Spring Break '09

It's been a while since I've had a break from Syracuse and this Spring Break was well deserved. I've been up at school now since the second week in January because of opera rehearsal. I was upset that I had to stay in Syracuse for a couple of days to do field observation for my music education requirement, but it was not too bad because I just had to observe and take notes. I went back to New Jersey on Wednesday and actually got to laze around for a couple hours before I started on a paper I had due the next week. Some break huh? I did most of the paper on Thursday and had time to watch Syracuse in the Big East Tournament so that was fun to see. They made it all the way to the championship game against Louisville, but they lost so that was sad :-(. On Friday and Saturday I got the chance to perform at Jazz at Lincoln Center with the Syracuse University Brazilian Ensemble so that was a really fun way to end my Spring Break. Now I am back to the grind.

Talk to you later.

University Singers Large Vocal Ensemble

I am a member of the most select vocal ensemble on campus, the Syracuse University Singers. We are comprised of mostly music majors, but we also have about eight non music majors and even one non vocal major! The group is comprised of 33 singers with each part having about nine singers. The fun thing that we do every spring is that we go on tour to some part of the country, usually along the east coast. Last year, my freshman year, we went to east central New York and Hartford, Connecticut to the American Choral Director's Conference to do a performance there. This year, we went to Maryland and Pennsylvania and even stopped in Washington D.C. for a day to do some sightseeing. Touring is just a really good way for us to get our name out to high schools and colleges around the country and make a name for ourselves. It is also just a really fun experience that we look forward to every year.