Look what I did.
Well, this weekend has been very full.
It started with my audition oh Friday. I had to write a two or three page essay on my views of music therapy and prepare about 15 minutes of music. With the help of Greyduck I was able to get my music burned onto a single cd. I prepared five songs that all showcased my voice in different ways, or at least I hoped they did. All I can say is thank goodness for karaoke. It made my job a whole lot easier.
So I get to my audition and I meet the music therapy director and also someone who I assumed was the music department director. They were my judges. Very friendly people. Also very supportive in making sure I had a good audition. Halfway through they start whispering to each other and from the way they were talking I assumed they were talking about time and possibly the next audition, but they settled back down and they didn’t tell me to stop singing so I continued on and finished my song. They said that I seemed to have a natural easiness with performing, which was good considering how nervous I had been. I told them that I’m a performance junkie and they laughed. As I sat down to talk to them they made it very clear that I was definately perfect for their program. They liked my essay and they liked my performance ability. So it was fun answering their questions and getting to know the behind the scene’s saga of a friend of mine who also is in the program, and who suggested I look into music therapy. Apparently she had been telling the program director that I was perfect and they both told me that they agreed.
I really liked hearing that. I have been anxious that what this program was where I needed to be. With my various skills, deciding on a career choice hasn’t been easy. And it took me a long time before I reconciled the fact that I’m a natural listener but hate therapists. Lets just say that I don’t have a high opinion of the industry. But as I talked with them both about the program, it became clear that my particular collection of skills would be best put to use as a music therapist. They gave me everything I needed as far as my set schedule for the next four years. By the end of it, I’ll be a clinically trained therapist who has a bachelors in music, trained in voice, piano and guitar. I like it.
Saturday saw me training a new Dj, and having a fun time at the wedding reception we were working at. I was also nervous about sunday as I was supposed to sing for mothers day and had not found any pianist to play for me.
So sunday arrives, and the kids and I go to church and after explaining that I don’t have a piano player, I’m asked if I can sing it without one. I mention that yes, I could and they all say, “great, your voice is so good anyway.” To which I hem and haw and say thank you and then wonder what in the world I’m doing. The song I was singing had a weird tempo to it and I hadn’t quite got the feel of it yet. I still have never heard the accompiament. So I basically set the rhythem of the song to what was easiest to me and sang for everyone after the primary children sang their two songs. As it’s not a song anyone was familiar with either, no one ever knew I didn’t sing it as written, and i don’t think anyone cares. They all cried and that made me happy.
I love to perform, and I like that this weekend was full of performances.
