Because obviously I now have too much free time on my hands. I loved opera. Of course the performances went by too quickly for me, and I didn’t get all the pictures I wanted (or the guest artists’ signatures). But I had an amazing time with the McGonigal girls and all my other friends in [...]
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Opera is over . . . what do I do with myself now?
Posted in about me, children, music, opera, school on March 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My Hebrew Family
Posted in about me, children, music, opera, school on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday night was our first opera rehearsal in costume, first tech rehearsal, and first rehearsal with orchestra. Big night, needless to say. And once again let me say that I love my costume. I do need to figure out something to do with my hair before tomorrow night though. It was kinda in the way [...]
Mock trial is over . . . now my life is controlled by opera.
Posted in about me, music, opera, school on February 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My last mock trial tournament of the year (and of my career) was this weekend, and while I really enjoyed it, I am glad to be done. All during mock trial preparations, I was also busy with opera rehearsals, and now I can concentrate on just opera and school. As if school alone wasn’t already [...]
Obscurity does not equal Mediocrity
Posted in music on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hopefully by now you know that I love to sing. And that I love music in general. Yesterday in chorale we started Messiah rehearsals, and now I have “For unto Us a Child is Born” stuck in my head. The problem is that I already have Bach’s “Zion hört die Wächter singen” from Cantata 140 stuck [...]
Musicians of the Future: The Importance of Early Childhood Music Education
Posted in about me, children, music on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a paper I wrote for English 102. I actually couldn’t think of anything so I started researching something for music and found that this topic peaked my interest. Although I couldn’t do any research for the paper itself, I have done extensive research about music education since then, and now I’m all gung-ho [...]
