The Big Decision

This past month I've been both looking forward to and at the same time dreading a certain date -- May 1st. That's the day that I need to send in my letter of intent to determine which Grad School I'm going to. So after the audition run here are the results:

Boston: No
Peabody: Yes
Michigan: No
Roosevelt: Yes

I sorta feel the dumpee in a relationship, bitterly telling myself that the 'other' is missing out and I know I'm better than that. Oh well, I made a few friends at Michigan so I'll probably go over and visit. Anyway, my decision comes down to a few things:

Peabody
Big name
Medium City
$31,500 tuition
~$8,000 scholarship
Need own car
Networking/Connections

Roosevelt
Small Name
Big City
$24,000 tuition
$14,000 scholarship
Reliable Public Transportation
Networking/Connections
So now I need to figure out what I'm going to do and need to do it soon. Oh yeah, and Orpheus in the Underworld is showing at SFSU. It plays this week and next week. Here's the official info for Orpheus in the Underworld

I'll be playing Pluto, King of the Underworld on 4/26, 4/28 and 5/5, all at 8pm.


And if you go here's a link to get a 2-for-1 ticket

Makin' Mine Music

~No Tations~

The Ugly, the Bad and the GOOD!!

The Ugly

• Saturday, March 31st, was supposed to be the night of my Senior Recital. This recital is the culmination of all my years studying music. I had a real nice program ready. I even flew my brother in from Texas. But about a week before I developed a horrible cough that caused my vocal folds to become swollen. All weekend I was hacking and coughing and being miserable. And when school started that week I even went on 'vocal rest' which meant that I wasn't supposed to talk - wasn't even supposed to phonate (which would include laughing, whispering). And I stayed pretty good too. I also took loads of herbal cough syrup and expectorant, in addition to drinking gallons of tea. All in the hopes that, on Friday 3/30, I'll be able to impress my voice teacher enough that the concert would still go on. But alas, as soon as I finished my French aria, he shook his head and said, "I still hear a lot of swelling. I strongly recommend that you postpone your recital." Despite my protests I had to admit it was for the better. So I went home, sent out tons of emails and made lots of calls, and just basically hung out with my family. Now I need to reschedule but now it looks like I won't have a chance to do it on campus.

The Bad

• In addition to finding out that I had to postpone the recital, I also received a letter via snail mail that informed me of my rejection from Boston University's School of Music. What sucked was that I thought that Boston was my second best audition that I did. So then the whole weekend I started having doubts about my ability and talent and started entertaining thoughts such as a Plan B in case I don't get in anywhere. Since I didn't get into Boston with a pretty good audition, then it didn't look good for schools such as Peabody and U of Michigan. So for four days I thought about the rejection...

The GOOD!

• Already reeling from one rejection, I called my dad today to see if the letter from Peabody came. As he looked through the mail he said, "No, but here's one from Chicago College of Performing Arts." I quickly asked him to open it. Over the phone I heard a lot of paper shuffling and he was taking a lot of time. So much time that I thought he was trying to figure out a way to break the 'bad' news to me. Then he said, "Blah blah blah, Congratulations..." For a second I couldn't believe my ears. The Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA) of Roosevelt University had accepted me. Not only that, but they awarded me $14,000 annually in scholarship money (tuition is about $22,000) a year. So I would need to cover about $8,000 a year, which is way better than trying to cover $22,000 a year.

I still have two more schools to hear from, but even if I don't get in to those, I at least have one option for sure!

Makin Mine Music

~No Tations~