Mandy
Hey all!

It has been an extremely busy month for me!!! I'm so sorry I've been neglecting my blogging duties :/

To give a summary of the month of May...finished classes and finals and then graduated on May 16th!!!!! Huzzah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All of my hard work here is complete with a fabulous BM degree :D I was also hired by Opera Kansas again to perform the fantastically funny Ring of the Fettuccines. I sang the coloratura role...one good thing learned from this production...apparently I can sustain high e's...who knew?!?! And they actually sound good?!?! Whaaaa! Ring of the Fettuccines is a comedic one act opera to introduce opera to kids. I got to play the A-typical coloratura who is slightly insane/is dying of TB throughout the entire show...quite fun to run, jump, and hang off the stage whilst singing cadenzas :) I'm working on learning the role of Sophie from Massenet's Werther and also learning Lucy from Menotti's The Telephone over the summer. Pina and I had a wonderful conversation about my career....I can't believe I actually get to use that word in context with my singing!!!!! Yea!!!.....Pina thinks that I will be a lyric coloratura, then once I hit my 40's just to stick with the lyric stuff. But...she thinks that Violette in La Traviata will be key role in my career. I could die of happiness...apparently all the dying of TB in Ring of the Fettuccines was good practice for later, haha.

Other than that I am working 6 part time jobs this summer. Nanny position, frontdesk at Springhill Suites, teaching voice lessons, house cleaning, and my 2 church jobs....needless to say I'm keeping busy this summer. I will be going to KCMO at least twice a month to see my sister's swim meets. I am SOOOOOOO proud of her! She continues to grow everyday into a more incredible human being and I absolutely love her. I'm looking forward to spending more time with her this summer...doing all that sister stuff :)

I'm trying to downsize as much as possible before I move to Maryland, lots of donations to the Goodwill/ selling some pieces of furnature. I'm excited to move there and scared to death at the same time. But for me it's God just saying "I have provided the place you need, I just need you to trust me that I will provide for you". It is all boiling down to how much do I trust in God. Answer is...learning to trust him more and myself less. The other part of my life I'm working on is how to better serve those around me, how to stop being selfish....believe me it's a lot harder than I anticipated. Hopefully in time God will continue to mold me into a better person and an individual He can use.
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