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windelinaYesterday I got to leave work early to go to holiday happy hour at Rock Bottom. Free food and booze! So, I had a coupla ciders and way too many chicken strips. Played a game of pool badly. Chatted. Very nice and easygoing. So, that was good. And the alcohol got me nice and relaxed for my audition.
I got home with an hour to prepare for the audition: do the hair and makeup and figure out what to wear. Then vocal warm-ups. Then figure out what I was going to sing. Yeah, I procrastinate. What of it? I finally figured out what to sing, but then couldn't find the music! Oy, the panic! I was about to just say "screw it" to auditioning, when I did find the music. Just in time to hop in the car and go.
The audition place was blocks from my apartment. Woot! I got there and was greeted by a charming old British fellow who talked my ear off delightfully. I was the only one in the holding pen. I could hear music, and it was clear they were making a group in the other room do some movement combination. Dancing at a Gilbert & Sullivan audition? Weird.
The audition sheet asked for the usual stuff, then also asked for "vocal type" and "vocal range (if you know it)". Well, my vocal type is mezzo-soprano when I'm singing legit stuff. I used to be a lyric soprano, but I've lost alot of my upper register fluidity. I get better roles being a comedic belter. {shrug} And for my vocal range (the range of notes you can hit, low to high) I put F to B-flat.
F for a female means the F below middle C on the keyboard. B-flat means the B-flat above high C on the keyboard. (In piano, "high C" means the C above middle C. In singer terms, "high C" means the C two octaves above middle C. I put down B-flat which is just below singer "high C". I used to have a good, solid, easy high C when I was in college. {sigh})
Anyway, that's a 2.5 octave range. Which is a pretty good range. In actuality, I lose alot of flexibility when I get above a G, depending on the phrase and the vowel and all sorts of other technicalities. But I do have a B-flat in there, so I didn't feel like I was lying.
Anyway, I finally go in to sing. I sing my little art song pretty well. And then they want to check my range. Sure enough, my low note was an F (which is pretty low for a soprano). And then we went up. And I got up to an E-flat above singer high C! The E-flat was squeaky, but that means the D came out really pure. And I wasn't even really pushing it. Go me! That is almost a 3-octave range, and that is an impressive thing.
*happy chair dance with jazz hands*
The director asked if I would be available Thursday for callbacks and I said yes. Now, I have learned that this does not mean they will actually call you back. But it's a good indicator that at the least, at that point, they think - "she might be good".
Mostly I'm just glowing with how well I did. I do so little legit singing that it's becoming a bit stressful when I do have to. I'm just so used to the easy, belting, "sell the performance" singing that being asked to use some actual technique makes me both excited and nervous.
I got home pretty quick - I think I was gone for all of 20 minutes total. And then I settled in and watched Mulan while doing some crafty stuff on the couch. And I got one of Monte's xmas presents all done! He's got that one, and the two prints I'm going to mat. And some stocking stuffers, if I can scrounge up the cash. Given how quickly and well the crafty thing for Monte turned out, I may duplicate it for others! (Which is why I'm being so vague on it.)
I woke up today with a headache, strange lingering tensions and muscle stiffnesses. But the sun is shining and it's warm out and I'm happy. (I wouldn't mind snow, but we'll get it eventually so I'm going to enjoy the warm while I can.)
I was going to audition for "Snoopy" tonight, but I think I've changed my mind. I'm not really excited about doing the show really. And why audition for something that you ultimately don't really want to do? So, instead, Monte and I are going to go see Punch-Drunk Love using two free tickets we got from a friend.
Tomorrow night are callbacks for Godspell. And I need to do laundry so I can pack for Austin. Whee!
I got home with an hour to prepare for the audition: do the hair and makeup and figure out what to wear. Then vocal warm-ups. Then figure out what I was going to sing. Yeah, I procrastinate. What of it? I finally figured out what to sing, but then couldn't find the music! Oy, the panic! I was about to just say "screw it" to auditioning, when I did find the music. Just in time to hop in the car and go.
The audition place was blocks from my apartment. Woot! I got there and was greeted by a charming old British fellow who talked my ear off delightfully. I was the only one in the holding pen. I could hear music, and it was clear they were making a group in the other room do some movement combination. Dancing at a Gilbert & Sullivan audition? Weird.
The audition sheet asked for the usual stuff, then also asked for "vocal type" and "vocal range (if you know it)". Well, my vocal type is mezzo-soprano when I'm singing legit stuff. I used to be a lyric soprano, but I've lost alot of my upper register fluidity. I get better roles being a comedic belter. {shrug} And for my vocal range (the range of notes you can hit, low to high) I put F to B-flat.
F for a female means the F below middle C on the keyboard. B-flat means the B-flat above high C on the keyboard. (In piano, "high C" means the C above middle C. In singer terms, "high C" means the C two octaves above middle C. I put down B-flat which is just below singer "high C". I used to have a good, solid, easy high C when I was in college. {sigh})
Anyway, that's a 2.5 octave range. Which is a pretty good range. In actuality, I lose alot of flexibility when I get above a G, depending on the phrase and the vowel and all sorts of other technicalities. But I do have a B-flat in there, so I didn't feel like I was lying.
Anyway, I finally go in to sing. I sing my little art song pretty well. And then they want to check my range. Sure enough, my low note was an F (which is pretty low for a soprano). And then we went up. And I got up to an E-flat above singer high C! The E-flat was squeaky, but that means the D came out really pure. And I wasn't even really pushing it. Go me! That is almost a 3-octave range, and that is an impressive thing.
*happy chair dance with jazz hands*
The director asked if I would be available Thursday for callbacks and I said yes. Now, I have learned that this does not mean they will actually call you back. But it's a good indicator that at the least, at that point, they think - "she might be good".
Mostly I'm just glowing with how well I did. I do so little legit singing that it's becoming a bit stressful when I do have to. I'm just so used to the easy, belting, "sell the performance" singing that being asked to use some actual technique makes me both excited and nervous.
I got home pretty quick - I think I was gone for all of 20 minutes total. And then I settled in and watched Mulan while doing some crafty stuff on the couch. And I got one of Monte's xmas presents all done! He's got that one, and the two prints I'm going to mat. And some stocking stuffers, if I can scrounge up the cash. Given how quickly and well the crafty thing for Monte turned out, I may duplicate it for others! (Which is why I'm being so vague on it.)
I woke up today with a headache, strange lingering tensions and muscle stiffnesses. But the sun is shining and it's warm out and I'm happy. (I wouldn't mind snow, but we'll get it eventually so I'm going to enjoy the warm while I can.)
I was going to audition for "Snoopy" tonight, but I think I've changed my mind. I'm not really excited about doing the show really. And why audition for something that you ultimately don't really want to do? So, instead, Monte and I are going to go see Punch-Drunk Love using two free tickets we got from a friend.
Tomorrow night are callbacks for Godspell. And I need to do laundry so I can pack for Austin. Whee!
