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Thursday, August 17, 2006
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Back home...
Well, it is 1:51am on Tuesday morning (Monday night). I'm home...MOm and Dad met me at the airport which was WONDERFUL, I had a chicken sandwich, and have been maulled (sp?) by my kitties who can't wait to sleep with their mommy tonight. Life is good...my head hurts from lack of sleep...it's been one hell of a 6 weeks...but my oh my, ther'es no place like home.
Love you all!
resa
Love you all!
resa
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Ha Ha, Just Kidding!
Well, it turns out that Venice is outta the question. Too much money for not enough time. Venice, we will meet again. I will probably go to Hallstatt instead. It looks like it's outta a fairy tale. Once again, I will take many pictures.
Love yous!
Resa
Love yous!
Resa
When in Rome...
Well, I'm not going to Rome, but I AM going to Venice! Woo Hoo! UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE!!! :D Kim, I'm charging your camera battery right now so I can take TONS O' Pics while I'm out there. We'll be there for about a day and a half. Where? Venice! heheh...I know, I'm a cheesy kinda girl. I wish you all could be here with me! I'll bring back pictures, and maybe a hot italian man? ;)
Love yous!
Resa
Sunday, August 06, 2006
It's been a while...
Hello! How's it going? Things have been great here. :) The weather finally cooled off, but that has also meant a lot of rain and overcast to the days. The sun peeked its head out today and for a bit yesterday...kind of a tease, but what can you do? I had an audition for an agent with the San Diego Lyric opera this past week. I sang well, but he was confused with what I was doing. He thinks I'm a Dramatic Soprano (never heard THAT before!) and wants me to take all the mother/old lady stuff off of my resume. I see the point, but it would also leave me with NO experience...so, that won't be happening anytime soon. At least I went in and gave it my all. There are advantages to having a big voice, but the whole not knowing where I belong thing I could do without.
Also this past week was the operetta concert. We had 3 performances with the orchestra. I was around a great group of people, which was nice. One concert was in town and two were run-out concerts where we didn't get home till after midnight, but it was worth it. The conductor and I worked really well together. The portion of the program in which I performed was as Mirabella in the Zigeunerbaron. I got some laughs with my "Boom Boom" song (as it was remembered). We had some amazing food and walked away with not only the experience, but some flowers, chocolate and wine. Thank you! Oh yeah...another thing I learned is that two generic dramamine make me feel a bit tipsy! Who'd a thunk it?
It's crazy that there is only one week left here. This has been amazing. Now people are really coming out of their shells, and it's been nice to get to know them. At least I know this won't be the last time we'll see eachother, in this small musical world. I got SO lucky with the coach I have (Wei-Zhi Weng - he's amazing!) and being able to study with Dr. Dauphinais still. I feel like even though I haven't had a bunch of performing opportunities, when I have sung I have always represented myself well, and that's all I can do. I've gained a lot in musicianship and advice. I even made an Orlando contact, which is nice.
By the way, if I NEVER have pork or schnitzel again, it will be too soon! I cannot wait to have CHICKEN!!! They simply don't believe in that here....it's all about the pork and turkey. Which is fine, but man... :) I know I should have more pictures up here, but right now I just wanted to fill you in on what has been going on.
Oh yeah, went to Vienna a couple of weeks ago. It was AMAZING! I got to go to the Vienna Staatsoper and sing on the stage. :) We saw an amazing Mozart exhibit, saw the Schonburg Schloss, stayed at a studentenheim with REALLY CUTE desk clerks, had amazing food, saw beautiful churches....I love Vienna! :) This week we may try to go to Venice. Isn't that crazy?! Who says that? "I think I'll go to Italy this weekend." It's unbelievable. No plans are final, but it would be really cool. I think it's a 6 hour train ride. And when will be the next time I'll have this type of opportunity?!
Today all I did was sleep after being so wiped out from the operetta concerts. I was in bed until 1pm...I haven't done that in I don't know HOW long! My plan for tomorrow is to go to German, my coaching with Wei-Zhi at 1:45, and then out with my friend Johanna until the concert in the evening. Maybe I'll actually feel human again tomorrow.
Okay, I love and miss you all! I hope everyone is well and that my ramblings make at least a little bit of sense. :) Auf Wiedersehen!
Also this past week was the operetta concert. We had 3 performances with the orchestra. I was around a great group of people, which was nice. One concert was in town and two were run-out concerts where we didn't get home till after midnight, but it was worth it. The conductor and I worked really well together. The portion of the program in which I performed was as Mirabella in the Zigeunerbaron. I got some laughs with my "Boom Boom" song (as it was remembered). We had some amazing food and walked away with not only the experience, but some flowers, chocolate and wine. Thank you! Oh yeah...another thing I learned is that two generic dramamine make me feel a bit tipsy! Who'd a thunk it?
