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helenicA quick entry: I've just got back from my Pirates audition. It went better than expected. I didn't act during the song - I wasn't sure whether they wanted me to, and then the accompanist had started and I just had to plunge in and concentrate on the sound - which was unfortunate, because I could have. Auditions go so quickly, like music exams, and I never do as well as when I was practising, and afterwards I find I can't even remember what it sounded like. I was in fairly good voice, although - bizarrely - the low Gs were a little rough (normally it's the higher register I struggle with), but I was acutely aware that I am not an operatic singer. My throat wasn't open enough and the sound didn't carry over the words fluidly enough and I did it on auto-pilot, although I've hopefully trained myself out of "belting" my middle octave. And this is the Cambridge Operatic Society, not the Cambridge University Operative Society, and my competition is not just thespy students.
As ever, filling out the "singing and acting experience" space was excruciating. There were ten blank lines, and I used two of them. Downing Chapel Choir, and CULES. "I didn't know Diary of a Nobody was a musical," said one of the audition panel, and I laughed and said, "it isn't, they just chucked some music hall in there when they realised two of us could sing," and then winced because playing what experience I do have down probably isn't wise. "You mean you've never actually been in a production?" No. No, I haven't. What I'm doing auditioning for principal parts I don't know, except it seems silly not to at least try.
The good thing was that the acting (I had do some some dialogue from memory) was actually passable. I am not an actress, and I only coped with this because it's ridiculously hammy, but although I came in too early for one line they were very sweet about it. They said it was "nicely done" and asked where I'd got my acting experience from, and I fumbled a bit and said, "well, I don't have any, really," and then tried to explain about readthroughs and things but really, when between that and roleplay the only acting I've ever done has been in bedrooms, it hardly makes me sound professional.
If I got Ruth, I'll hear this evening - if I'm in the chorus, they'll let me know tomorrow. I'm spending pretty much the entirety of this weekend combining revision and money-earning doing shifts in the library, frantically trying to get through the rest of my texts in two days. Best of luck to everyone who has exams.
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on 2004-05-29 09:27 am (UTC)no subject
on 2004-05-29 12:40 pm (UTC)and thankyou :) *hugs* I haven't heard anything yet, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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on 2004-05-29 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2004-05-30 11:27 am (UTC)didn't get the part, predictably. But the rejection email said "Can you tell me if you would still like to take part in the production in the chorus?" ... don't know if that's an actual offer, or just whether they'd consider me for chorus auditions, or what, but I said yes, anyway.
I got your card. You're an absolute sweetie. I'll make up my neglect of you as soon as there's a chance I won't fail, I promise.
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on 2004-05-29 09:02 pm (UTC)Lucy
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on 2004-05-30 04:06 am (UTC)I've seen you in Alex's comments - I certainly have no objection to adding you to both journals (I'm always glad when people are interested in reading
nice to meet you properly, anyway :)
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on 2004-05-30 11:43 am (UTC)