Having the usual pre-concert jitters. We have some really nice music this semester that I really enjoyed learning, namely Haydn's Te Deum and Mozart's Solemn Vespers. But now it's concert time. Ugh! Squeezed up on the risers again where it's really hard to hear the rest of the section and you can't even hear yourself. Last night I stood next to some different people and had some different folks behind me. It's really hard to sing correctly when the people behind you are singing wrong! It totally throws me off. Plus the person next to me on one side was too slow- nice voice though. Plus there are actually some errors in our music that not everybody has corrected. Plus, you really have to be "on" the entire time, you can't let your mind wander for a second from your part. On top of that, worrying about maintaining a nice tone, good intonation, blending, and singing impossible Latin syllables at a high rate of speed. No wonder I'm stressed out!
We are singing with the orchestra, so we have their conductor. It can be really hard to hear them through the choir, and, they aren't perfect about following the conductor either. We had two practices with the orchestra. I would have liked another, as I don't feel we are really ready.
Last night the conductor seemed to be in a really jovial mood. No matter how much we screwed up he just kept smiling. It was a little unnerving, but maybe that's the only way he can cope.
In other big news, nothing!!! but rain in the forecast for days. Let's hope the rain is showery enough that we can still squeeze in our daily bike ride. I'm addicted to that daily shot of endorphins!
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