From Mozart to Mraz: A Look Back

It's incredible to think that five years ago today, I gave my senior voice recital at Rollins College. The program included selections by Beethoven, Faure, Mozart, Purcell, and Schubert, which I sang in Italian, French, German, and English. If you asked me to sing one of my recital pieces today, I'd be hard-pressed to remember an entire verse.

I spent countless hours of my college career learning the correct pronunciations for all those languages, memorizing song after song, and hitting notes that I can only dream of these days. It was an amazing experience, and I wouldn't change anything about it...mostly.

So now here I am, five years later, still immersed in music - but of a very different breed. It was exciting and challenging to sing Mr. Mozart's stuff, but now I prefer Mr. Mraz (Jason, that is) and his cohorts. I know that lots of people in the classical world look down upon "pop" and other contemporary music, but while I was in that world, I was never one of those people. And that's a good thing, because if I was, my life may have taken a completely different track.

I'm happy doing what I do, but sometimes it's fun to pull out my old music and see if I've still got it in me. Usually I don't, but every once in a while, I surprise myself :)

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