Introducing: Bastienne

I got my music for Germany! I'll be playing Bastienne in Mozart's one-act opera Bastien and Bastienne. He wrote it - get this - when he was all of 12 years old.

No wonder we call him an prodigy.

It's a common opera for very young singers to do, as the music lays in a very comfortable part of the singers' ranges, and is not taxing or really very difficult. It's all in German, and (like the Magic Flute) has spoken dialogue as well. So yeah, memorizing lines in German... that will be new.

Actually, this is the most amount of solo music I've ever had to memorize. I'm a little nervous - all that German, all those cues to remember, and all that singing to do all in a row! I mean, this is nothing compared to full-length, serious opera, but it's my first baby step.

But I'm super excited. I emailed in my measurements, etc to the costuming people over in Germany - they're already going to start making my costume! This is going to be so incredible. I can't wait.

Elegant Life

I secretly lurk fashion blogs.

sssh.

I just love living in style - approaching each day with elegance and deliberation. To me, carefully choosing my clothing helps me to remember to keep each day grounded in order and beauty. And that's not a terrible thing at all.

And today, while browsing the Sartorialist, I stumbled across these two images:

Aren't they delicious? I love the easy way they wear what we would now call formal clothes. This man and this woman just inhabit elegance, embracing respectability and presentability. And they give off such a demure, well-collected aura.

This is how I want to live life - calm, peaceful, and beautiful.

It's a most wonderful time of the year

So, wearing long skirts on rainy days with gentle breezes: definitely a yes. So romantical.

In honor of the beautiful spring weather, I wrote a poem! Here it is:

It's a silly time of year,

Raindrops dancing from clouds so sheer.

Boing! You can't help but laugh along,

As the sky sings its Spring-time song.

Somedays it's chilly, sometimes it's hot,

And inevitably you dress for what it's not.

But splashing in puddles and warming in sunshine,

Make March and April favorite months of mine.

Summer is nice with swimming and all,

But the giggles of Spring so loudly call!

When else can you skip and jump and hop,

And never worry about needing to stop?

Cause springy air makes everyone happy,

So here's to Spring, when no one can feel crappy.

:) Hope you have a day full of laughter and niceness.

Speaking of the impossible...

It's official - I got accepted into the music program at Arizona State.

So excited!!!!

Wonderland

sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast ...

here's to the impossible!

Senior Picture - 2010

Taken by my lovely, and very talented, friend Kate.

Where I'll be this week

Lake Tahoe, Nevada, with my big sister K's friends from ASU.