Alright, so I am new at this blogging thing, but I feel it's the best way to share what's going on in my life. I guess I'll make this my weekly letter this week and I'll try to update this on a daily basis from here on out.
On Monday I sang in master class. Wow, first of all I have the greatest Master Class teacher ever!!! My teacher's name is Brother Brower; he's the head of the Music Department (at least he was last time I checked). He was talking about he hated it when people said "um" in his class or really anywhere. He said "Sometimes, if it gets really annoying, I start to count. The word 'um' will not be a word used in this course." A girl then commented on something and the next thing he said was: "Not one 'um' in that sentance." and he seemed genuinely pleased about it. We were all very self concious about using the word 'um' again.
Brother Brower asked us what we want, need, and hope will come from this master class. He asked if anybody wanted to share. I didn't at first, but he kept looking at me, almost like he was expecting me to answer. I finally did, and I told him honestly: "I want to lose my stage fright; I need to gain better control of my voice; and I hope to find my own voice." He looked at me very concerned, but also very confused. "What do you mean 'find your own voice'?" I explained to him that for the past two years I've been trying to sing like everybody else in the practice room. I'd hear people singing and think to myself that I needed to have that big voice. I don't though! He confirmed that that was true and I proceeded to sing my song. I sang "Why Do They Shut Me Out of Heaven?" by Aaron Copland. Needless to say I was very nervous. People loved it though! Brother Brower helped me with my sound and my character! It was quite a fascinating thing. (By the way, I was the only one who sang on Monday . . . there was supposed to be 2-3 other people. But, they didn't get the e-mail that they were singing that day).
The rest of this week has been pretty normal. I had my first Musicianship IV test Wednesday and Thursday! I did really well! I got a 93% on BOTH of my sight singing (Berkowitz-tonal, and Modus Novas- atonal), and I got anywhere between 84%-95% on the analysis, hymn pass-off, written, etc. It was wonderful!
Yesterday I had a really good talk with several of my friends, including my amazing roommates, just about life in general. I am loving life and BYU-Idaho more and more every day! I feel so incredibly blessed to be here and to be able to study something that I'm so passionate about! Music truly has been such a blessing in my life! It's wonderful and, you can't see it, but I'm getting really giddy just writing about this!!!
Again, I'll try to update this on a daily basis so ya'all know what's going on in my life! I'll write again soon!
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