Oh, hi there! Thought I forgot about you, eh?
Nope, it's just been a busy Summer, with doctor visits galore, classes, traveling to see a sick relative, and having family in town. Not to mention a puppy who's managed to end up with giardia, which has been... smelly and time-consuming.
But, as planned, I have returned for another go-around with module 5.1, rejoining my class from before the Summer "break." And boy am I glad to be back. It's nice to see familiar faces and to hear familiar Danish. Plus, I really do like the way our teacher teaches.
In other news, last week I embarked on what I'm calling Project Let's-Find-Out-if-Ruby-is-a Piano-Prodigy.
In preparation for auditions to try to get into a music program at a university here in Copenhagen, I've started to take piano lessons. I've never taken lessons on an instrument, and have only really learned to read music as a singer, so... I'm leaning towards me not being a prodigy.
That being said, I do have the advantage of already knowing quite a bit about music, so the teacher has been able to skip a lot of the basic music theory stuff and jump right into trying to train my hands to listen to my brain.
I'm convinced my left hand is controlled by someone other than me.
Showing posts with label audition. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Studieskolen - Module 2 Test Results
As Christmas and New Years not-so-subtly creep up on us, so did my module 2 Danish class slink back into the ether.
At least, that's sort of how it felt.
As needlessly nervous as I was for the exam for module 1, I was equally indifferent to my module 2 exam.
I expected to be in even more of a panic than I was the first time around, but I was so tired the morning of the test and had so much to do to prepare for my audition that night that I just didn't wasn't all that concerned about the test.
Turns out, I didn't need to be all that concerned.
It was a fairly straight-forward event. We started with the listening section, which had 3 small sections where we listened and chose the correct answers. Then it was on to reading. Again, a few short sections where we had to read something brief and determine the right answers. The written portion was almost exactly like the one we practiced with in class: we had to write an email (this time to an old Danish teacher) talking about our new Danish class. And finally, the speaking exam, where I first spoke for a minute or so about what I do in my free time, and then had a dialogue with two classmates about a topic chosen at random. Our topic was "børn," or children.
The teacher gave us our results right after the spoken portion, and it seems that most of the students in the class passed.
I was far too distracted by my impending audition to celebrate.
I'll post an update on how all of that went down once I hear the results.
At least, that's sort of how it felt.
As needlessly nervous as I was for the exam for module 1, I was equally indifferent to my module 2 exam.
I expected to be in even more of a panic than I was the first time around, but I was so tired the morning of the test and had so much to do to prepare for my audition that night that I just didn't wasn't all that concerned about the test.
Turns out, I didn't need to be all that concerned.
It was a fairly straight-forward event. We started with the listening section, which had 3 small sections where we listened and chose the correct answers. Then it was on to reading. Again, a few short sections where we had to read something brief and determine the right answers. The written portion was almost exactly like the one we practiced with in class: we had to write an email (this time to an old Danish teacher) talking about our new Danish class. And finally, the speaking exam, where I first spoke for a minute or so about what I do in my free time, and then had a dialogue with two classmates about a topic chosen at random. Our topic was "børn," or children.
The teacher gave us our results right after the spoken portion, and it seems that most of the students in the class passed.
I was far too distracted by my impending audition to celebrate.
I'll post an update on how all of that went down once I hear the results.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Pitch Perfect Wannabe
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with two kinds of music: show tunes and a cappella music.
As you can imagine, I was way cool...
An opportunity popped up out of the blue last week to audition for a local a cappella group. I'd been considering trying to find a choir to sing with, and I've always wanted to try a cappella, but I hadn't really gotten around to taking more than a passing glance around the Copenhagen music scene.
But when I saw a posting looking for a soprano for this group, I responded without even thinking.
A few days later, I got word back that they wanted me to come in for an audition on December 12 (that's tomorrow, for those of you keeping track). They sent along music for two songs that they wanted me to learn, one of which is in Swedish.
Oh, by the way, my Danish module 2 exam is also tomorrow.
Busy day coming up.
For now, I'm working on learning the songs, focusing mostly on the words for the Swedish one.
It would be a lot easier if the puppy didn't think I was howling in pain every time I started singing. Every time, he stops what he's doing and jumps up to try to lick my face.
It's sweet, but... not helpful.
And speaking of the pup, he's been having a blast with the snow lately. Here's a recent romp in the dog park:
As you can imagine, I was way cool...
An opportunity popped up out of the blue last week to audition for a local a cappella group. I'd been considering trying to find a choir to sing with, and I've always wanted to try a cappella, but I hadn't really gotten around to taking more than a passing glance around the Copenhagen music scene.
But when I saw a posting looking for a soprano for this group, I responded without even thinking.
A few days later, I got word back that they wanted me to come in for an audition on December 12 (that's tomorrow, for those of you keeping track). They sent along music for two songs that they wanted me to learn, one of which is in Swedish.
Oh, by the way, my Danish module 2 exam is also tomorrow.
Busy day coming up.
For now, I'm working on learning the songs, focusing mostly on the words for the Swedish one.
It would be a lot easier if the puppy didn't think I was howling in pain every time I started singing. Every time, he stops what he's doing and jumps up to try to lick my face.
It's sweet, but... not helpful.
And speaking of the pup, he's been having a blast with the snow lately. Here's a recent romp in the dog park:
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