Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
Today is my third day this week of cramming in the music-learning of the Great American Songbook repertoire, in time for my first, all-GAS concerts off by heart this coming weekend in Potsdam (Germany) and Brno (Czech Republic). It's been pretty intense: sat at the conservatory table at home, learning each of the 17 pieces, bar by bar, scrutinising each page meticulously and listening to the relevant recordings over and over again on repeat! It's not actually as soul-destroying as it might sound; after all, these arrangements by Alexander L'Estrange are essentially works of genius, and what preparation for other "jobs" entails having to learn world-famous jazz numbers composed by musical legends, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and the like?! The glass is definitely half full...Anyway, just a short break from my music learning, during which I get to write my first blog for The King's Singers! I will write to you again soon, I promise!
