Day Off!
By divalounger
@divalounger (6117)
United States
July 25, 2021 2:32pm CST
So I am in the middle of teaching a two-week stint for Piedmont Children's Choir--today is my day off in between the first and second week--I am thinking about a nap--the music is now learned that I need to teach this coming week--Two Purcell duets and a Monteverdi duet--and I have practiced--I will be singing an Amy Beach duet --The Night Sea--with a friend of mine--we are all masked --but it is great to sing with friends again--my teaching is online still--but some of the rehearsals are in-person outside--and all the performances are outside--
I have to decide whether to stay teaching online in the fall--or maybe include some in-person lessons outside--
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
2 Aug 21
It is getting scary out there. But I feel pretty safe outside teaching--even then, all the students must be vaccinated --choir camp was fun--voice lessons were online, but all the rehearsals were outside in small pods with masks on--
@divalounger (6117)
• United States
2 Aug 21
We should be ok for outside lessons through the beginning of November or so I am hoping
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
2 Aug 21
@divalounger I hope so, too. That Delta variant scares the heck out of me.
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
2 Aug 21
Singers are super-spreaders of this virus, so it seems like outside might be safest from everything that I have read on the subject
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Aug 21
@divalounger That's good you can teach outside.
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
4 Aug 21
@just4him it is! We are just looking at laying some brick down to make a level space for the keyboard and music stands--I am hoping that I can continue this hybrid model for a while
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@RebeccasFarm (90295)
• Arvada, Colorado
8 Aug 21
Maybe a few in person lessons outside might be okay
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
8 Aug 21
I am going to try it--and see how it goes--but I suspect that most of my lessons will still be on zoom for a while
@divalounger (6117)
• United States
25 Jul 21
Thanks! I am hoping that next week goes as well as last week did!
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
8 Aug 21
I like Purcell too--although as a singer, I like Handel more--but it is Puccini that I perform most often
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@divalounger (6117)
• United States
8 Aug 21
@TheHorse If Mozart were alive today. he would be a jazz musician--
@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Aug 21
@divalounger For whatever reason, I like the Barque era best. OK, Vivaldi is kind of like a blues musician. He wrote the same Concerto over and over, with slight variations. But I love Bach and Handel.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Jul 21
With the Delta variant running wild online may be the better option.
@JudyEv (341743)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 21
I hope the performance goes well. It must be a bit difficult singing with a mask on.
@LindaOHio (181222)
• United States
26 Jul 21
Good to see you here again. With the new variants around, perhaps online would be best.
