Closed Rehearsal
For project 1 in my block 8 Intermedia class I performed a piece I called Closed Rehearsal . In this piece, I looked to my personal history as a choral singer. I've been singing in choirs for about 12 years and I have been a member of professional choirs for the last 6 years. As a member of countless ensembles and large chorals, I have performed Handel's Messiah innumerable times. Most recently, I performed it with Cornell's Concert Choir during the 2016 Christmas season. With all this experience, it is very easy for me to read music. Like a lot of people read text on a page and can hear their own voice reading out loud in their head, I can look at a musical score and more or less hear myself sing what's on the page, whether I've seen the piece before or not. I spend a lot of time "rehearsing" this way, just looking at the page and studying it. While I am performing, I have my music as a reference in front of me, but because of my studying I can usually
Glad this was recorded because it is fun to rewatch -- I noticed many sounds and actions this time around that I missed the first time. A very successful Fluxus performance!
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