Sunday, March 21, 2010

I'm Back! It's Been too long.

Well I know I have been away from the computer for far too long and just havent had the time I thought I would to actually post anything. I have been up to a lot but none of them really should have been excuse to not blog.

So here are the things I have been doing. Back in January I moved. Not out of Ottawa but just out of my parents house and into a sweet apartment downtown. Nice Two bedroom within walking distance of almost everything I do. I have also been ridiculously busy with singing. I have joined the Larkin Singers and have travelled to Toronto to sing with them. I have learned both choir parts of the St Matthew Passion and also sung the testes one part. I have also just started a new job. I am now working for the Sport Information Resource Centre, which is basically a sports library. So with all of this, you now have my excuse for not writing in a long time, but hopefully I am back and able to write. So here goes.

As stated, I have recently sung the St Matthew Passion. The learning of this started as Choir One back in January. Then about three weeks before was told I was going to be singing choir two with the Larkin Singers. The learning of this started the weekend of the concert with the rest of the Larking Singers(or a core of Larkin Singers and a bunch of friends filling it out). I was asked the week before to sing the part of Testes One. Totally fun to sing and had a blast singing it with Christopher Mahon, a great tenor from Toronto. The highlight of the concert was definitely Baritone Sean Watson singing Mache Dich. He has a voice that is just pure chocolate! The next best part of the concert were the Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir. During the first chorus, the power and musicality of the boys truly brought the piece to life, sending shivers down the spine.

I also have now had the enjoyment of being invited to singing with the Larkin Singers. They are a Professional group that are now in their third season. They are made up of singers from both the Toronto and Ottawa areas, that have had extenisive singing experience together in various other professional choirs. If you ever have the opportunity to hear the Larkin Singers do not pass it up! A truly enjoyable experience.

That I believe is the extent of the updates, but I feel some of the above is a good start towards the goals from the beginning of the year. Lets see how much of it I can actually accomplish. Which will I tackle next?