Previously on...

Hello!


My run down of the last weeks events will be a very short one as I was hit with a bad cold. Luckily I got the "First-Defence" out in time to catch it before it got to my throat. This meant my voice was in fine form for Friday's First Study Assessment. I stayed cosy in bed for the majority of the week, leaving me rested and refreshed for the assessment. I got in to college early to be in good time for the warm-up (I even had time to fit in my own one before leaving the house). I was first to be assessed and I think it went pretty well all things considered.


The only other update I have from last week is about band work. We performed our "Pulp Fiction" Medley ("Son Of A Preacher Man", "Misirlou" and "Jungle Boogie") to the rest of the class and it went well, probably not the best we had done it that day but not too bad at all. We were assigned the task of choosing a James Bond theme to play next week. We chose Chris Cornell's "You Know My Name", the theme for "Casino Royale".


This week in band we rehearsed and performed "You Know My Name" to the others. It was a challenging song for me as it goes to the bottom of my register in places and I was having to use my belt voice. Belting is something I am still getting comfortable with and so this was a good opportunity to practice. My range is very high at the moment (in "Sweeney Todd" rehearsal the first sopranos go up to top As etc) and so I did have to adapt certain lines in the song and sing them higher. Every time we went through the song there was progress, and at the time to showcase it all went rather smoothly :).


I have found out my theory result from last week and it's not great and I have to re-sit. This is nothing that I did not expect however. It's going to be hard work from here on in.


GU:
I have started making up my weekly schedule to try and organise my time better. This was one of the targets I set myself as part of my graded unit development. I am also looking in to joining the Musicians Union - I have to have a look at if I can afford it. It is only £6.75 per month for students, so it should be fine...

That's really all I've got this time around.

Over and out,
LcB x