Good news.

So, as many know, I am in the waiting phase of my graduate school application process. I have auditioned at 4 out of my 5 schools and am doing my last audition this weekend at UK. I got an acceptance letter to U of L (my last choice school) last week. I have been nervously awaiting the scholarship letters from all schools. Well... today I received my first one. Got home from work and there it was... waiting for me. After staring at it for a few minutes, I opened it and discovered I was offered the top graduate fellowship at U of L with one semester of participation in the Kentucky Opera young artist program. Well, to say the least, U of L is starting to look like a pretty great choice. Yay!!

i need.

eeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Bluegrass music consumes my soul.

Canciones de Espanol es mi favorita.

love. love. love.

Sharing.

I sing opera... well classical music in general... artsong, oratorio, etc. I am starting a Master's program for this in the Fall. But I like other music... sometimes more... sometimes less... than classical music. It is very commonly a LOVE-HATE relationship for me. That is why I like LOTS of other music. People commonly ask me to share music with them so here goes nothing. I will add more every week/day/hour as I feel compelled.


Mean Jeans is a new favorite. Probably considered to be in the punk rock genre, it doesn't quite fit the classical, opers-singer mold. Happy-go-lucky springtime happy dance music.


Mumford and Sons is a new fav as well. This is quite comparable to the Avett Brothers- rock and roll attitude meets folky bluegrass acoustic instruments. This is a Saturday morning favorite.


Eef Barzelay=love. Singer/songwriter type who I am convinced is more a songwriter than singer. But so good. Good melancholy mood music.


Volcano Choir- calling classical music peeps. This is Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) singing with lots of noise/looping/20th century type stuff. good bedtime music.

I give in.

Blogging. Doing this has honestly never appealed to me. I mean, blogs are great. I spend a great deal of my work day looking at blogs: fashion, cooking, eco-lifestyle, vintage, photography, etc, etc, etc,. But finally, in an effort to get some of my random, obscure interests/obsessions out of my head, I have started a blog. So, here is my best effort at being a blogger. My main purpose: to share 2 very distinct musical passions with you: classical... and everything else. And since that could potentially get quite boring, I will throw in some of the other cool stuff I enjoy in life too.