First Final Presentation

Tomorrow is juries. I think I am ready, although I'm nervous. It has been a long time since I have sung for a grade. Last night we had a mock jury for my studio and it went okay. I was very nervous. One of my friends (a grad student in performance) happens to be in my studio, and he was very encouraging. He also commented how he didn't expect such a "big voice" to come from me, saying it seemed very different from my speaking voice. I am really thankful we had a mock jury, because I think that gives me mental preparation for tomorrow morning. After juries, I will study for finals and help prepare a final for undergrad conducting.

I cannot believe that next week is finals. I have two finals- I found out the diction professor wants me to take the diction final. I'm not actually signed up for the class, but will place it on my transcript next semester. It's for one credit and I did a IPA project. I thought that because I did a project, I would not have to take a final. But not true. So that is a new thing I will have to study for. I also have my research methods final, which our professor told us we could use our binder on. Our binder is something we have put together that includes resources and citing rules, as well as Library of Congress call numbers and other things related to research.

Tonight I gave a presentation with a group in my graduate theory class. It did not go quite as smoothly as I had hoped, but it was still a solid presentation. I have a two papers yet and then done. Wow... am I really almost done with my first semester of graduate school? I can hardly believe it.

This break will include a lot of studying of new choral pieces, determining rep for the Women's Choir, and maybe some fun reading. Oh, and wedding planning.