Good news

[unbound_spirit]

I've been accepted to OPERAWORKS in Los Angeles, California, for July of 2007.  They auditioned hundreds of singers in every major U.S. city, and only chose about thirty, so, I'm honored.  This program is supposed to be pretty innovative, doing a lot of exploration of performance through improvisation and experimentation, so all that is definitely right up my alley.  (You singers will also be excited to hear that my audition for this program was the first audition I ever did wearing PANTS!  Yes, the joys of being a mezzo!) 

I'm still waiting to hear back from a few other programs.

Tomorrow night, March 1st, I'll be at Merkin Hall in NYC to see the Bang on a Can All-Stars premier three new works by composers Lukas Ligeti, Joshua Penman, and Stefan Weisman, as well as performances by Meredith Monk.  I can't wait.  If any of you are in the area, you should check it out.  http://www.bangonacan.org/

Comments

[juliatorgo.livejournal.com]

Go Pam!! Congratulations! I haven't been on livejournal in ages but now I finally checked out what my friends are up to and I'm so happy to hear things are going well for you! I actually also auditioned for OperaWorks but I didn't get in =(. I did get a nice letter from Ann telling me that she'd like me to reaudition in a year or two; she just thinks I'm too young (or maybe she's just being nice? Who knows). It would have been pretty awesome to be in the same program as you, though! Regardless, we must meet up when you're in LA. Cal State Northridge is practically in my back yard (well...25ish minutes away from my house so close enough) and it has certainly been long enough.

Congrats once again and I hope to finally meet you in several months!

[unbound-spirit.livejournal.com]

Thanks Julia! Sorry about you not getting in though, that sucks. But you should totally audition again! Do you know a lot about the program by any chance? I'm actually totally out of the loop when it comes to all West Coast things, and I honestly don't know that much about it other than what's on the website. Do they put on actual productions? I feel kind of like an idiot having gotten in and not really knowing what its about, but I applied to so much stuff and auditioned for so much stuff this year, sometimes you just gotta mail out the application before you have all your questions answered. :/

Anyway, it would be way awesome if you could stop by and we could meet up! And if not then, maybe I'll have to swing by Boston some time. :)

[juliatorgo.livejournal.com]

No worries; these things happen. I don't believe that they put on any actual productions; from what I understand, if you got into the month-long program (which is what I'm assuming) you're going to perform in an original opera that consists of a bunch of arias; everyone gets an aria. I don't know, but it sounds pretty interesting to me! A large component of the performance is improvisation so that should be fun. The 2-week program just does a recital-like performance at the end. I don't know very many details about the program but I've heard nothing but good things about it from a number of good sources. If you do a search for OperaWorks on nfcs.net or classicalsinger.com, you'll get a LOT of very helpful (and very positive) information about the program from people who have gone in the past.

I hope that helps! Thanks for the invite to your recital on facebook. I really wish I could go but I can't get away =( I'm sure you'll be fantastic, though, and I can't wait to hear the recording. In bocca al lupo!!!

All the best,
Julia