Hey all! I recently started a podcast called “How To: A Guide to the Most Ridiculous Arts of Life”. Here on this show we take completely normal daily tasks, and blow them into some crazily mind-boggling and way-too-complicated scenarios. Join us as we enjoy the little things in life.
Below is the link to the podcast – please check it out and let me know what you think!
Life has been really crazy recently, hasn’t it? Personally, I’ve been keeping busy with my music. I submitted to the Hal Leonard vocal competition, a last-minute project that I had a ton of fun working on! My wonderful voice teacher Ms. M helped me prepare and was really flexible in setting up extra lessons. I submitted to two categories – Musical Theatre and Art Songs.
I recently received the results of the competition, and it turns out that in the Musical Theatre category I was a semifinalist, and in the art songs category I was a finalist! I was really excited about this. For the musical theatre category I had sung Reflection (from Mulan) and Born To Entertain (from Ruthless), and for the art songs I sang Ho! Mr. Piper and Oh, Shenendoah. Here are the recordings!
This year is starting off right! Yesterday marked my first orchestra concert of 2020. I had a blast preparing these pieces and I believe we performed well! Here are the links – please let me know what you think!
Emory 2/2020 – Shostakovitch Waltz
These past few months have been full of a lot of wonderful surprises and achievements. Rewinding back to summer, I was lucky enough to be able to attend the first annual Atlanta Festival Academy and there I met my now teacher Mr. William Pu, the former Associate Concertmaster of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Over the past few months I have been working with him on Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and finally it was ready enough to perform. I had my debut recital with Mr. Pu last weekend, and I was so excited! Here is the recording:
Time is flying and the holiday season is upon us! What better way to welcome in the festivities than a holiday recital? I recently performed “Con Te Partiro”, or “Time to Say Goodbye”, at my studio’s winter concert. Thank you to my wonderful teacher Ms. Wor for preparing me! Here is a recording! Happy Holidays and have a fabulous New Year!!!
Can you believe we’ve already arrived in December?! Let me take a second to tell you about a recent performance of mine. Just a couple weeks ago I had my final orchestra concert for this semester! We prepared three pieces – the recordings are below.
This concert was particularly special, as we were joined by the incredible director of my school, Ms. Hawthorne! She changed her flight into Atlanta so that she could attend. I was so happy and appreciative that she came. My wonderful friend and teacher, Mme. Maryse, also attended as well as some family friends. Thank you to everyone who came – I really appreciate your support. 😊
Here are the links to the recordings:
Happy Halloween – it’s time to eat all that leftover candy! I was put into the spooky mood by a Halloween Macabre Cabaret last weekend. I performed Danse Macabre by Saint-Saens and A Thousand Years from the Twilight Saga (a vampire movie series for those of you who have not seen it). Check out the recordings here!
After much time and effort, the Tower of Talent performance has finally flown by! It is an annual fundraiser for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and I have had the honor to be a part of it three years in a row, hopefully going on four! I sang “Smile” by Charlie Chaplin at the performance, and had recorded my own video/audio track. It was played on a mega screen behind me (I did not expect it to be so big… wow). I was so lucky to have had the support of my incredible piano teacher, Ms. Irina, without whom this project would not have been possible. I was also thrilled to have my dear friends Mme. Maryse, Amelie, and Odin there to cheer me on. Thank you to my family and friends, all of whom took the time to come see me perform!
Here is the recording – please let me know what you think!
The video is also on Youtube at this link:
This past Sunday I had the opportunity to perform Defying Gravity from Wicked, one of my favorite musicals. I saw it on Broadway and have been singing it in the shower ever since. 😊 Hope you enjoy!
Recently, I was honored by tying for 3rd place in the 18 and under category of the Lincoln Poetry Contest! My poem “Land of Dreams” was submitted into the “Should we be thinking about today or tomorrow” category. Unfortunately, I could not attend the awards ceremony, as it was in Lincoln, California this past weekend. My poem was read there in my stead. There will be a chapbook released with all the winning poems, in which I will be included. I was elated when I found out – it is always nice to know that my poetry is accepted and appreciated.
