Naxos has become my new best friend this week. I have made a playlist of my entire recital, except the quartet at the end. I've been using it to listen to whenever I have free time. To refresh on old music, to learn and score study new music. I used it while working out the other day. It was kind of hte perfect idea ever! :) Loved it.

Aside from that, I feel like I've got a good start on rep. I have some challenging music this semester, but it's nice that a lot of it is repeated because of a recital semester. I am just so determined to make this wonderful. I want to make this an awesome culmination of my years of study at WSC. I feel like there has been so much growth and that enables me to do things I would have never dared to do before.

As for practicing, I have been focusing a lot on the new stuff. Recital today was Dein Blaues Auge, which was livable. I wasn't overly happy with it. I felt like I could have used more confidence (hmmmm...) and more personality/characterization. So I don't know about that. I am feeling a little nervous about the Recitative on the Bach piece. But I think it will come. I haven't even dared to touch the ornamentation yet on the return to the A section. That can be next week's battle.

I'm most nervous for Von ewiger Liebe... but I truly think that's just because I haven't had as much time to live with it as some of the others. I love the piece itself, though. So I think that will motivate me to work hard and understand/get it.

That's all for now. :)

New Semester

So far, for my senior recital semester, we've looked at repertoire. I'm really happy with the mix of old and new we've come up with. It's all very challenging, but it's going to be so much fun to learn. I've made copies of what I have to give to Mr. Phil and I start rehearsing with him this week as well. I already signed up to sing on studio for the 18th, so I'll probably sing something from last semester. Either an English or a German or French. I have options. Or "Must the Winter", which I haven't performed in a while.

That could be fun!

I figure I need to start off strong. My recital isn't too far off. It's weird to think I'm almost done. It's going to be busy, but it's going to be great. I know it.