Taylee - Partner Practice 09/30

This was a tough assignment for me. Performing in front of your peers is pretty hard sometimes, but practicing in front of them was a whole new level of vulnerability. It took me a long time just to feel less self-conscious in front of my voice teacher. Fortunately, Emily and I eased ourselves into this project by starting off with quizzing each other on memory. We basically did a lot of "first attempts" (we both have a ton of songs to know this semester due to our recital). Emily actually lived in Germany at one point, so she helped me with my German songs. I am no expert of French, but I am in French class and have taken French diction, both of which she has not yet done, so I helped her with her French. To end our lesson, we discussed our recital. We considered how we should organize our program, things we might need to start doing to prepare, and what advice could we gather from our teachers as well.