Auditions

Well we ended up canceling the BBQ because of the dreary weather. Instead we made salad and Wienerschnitzel. Let me just say... it was Incredible!!!

Our auditions were in a room in St. Mark's Chapel (shown in the pic). I finally decided this afternoon to sing Salamander by Brahms. It went well, but the professors were laughing at the end, and said it was a good thing I wasn't able to see the faces my pianist was making as he was playing it. It's not the easiest of pieces to play by Brahms. We were told the list of our assigned voice teachers would be posted at 5, so 4 of us went to the Republic which is the internet cafe we will probably all haunt a lot to pass the time. Of course the internet was down again today. So as soon as we finally got their attention around 5 to pay our bill, we came back to the college, and are now all hanging out in the library using the internet here.

I have been placed in Dr. Douthat's studio for the next five weeks and will have my lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30-10:30. Over the course of the 5 weeks we will have 4 coachings. My first coaching is on Monday from 10-11. As I am in the beginner German class, that will be at 8am M-F.

There is already a slight divide between those of us who are staying with host families and those who aren't. It probably didn't help any that that is how they split us up when we went on the tour yesterday. We're not being any too quiet in the library. It's really bad when singers get together and start laughing... as Sierra would say.. we all have a "singer's laugh."

Technically I believe the building is supposed to close at 6 on the weekends, but no one has come to kick us out yet. It's not like they won't notice we're here. Pretty soon I think we're all going to go get some Ice (for you Americans ice cream) before we all head to our homes for the evening. Classes do being first thing tomorrow after all. We may end up being kicked out by the cleaning lady soon anyway.

Miss you all!! Ciao!