It's crazy that there is only one week left here. This has been amazing. Now people are really coming out of their shells, and it's been nice to get to know them. At least I know this won't be the last time we'll see eachother, in this small musical world. I got SO lucky with the coach I have (Wei-Zhi Weng - he's amazing!) and being able to study with Dr. Dauphinais still. I feel like even though I haven't had a bunch of performing opportunities, when I have sung I have always represented myself well, and that's all I can do. I've gained a lot in musicianship and advice. I even made an Orlando contact, which is nice.
By the way, if I NEVER have pork or schnitzel again, it will be too soon! I cannot wait to have CHICKEN!!! They simply don't believe in that here....it's all about the pork and turkey. Which is fine, but man... :) I know I should have more pictures up here, but right now I just wanted to fill you in on what has been going on.
Oh yeah, went to Vienna a couple of weeks ago. It was AMAZING! I got to go to the Vienna Staatsoper and sing on the stage. :) We saw an amazing Mozart exhibit, saw the Schonburg Schloss, stayed at a studentenheim with REALLY CUTE desk clerks, had amazing food, saw beautiful churches....I love Vienna! :) This week we may try to go to Venice. Isn't that crazy?! Who says that? "I think I'll go to Italy this weekend." It's unbelievable. No plans are final, but it would be really cool. I think it's a 6 hour train ride. And when will be the next time I'll have this type of opportunity?!
Today all I did was sleep after being so wiped out from the operetta concerts. I was in bed until 1pm...I haven't done that in I don't know HOW long! My plan for tomorrow is to go to German, my coaching with Wei-Zhi at 1:45, and then out with my friend Johanna until the concert in the evening. Maybe I'll actually feel human again tomorrow.
Okay, I love and miss you all! I hope everyone is well and that my ramblings make at least a little bit of sense. :) Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pictures from my (Kim's) camera!
Okay, so until I actually take the time to remember in what order I'm loading things, please read this post from the bottom to the top. No, really...I'm serious. :) This thing isn't working right...being quite tempermental. Anyway, I'm sure you can piece the sentences together with the pictures. Have fun! And write me! It's so nice to see a message in my inbox when I actually have a chance to get online. :)
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The Schloss Eggenberg is not only a beautfiul castle, it is home to many peacocks. Some nice enough to show us their plumage, others showed a different side... :P
Saturday night we got all glammed up to sing at the Schloss Eggenberg. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was at a castle and it was amazing! We sang in the courtyard and in the grand ballroom. Amazing!
Yesterday, Saturday, we sang our first concert at the "Karl-Franzens-Universität". We sang as a 40-voice choir from the balcony of this grand place.
Aren't these flowers beautiful? I bought them from a little blumen stand. Had to whip out some Deutsch, and I didn't do half bad. It made me SO happy that I practically ran home. :)
This is the sign for the stop that I can take into the center of town to the Jakominiplaz. It used to be a tram, but that is under maitenance right now, so a bus now picks us up to drop us off there. Yup! I'm using public transportation...and it's nice.
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The Schloss Eggenberg is not only a beautfiul castle, it is home to many peacocks. Some nice enough to show us their plumage, others showed a different side... :P
Saturday night we got all glammed up to sing at the Schloss Eggenberg. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was at a castle and it was amazing! We sang in the courtyard and in the grand ballroom. Amazing!
Yesterday, Saturday, we sang our first concert at the "Karl-Franzens-Universität". We sang as a 40-voice choir from the balcony of this grand place.
Aren't these flowers beautiful? I bought them from a little blumen stand. Had to whip out some Deutsch, and I didn't do half bad. It made me SO happy that I practically ran home. :)
This is the sign for the stop that I can take into the center of town to the Jakominiplaz. It used to be a tram, but that is under maitenance right now, so a bus now picks us up to drop us off there. Yup! I'm using public transportation...and it's nice.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Random fun pictures from Nishi's camera
So, if I did this the right way, the first picture is of me next to the poster of "AIMS IN GRAZ" announcing all of our performances. This happened right before Nishi and I got locked into a store alleyway and couldn't get out. Two nice Austrian men helped us. hehe...that was interesting.
Next is...Nishi and Alexander (our Austrian tenor friend) when we were at a wurst stand. :)
Now this one is either our cute hair that Mandy did for us for our first hearing out here...or the first dinner that Nishi and I prepared at the Heim...Ich weiss nicht (I dunno).
