Paul and I found out some EXCITING news in the last few weeks. We are both going to Eugene,Oregon! Paul found out on a Tuesday night before choir and I on the next Friday. An email came from our new friend, Dave Goudy from Oregon, with the invitation. We haven't stopped talking about it since.
June 20-July 10
-Yo Yo Ma will be there, performing in the opening concert
-Could it be? Everyone talks about it, the possible final season of Helmuth Rilling, conductor
-Paul and I are in separate choirs, which will be a great experience to meet people and sing different stuff.
-I will be singing Bach Cantatas 19, 50, 79, 80; Magnificat in D
-Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy)
-Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy)
-Brahms Requiem
-Honegger Jeanne d'Arc au bucher
-Handel Ode on St. Cecilia's Day
-Britten Hymn to St. Cecilia
-I am in a section with 15 other sopranos. The entire ensemble is 54 voices.
Paul and my to do list.
-learn names of people in our sections
-4th of July celebration with at least one other choir member
-ride bikes
-do a HR impression
-buy an OBF poster
-go running
-get a compliment from an audience member
-go to the farmers' market
-talk to an old lady or gentleman
Our friends Chris Aspaas and Brian Ohnsorg have given us some insiders' tips for packing.
-bike lock
-allergy meds (and extra allergy meds)
-concert blacks that are cool (in two ways)
Besides my pictures and lists, I have to say that I haven't been so excited about something in a really long time. On the night I received my acceptance email, I needed to run 3 miles (30 indoor laps, puke) on the track and ended up grinning from ear to ear for much of the run (which would be terrible in any other circumstances). I have been craving the experience of being in a commited ensemble with corporate goals (do I sound like DCA yet?) of unity and community and creating inspired music since I left Nordic. I direct an ensemble and sing in another and I continually want more than the musical values and notes. I didn't know how correct DCA was until I left his direction and started off on my own. The agreement of singers to go after beauty together is quite rare.
The countdown to OBF begins. 70 days!
Besides my pictures and lists, I have to say that I haven't been so excited about something in a really long time. On the night I received my acceptance email, I needed to run 3 miles (30 indoor laps, puke) on the track and ended up grinning from ear to ear for much of the run (which would be terrible in any other circumstances). I have been craving the experience of being in a commited ensemble with corporate goals (do I sound like DCA yet?) of unity and community and creating inspired music since I left Nordic. I direct an ensemble and sing in another and I continually want more than the musical values and notes. I didn't know how correct DCA was until I left his direction and started off on my own. The agreement of singers to go after beauty together is quite rare.
The countdown to OBF begins. 70 days!
