Singers don't get Spring Breaks!

While I took off voice lessons for Spring Break, I have been very busy preparing for an opera production at Rice University.  As mentioned in my last post, it is a 2o minute opera by a Rice doctoral student, Daniel Zajicek.  It premiers tomorrow (SUNDAY) at 5:30 PM at Rice University, Hirsch Recital Hall.

I love this piece, but it did mean that this Spring Break, I had to resist the temptation to kick back and relax.  As a singer, this is true for most of your life.  You get to travel to exotic and amazing cities (New York, Chicago, Rome, London, you name it...), and then you have to resist the urge to visit all the amazing tourist activities because you have to rehearse.

Now, that doesn't mean you get downtime.  But it can be a bummer to be in New York City and know that you have to go to bed early instead of enjoying the NYC nightlife because you have a 9 AM audition the next morning!

DWS