Vocal Ensemble

Ok, so it appears that I either have too much free time on my hands, or I'm slacking off and not doing the things that I probably should be doing. Nevertheless! I had an amazing day today :) which was actually surprising, since I left a little late, and forgot my water bottle at home, and left my iPod in the student centre throughout all of my class..

Good news tho, I made it to class on time! AND was able to buy a bottle of water in the Student Centre--where I ended up leaving my iPod--before running to class, and my iPod was STILL right where I had left it. SO! that was quite amazing ^_^ Iol...

Class today was, as you can guess from the title, Vocal Ensemble. It. Was. AMAZING! lol.. Although I don't know if I can have a bad class day on Wednesdays. I'm still.. idk.. in this weird yet excited state of mind, finally being in a singing group for myself, to make myself happy, and not to make anyone else proud or happy or to gain their approval. And... for the first time I feel as if I am singing among equals. I don't know what it really is, but I just have so much more confidence than I did in high school, and I think that that is part of what is making this class SO enjoyable for me.

One of the things that I think is really cool is that Clare, our teacher, wants to help us learn to and be comfortable with leading each other. The ensemble is much more of a peer-guided ensemble than a choir. if that makes any sense... So today we started off with rounds, (which I had forgotten/didn't take the time to learn before class), and she had the person on the end start it off.. which just happened to be me today Xp so.. lol.. ya! it was.. kinda funny starting off at first, but Clare gave me some pointers, and.. ya :) we all sounded so pretty! ^o^ and i'm getting really used to singing mezzo, instead of just alto. It's almost as if I'm not letting the category of "alto" bind me or bar me from singing the high parts. So... idk lol.. I see high notes on the page, and I'm not scared of them. I'm belting them out! And if they're wrong I'm fixing them lol.. and I think another thing is that I'm not afraid to laugh at myself anymore. And I was VERY self-conscious and had zero confidence in high school. So again.. the simple difference in choir/music group experiences is just... flooring me! totally cool :)