I can and will be a professional opera singer. I had an amazing talk with my voice teacher today and she totally reaffirmed to me that i have the necessary components to be a fantastic singer. I'm not saying this in any way to be cocky or arrogant, but this is a huge boost of confidence to me, because i'm constantly second guessing myself. She told me i'm taking all of the right steps thus far, and gave me some great advice for the future. My favorite quote from the discussion was, "Sometimes big fish in little pond, can still be big fish in a a big pond". I never even fathomed that!
Well anyway, today was the same for the most part. I had German class, and then i warmed up for my lesson. Then i had one of the most fabulous lessons of my life. I have decided that i am going to get over the whole hating listening to myself and start recording every lesson. I'm also going to try and get a pianist for 1/2 hour at every lesson. It has become something that i can't live without now! She did tell me I need to work on my French a bit, so you bet your butt that as soon as i am done my German homework, i am going to go over that song a thousand times before bed! I just can't even believe my ears when i hear how much i have grown in 4 days. 4 days people! This is astonishing to me. Notes that have been difficult to produce for 2 years are suddenly opening up and great!
After my lesson I had some down time, so i dictated my lesson so that i can remember everything we do. After that i had some down time and just talked with some friends. Then it was lunch, and let me tell you, so far this place that we go every day for lunch can do no wrong! After lunch we had another masterclass, and my friend Jonathan sang in it and he was fantastic! The guest artist was awesome and gave a lot of good insight especially on breath. After the masterclass, I got a new aria from my teacher, Berta's Aria from The Barber of Seville. I'm really excited to get started on it! After that we headed to Billa, the local grocery store to get bandaids, for my aching blisters! After that we went to dinner and had a blast. The sheer company of these musicians, is fantastic! Now i'm back at the dorm to do homework and practice, so ciao until tomorrow!
Living the Dream,
Lauren Frick
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