Following my Destiny: AMAZING EXPERIENCE: First Concert!

(525,600 minutes.... Measure your life in love)

6-24

We had our second day of rehearsals and I am working on three pieces for the concert for tonight.
Maiglockchen und die blumelein, O swallow swallow, and Triolett. these three pieces have been really fun and hard! On Maiglockchen i sing soprano two and it has been very difficult because i have, in the past, sang soprano one 95% of the time. so my automatic reaction is the sing the top line! It took a lot of time and practice, doing exercises such as singing my part while playing the soprano one part on the piano. My parter for this piece was Sarah C. and she was very patient with me which was helpful!

we had a rehearsal for the first concert in the space for the first time today and it was breath taking to be able to sing there. Theater Mancinelli is the space and it was constructed in 1844 and is dedicated to Luigi Mancinelli, a composer from Orvieto. there are frescoes on the ceiling painted by Cesare Fracassini. It is an incredibly beautiful space.

Theater Mancinelli

This is an amazing experience for us because Musica Orvieto hasnt performed here in 20 years. This trip has been amazing so far i feel so happy practicing music, singing, and spending time with everyone. Music fills my soul and i feel so gratified. its amazing to discover what we can put together in two days!!

Below is our dressing room :) Our names were on the door and everying thing i was in the same room as Alexandra and DaRell.

We found out during the day that the major of Orvieto was going to come play the piano at our concert which was amazing for press except that he wanted to play four songs so our already 2 hour concert would probly end up being 2 and 1/2 hours. the concert started at 9:30 and went to midnight :). It was incredibly fun getting ready and going to the Theater in our concert gowns and tuxes. We took pictures before and after the performce. The conccert went amazing!!!

IT WAS MY ITALIAN DEBUT!!!!

(it was everyones debut except Author, far right, who performed in Opera Orvieto right before this)