Master Class!

So I was once again exhausted and i had to study for a quiz, so i didnt have time to blog. So yesterday, I used one of my free misses from German class, so that i could sleep in, and when i got up i felt a lot better. then i went and warmed up and practiced, so that i could get ready for my coaching. I absolutely love my vocal coach!!! He is awesome, and i started looking at the school that he coaches out and it may be a strong possibility for my grad school list. I could learn to deal with the cold to study there. haha! After my coaching we had lunch, and i could harldy eat anything because i was trying to keep my nerves down because i had my first masterclass here. I was actually a lot more nervous than i thought i would be. I sang Zuiegnung by Srauss and not only did i sing in german, i had to introduce myself and interact with the clinician in German. I was scared out of my mind when i had to speak to her because my conversational German is scary, haha, but im working on it. I sang for and the very first thing she told me was that my ah vowel was too far back...shocker, haha. I hear that all the time, so i wasnt surprised. we also did a lot of diction fixing as well, and most of it made it easier for me to sing. Go figure. So i was pretty pleased with my first showing at the program. I also talked to a few of the judges from the competition and got some awesome feedback! They all told me that they were really impressed with my interpretation and expression, which shocked me, because usually im being told that im not doing enough, so maybe i had a huge breakthrough when i crossed the atlantic, haha! They also gave me some great feedback about my voice and told me that i am still so young for the instrument that i posess, so i have to give it time. I also got a lot of great things to work on and am really happy that i got such great feedback. So even though i didnt place, im so glad that i did the competition because it gave me a lot of positive results. In the afternoon, I actually just went on adventure in the city, and really explored a lot of little back places. It was awesome, just to walk down the streets and really start to think about the people that have walked these streets before me, mind blowing, when u really start to think about it. I also bought some lucky people some awesome presents as well! I headed back to the dorms, but i stopped at this little cafe to pick up a small dessert to go with dinner, and i ended up with a shortbread type of cake with marmalade in the middle and the ends were dipped in chocolate, it was delicious! When i got home i made dinner, and worked on some lesson dictations and i also started study for my german quiz. I also wanted to let you all know, that i will not be traveling this weekend, because i just have so much to get ready for school, and it just needs to get done. So me and my roommate are going to do some awesome things around the city , like the Salt Mines and the Fortress and we are going to go to the Dome on Sunday for Mass! Hopefully this will not be the last time i am in Europe, so I can always go other places at another time. Well, I will post later about today, ciao!
Living the Dream,
Lauren Frick