About two weeks ago, my life suddenly got crazy busy when I was asked last minute to participate in the Player's Club First Stages event on April 4. First Stages is a program where vocal performance students are paired with music composition majors and we sing their works.
I was asked by Ben Yee-Paulson to sing alto two for a choral piece he wrote. I guess one of the girls already singing the piece, Caitlyn, recommended me to Ben because he needed more singers. So that's nice! Anyway, I got the piece the Saturday before we were supposed to perform, rehearsed it Sunday and Wednesday, and then performed on Friday. We got to use music, so we didn't have to be memorized, which was a relief. We were having some issues getting everyone synced and together, but we pulled it off and I think we did a good job! Lexi and Michelle came to watch, and then after the performance we went and got ice cream.
I also signed up for the VP version of First Stages, which is this Thursday. It's where vocal performance students perform other vocal performance students' works. I'm singing soprano in a piece written by a fellow sophomore in the program, Stephen. It's a fun piece, it's from a show he wrote about Beethoven and time travel, it's a fun mix of sci-fi and history and music. I'm also (as of today) reciting a poem that another VP wrote. Luckily for all of this, as with First Stages, we're not expected to be memorized at all. But with this song I'm definitely more prepared, it's a lot easier and my part is fairly repetitive so I'm almost memorized anyway.
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