Tonight I had my first (and only!) rehearsal with my replacement accompanist. He's a genial guy, with a doctorate in piano performance. Not only did he play both my songs with ease, but he followed me well, too. I recorded him playing both accompaniments so I can work with them at home (as I told him, "so I can take you home with me to practice"). Friday night we record my audition video! =:o After all these months and months of working these 2 little pieces exclusively, it's hard to believe it's almost over.
I just finished drafting my music school application. It's ready except for the video files (they want each song as a separate file). Friday night we'll record, S will do the conversion and load my files onto a flash drive, and I'll upload the files to my application and send that baby on its way!
It'll be a relief to have this behind me after working on these songs for what feels like years. I've already told my voice teacher I want to take next week off, then work on something, anything, else. She agreed that that's a good idea; she's probably almost as tired of those pieces as I am. She suggested we do something she's done with other students in similar situations - bringing in 3 or 4 new songs each week for a few weeks. We'd give them a quick once-over, I'd take 'em home and work on them a little, we go over them at my next lesson, then pick another few and repeat the process. Sounds like a relatively painless way to explore new pieces while giving myself a break from the audition pieces that have been eating my musical life for the past several months.
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