Week One

Well, I've never blogged before, and I've never taken voice lessons before, so this could be a very interesting semester. My first lesson was slightly overwhelming. The biggest news was when I found out that I'm actually probably really supposed to be a soprano. I haven't sang soprano since my seventh grade year in junior high show choir. All through out high school I pretty much was the alto section. Nobody else could ever find the notes so I always sang really loud so the alto part wouldn't get lost. Never would I ever of guessed that I'm actually supposed to be a soprano. I used to think high notes were a curse, but now I'm finding out that they're actually quite fun to sing! I'm still not really convinced that I'm a soprano at heart, but that would totally make sense as to why I had so many vocal problems in the past. It was because I've been singing in my chest voice all these years, and never learned how to use my head voice. So, I'm really excited to discover, and hopefully figure out this new part of my range. I also found out that I'll have to be singing in a recital this semester. The thought of this absolutely terrifies me. I used to love singing in front of people, but I just kind of hate my voice now. I just don't want to get up there and sing my song, and have everyone in the audience be like wow what is she doing up there. But that is me just freaking out I suppose. Last thing we did was figure out what books I'm going to be using and I ended up getting a book of Italian songs and arias for the medium high range, and a standard vocal literature book for mezzo soproano range. It's a lot to be thrown on all at once, but I can most definetly handle it, and I'm really really excited!