It was exhausting but fun to couch hop my way through the week...but I'm glad to be back in Denver so I can focus on memorizing and polishing all of my repertoire for my upcoming graduate school audition and a competition shortly thereafter. Did she say graduate school? Didn't she already go to graduate school? Well, yes, yes she did. But when there's a chance of going back for more with a stipend attached, I'll audition. And yes, the possibility of having another two years of structured vocal education doesn't sound so terribly bad.
Meanwhile the piles of 1099s are coming in, and I'm gearing up to give Turbo Tax and its independent contractor/Schedule C forms a work out. This is what happens when you're in that murky period after school is over...lots and lots of random singing and non-singing jobs.
I have in mind another blog post concerning how seriously classical singers take themselves (this after seeing a jazz singing give a wonderfully entertaining performance a few weeks ago), but it'll have to wait until I'm taking my own singing a little less seriously...like maybe in a few days?
In the meantime, to tide you over: for all those who think Mozart is boring, or unsexy, check out this video of one of the seduction duets from Cosi fan tutte....I think it easily compares with Olivia Newton John in her sewn-on pants getting John Travolta all riled up. Well, let's be honest, nobody compares with his derriere-shaking dance.
