Caitlin Craig Lesson Summary 8/29

Today was my first lesson of the semester with Brianna.  We went over the syllabus, and highlighted the differences between previous years (i.e. juries are now worth 50% of the voice lesson grade).  She also gave me specific dates for song analysis forms and memory checks, since they are different from the syllabus as well, and because her studio will be ending voice lessons earlier than the other voice studios.  It made me excited to begin my new repertoire.
Prior to my voice lesson, I had been doing some research on rep, and so I brought those ideas with me, to discuss the likeliness of me singing them.  So we discussed the ideas that I had brought to the table, and some rep that I hadn't thought of before for my senior recital.  I learned of a book that I can find in the USU library that lists arias under voice type, but Brianna couldn't remember the title of it.  So I will be searching for that book this week.
Although, I didn't vocalize in this lesson, I'm looking forward to vocalizing next lesson, and improving this semester.  I'm really wanting to take a different approach to my voice study this semester and see how studying/practicing smarter and deeper makes a difference in my experience, and improvement.  My goal for this week is to copy my music and begin learning at least one of them, so I will have it ready to sing by my next lesson.