After a day that started with a dress rehearsal at 8:30 and continued with two concerts and an evening preparing for my trip, I am exhausted but very happy with the day. The concerts went well. I think that most artists are perfectionists and I know that there were parts of the concerts that could have sounded better, but we sang in churches and not in concert halls, and I think that the audience enjoyed the performance. And it was so much fun! I love singing folk music and I love singing with orchestras, and this concert involved both. Finally, I am glad that I pushed myself to sing in the quartette that opened the concert, despite being very nervous about it and feeling immensely insecure. I am not a soloist. Duets, quartettes, etc, are normally fine, but this one was a little difficult and it’s been years since I did more serous singing, so for while, I was ready to let someone else take the part. But it is only by challenging ourselves that we grow, so I decided to go through with it. It went fine of course and I grew in confidence. Will post the video once it’s on youtube.
The cute folk costume that I wore for the concert, which my choir leader Kerstin had made. Not sure what part of Sweden it is from though…
Det var väl ingen som inte trodde att det skulle gå annat än bra! 🙂