^^^^^^^ Read above comment! :P
Okay...now I have a feeling that the pictures are all over the place and don't really correspond with anything, so consider this a fun matching game! :)
Oh yeah, the one with me in the hat is just a fun picture from our Easter dinner this past April.
Okie...Love yous!!!
Resa
Thursday, July 13, 2006
No pictures yet, but....
Yeah, I know, I was supposed to take lots of pictures, and I have taken some, but haven't had the time to figure out how to load it all on the computer and post it...but I will have lots when I get back home, that's for sure!
So, the exciting news of the day is that I will be singing with the AIMS Graz orchestra on three concerts starting August 2, 2006. :) I got a little note in my box saying, "Please come down to the operetta room." Mind you, those in the operetta room are VERY high energy. So, I walked in there and they said, "We'd like for you to sing on our orchestra concert of Strauss's 'Zigeunerbaron'!" Woo hoo! So, right there, after I went and made a copy of the music and had MAYBE five minutes to look over the 3 stanzas of text, I sight read through it with Vicki King and Dorit Hanak. I didn't do half bad either. :) Soooo.....yeah. Cool, eh?
Ummm....I had a good sandwich today...avocado, turkey, lettuce and gouda cheese. I know that doesn't sound too impressive, but it was SO cool to actually find avocado. The produce has been less than impressive here. Also, I had an authentic Styrian specialty yesterday, bought by an authentic Austrian. His name is Alexander. Very nice. He took Nishi and I to a wurst stand. I got to try her Curry Wurst. Very good. I was going to order it for myself, but Alexander stepped in and said he'd order for me the Styrian Specialty. It was Kase Wurst or something like that. There was this HUGE dallop of mustard on the side. Now those who know me, know that I DEFINITELY don't eat mustard, but I couldn't refuse or turn him down, as that would be rude. So You take the wurst, dip it in the mustard, and then dip it in some shredded cheese and enjoy. It actually wasn't that bad! :) And he was sly and paid for us too, which was really nice. Mmmmmm...Wurst.
Oh yeah, I'm singing at a castle with the AIMS choral, which is a bunch of soloists wanting to be heard. :P But it'll be fun. We sing in the morning at some sort of coronation thingy at a University building. Oh, and we get free lunch. SCORE! Then at night, we get all dressed up in pretty gowns n stuff and we will be bussed off to a castle not normally open to the public (We were invited!). It will be lit only by candlelight inside, and I hear it is just magnificent! I'll take pictures.
Sehr toll! (Very cool)
Okay, that's good for now. I'll write more when I know more. Love you guys!
Resa
So, the exciting news of the day is that I will be singing with the AIMS Graz orchestra on three concerts starting August 2, 2006. :) I got a little note in my box saying, "Please come down to the operetta room." Mind you, those in the operetta room are VERY high energy. So, I walked in there and they said, "We'd like for you to sing on our orchestra concert of Strauss's 'Zigeunerbaron'!" Woo hoo! So, right there, after I went and made a copy of the music and had MAYBE five minutes to look over the 3 stanzas of text, I sight read through it with Vicki King and Dorit Hanak. I didn't do half bad either. :) Soooo.....yeah. Cool, eh?
Ummm....I had a good sandwich today...avocado, turkey, lettuce and gouda cheese. I know that doesn't sound too impressive, but it was SO cool to actually find avocado. The produce has been less than impressive here. Also, I had an authentic Styrian specialty yesterday, bought by an authentic Austrian. His name is Alexander. Very nice. He took Nishi and I to a wurst stand. I got to try her Curry Wurst. Very good. I was going to order it for myself, but Alexander stepped in and said he'd order for me the Styrian Specialty. It was Kase Wurst or something like that. There was this HUGE dallop of mustard on the side. Now those who know me, know that I DEFINITELY don't eat mustard, but I couldn't refuse or turn him down, as that would be rude. So You take the wurst, dip it in the mustard, and then dip it in some shredded cheese and enjoy. It actually wasn't that bad! :) And he was sly and paid for us too, which was really nice. Mmmmmm...Wurst.
Oh yeah, I'm singing at a castle with the AIMS choral, which is a bunch of soloists wanting to be heard. :P But it'll be fun. We sing in the morning at some sort of coronation thingy at a University building. Oh, and we get free lunch. SCORE! Then at night, we get all dressed up in pretty gowns n stuff and we will be bussed off to a castle not normally open to the public (We were invited!). It will be lit only by candlelight inside, and I hear it is just magnificent! I'll take pictures.
Sehr toll! (Very cool)
Okay, that's good for now. I'll write more when I know more. Love you guys!
Resa
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