going to "perform" and they're going to judge me. 👍 👎

Maybe it's a little more uncertainty than nervousness... I need to decide sometime today which of 2 of the pieces from my voice lessons I'll use. The one I think might be better I seem to go a little flat on, though... but I guess I will be able to have some minimal accompaniment. If she can give me the left hand of the piano I think I should be fine. (But then my reptile brain kicks in and says "but maybe they would have admitted you if you'd used the *other* piece!")

On the other hand, I am at the nice stage in my life where I am completely comfortable that if they *don't* admit me, then it wasn't the right thing anyway.

But still...

Yeesh.

#singing #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusician #choralMusic #auditions

I have an audition with a local choral ensemble Tuesday night. Yay!

But...

Geezus, I've been doing auditions my entire life and I *still* get really nervous about them. You'd think by now I'd have them in stride.

I think it's when I'm in any situation where I don't know *any* of the people and yet I'm going to "perform" and they're going to judge me. 👍 👎

Maybe it's a little more uncertainty than nervousness... I need to decide sometime today which of 2 of the pieces from my voice lessons I'll use. The one I think might be better I seem to go a little flat on, though... but I guess I will be able to have some minimal accompaniment. If she can give me the left hand of the piano I think I should be fine. (But then my reptile brain kicks in and says "but maybe they would have admitted you if you'd used the *other* piece!")

On the other hand, I am at the nice stage in my life where I am completely comfortable that if they *don't* admit me, then it wasn't the right thing anyway.

But still...

Yeesh.

#singing #choralSinging #choralSingers #choralMusician #choralMusic #auditions

I have an audition with a local choral ensemble Tuesday night. Yay!

But...

Geezus, I've been doing auditions my entire life and I *still* get really nervous about them. You'd think by now I'd have them in stride.

I think it's when I'm in any situation where I don't know *any* of the people and yet I'm going to "perform" and they're going to judge me. 👍 👎

Maybe it's a little more uncertainty than nervousness... I need to decide sometime today which of 2 of the pieces from my voice lessons I'll use. The one I think might be better I seem to go a little flat on, though... but I guess I will be able to have some minimal accompaniment. If she can give me the left hand of the piano I think I should be fine. (But then my reptile brain kicks in and says "but maybe they would have admitted you if you'd used the *other* piece!")

On the other hand, I am at the nice stage in my life where I am completely comfortable that if they *don't* admit me, then it wasn't the right thing anyway.

But still...

Yeesh.

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