March 29, 2006
canta!
I need a nap. I know that I just got up, but I need a nap. Oy. Last night's rehearsal kicked my toochus. I sing with the Girls. I sing at North Shore. They each present certain challenges. But singing again with Chicago Choral Artists reminds me that it is art, discipline and flat out work. I used three octaves last night. Sometimes I played in my falsetto, but really I have to sing those high g's sotto voce and not falsetto. The low e-flat is no great stretch, But I know that there is a low b-flat in my future. And the literature that the directors have chosen for us is the most challenging I have encountered in quite a while. There is one pice for "a choir of barritones" that is mind boggling.
I will say it. I know it goes without saying, but what else is a blog for? I am thrilled...utterly beside myself with choral happiness.
Now I need a cup of coffee.
Tonight I will rehearse with the people from Immanuel Lutheran. I am serving as a cantor for Holy Week. There is much to learn.
Posted by tripp at March 29, 2006 06:05 AM