I have said we are a "well-oiled machine", and each year we seem to do a better job, adding a fundraising recital in our 2nd year with a Houston-based MONC Semifinalist, Finalist, or Grand Finals Winner, engaging with opera professionals and university music professors at our Judges' Welcome dinner, and improving the audience experience. I love my team! In all 9 years of our Houston District Auditions, I have never sat in the audience! I am either on stage making announcements, or in the lobby overseeing the activity, making sure everything is rolling smoothly.
I do get to hear the singers, as we have a large closed circuit monitor in the lobby so singers, volunteers, and arriving guests can see and hear the singer onstage before entering the hall!
The silver lining for us this year is that without in person events, we have fewer expenses to cover and all our fundraising can go directly toward prizes for the singers. Most of our fundraising is through a solicitation letter, so we were able to send the traditional appeal for gifts, and recognizing that it is a difficult year for many people, did not have to raise as much as we would have typically done when we need to pay for our judges' travel and lodging expenses, and a welcome dinner, along with our annual recital and reception, and the marketing expenses to attract the audience.
I love to read, both fiction and non-fiction, real hardcover books! I enjoy daily 3 mile exercise walks with my neighbor, love going to the movies, and really enjoy traveling with my husband Donald.
We've been to over 80 countries, and our last "big" trip was in to Berlin and to London, where we saw our 9th Ring Cycle! We spend 2 months in Hawaii each summer, rotating islands each year, and obviously missed going this year. Our pitch is "Come for an aria, or stay for the day"! It's FREE, it's fun, it's exciting to hear young talented singers "up close and personal". Yes: onto the stage, very apologetically, comes this very small, young person, on high heels that don't quite seem fit, a dress that seems a bit too big, and with a small, almost whispering voice announces that she would start with Sophie Rosenkavalier.
We smiled She starts singing, and from the first note on the three of us sit straight up in our seats: a beautiful, big instrument came out of this small body, it was simply a joy to listen to her!
A great opera composer is always also a great theatre person. This shows in the subject matter and text chosen, but also in the musical tools used by a composer, from the choice of keys, dynamic, musical line, rests, accents, pitch, note-length, etc.
All of these things help define the situation and the character. The more a singer knows about this and uses this knowledge for interpretation, the more they can stand out, and the better they will serve the music and the composer. I call it the emotional-dramatic content of the music which often is disregarded by singers. It is wonderful to see how their faces light up when they start to understand these things and also realize how it actually helps them sing more easily.
Once they connect with the emotion, the sound is freer, bigger, more beautiful, and more colorful, giving them more possibilities to interpret and interpretational depth. The passing of my mother took me for almost 6 months to Berlin. Had the instruction at the university not been online, I would not have been able to continue my work with my students.
Right now, we are working on virtual opera scenes. Rather than bemoan the fact that we cannot be onstage, we are looking - and experimenting with - what the virtual setting can actually add to a scene and an interpretation.
It's a big learning curve, but the possibilities are enormous! Being Brazilian: soccer of course! I also enjoy reading thrillers as they take my mind of anything else, and very much like contemporary art.
Sides will be posted at least one week prior to the callback. Dance Call: Check-in will begin at 5pm and be prepared to dance right at 6pm. An accompanist will be provided so bring sheet music in the correct key.
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 11, They are a smart-ass. They are apathetic about their work. We're not around right now. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. Sign up to join our Audition Notification email list!
An accompanist will be provided so bring sheet music in the correct key. First Rehearsal: Tuesday, January 11, They are a smart-ass. They are apathetic about their work. We're not around right now. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. Sign up to join our Audition Notification email list! They are frequently teased by their coworkers. Ensemble: Seeking a diverse group of triple-threat performers to portray a variety of featured roles as well as commuters, assistants, stewardesses Mindy, Cindy, Lindy, Jane, Kellie, Shellie , pilots, agents, party-goers, doctors, nurses, and interns.
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