I sing. Have I mentioned that before? Yes, here - I forgot. Sorry!
Anyway, I've been singing seriously and semi-professionally since I was 12, when I joined the Cathedral Choir of Men and Girls at Washington National Cathedral. I continued singing through college, first at St. Michael's in Manhattan and then, during my semester abroad, at the American Cathedral in Paris. (Worst. Jew. Ever. I know.) I didn't sing much during my senior year of college or while getting my MA, but I joined two choirs - one professional and one amateur - during my year back in Washington, DC. I knew that I'd go into withdrawal if I took any more time off of singing, and so I tried to dive straight into the choral scene here in London as soon as I arrived. That's how I came to sing Spem my first weekend here - yay!
I've had a voice lesson here and there since then, and I sang a pick-up evensong last weekend with a friend, but the big news is that I got into a choir! My audition was last week - it was pretty rigorous. Besides having to prepare my own piece and sightread a piece that they provided at the audition, the director emailed me a piece a few days ahead of time to see how quickly I could learn on my own. I've never done that for an audition before - it was an interesting experience. I must have done okay because I got an email the next day inviting me to sing in the first concert! The group is called Chromata, and it's going to have a core of 20 singers, though I'm not sure how many will be singing each concert. Mark your calendars - 7:30pm on 4 December at St. Mary's Balham. We'll be doing a selection of Marian texts from the 15th/16th centuries and the 20th/21st centuries. Should be great fun! I can't wait to start rehearsing and to meet the other singers. Yay for choirs!
Well done!
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