To all of you who have been reading this, I don't blame you if that is no longer the case! I have been exceptionally bad at keeping this updated, but college life is crazy and unpredictable as I have been finding out.
So to recap all of the interesting things that have happened in my life thus far:
1. Common Casting
All of the musicals and plays (and some operas) that are put on at Harvard go through an audition process known as Common Casting where for one week from 6pm-12am students can go to one of three theaters to audition for all of the shows that are there currently. You audition for all of the shows at the same time and, as a result, you, very conveniently, find out about which shows you have gotten in to all at the same time.
I'm not much of an straight-play actress, so I wasn't too invested in CC this year (mostly because I wanted to focus on getting into an a cappella group). There were only 4 musical-type shows going on and I wasn't particularly interested in any of them, but I auditioned none the less (and also for some plays on a whim) and ended up getting in way over my head and regretting it once a cappella auditions started over-lapping with CC callbacks.
2. A Cappella
Yay!! This was the most intense audition process I think I have ever been through. Saturday and Sunday I spent going to preliminary a cappella auditions (and CC callbacks!) for 5 out of the 6 prominent a cappella groups on campus available to women (there are a few all-male groups): The Radcliffe Pitches (all-girl), The Callbacks (co-ed), The Veritones (co-ed), The Opportunes (co-ed), and the Fallen Angels (all-girl). I then spent the next five nights (from times ranging from 6pm-1am or later) going from one audition to the next for each of the groups (all though I only ended up doing 3 groups the last 3 nights). Each day the called back fewer people and it was so strange to see the crowds of auditionees dwindling as the week went on. The competition was extremely stiff for all of the groups. Harvard student are seriously talented.
But to make a long story short, I ended up getting into the Radcliffe Pitches (!!) which was my first choice! And we have our first big A Cappella jam on October 16th in Sanders Theater during Parent's Weekend. I CAN'T WAIT! I love being in the Pitches. It is SO nice to be doing a lot of artsy things again after going to OSSM...
3. First Solo Trip into Boston
This happened this afternoon and it was almost a complete failure. So the reason I was venturing into Boston alone is because I was going to my first voice lesson (!!). I'd been on the T (the subway) before with other people, and I figured it couldn't possibly be so hard. I was wrong. Perhaps it has been growing up in tiny towns for the past 9 years of my life, or maybe it's just plain lack of common sense, but whatever it was, I ended up on the subway going back and forth because I thought I had missed my stop when it turned out that I hadn't even reached my stop yet. Not a mistake that's easy to make, let me tell you. So, in the end I ended up being 20 minutes late and I thought my new teacher was going to hate me, but he totally understood.
So my teacher is an absolutely wonderful person and I can tell I am going to learn so much from him! He was extremely impressed by my voice and commended my previous voice teacher (thanks Mrs. King!!) for teaching me such good technique! It was really exciting to be praised so highly, especially when he teaches professionals and talented college students (including ones in Berklee and the New England Conservatory) whose talent I would consider much superior to my own. But anyway, this is going to be a wonderful year!!
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