Well maybe not a Grammy, but....
I have a little story to update some news in college life!
So I am currently in a choir here at BYU-I. It was a non audition choir so it's pretty low key but fun! I love the director and we do some pretty neat songs and get to sing at devotionals and stuff like that.
Next month is our first concert and one of the songs we're singing is a BEAUTIFUL arrangement of "O My Father". In this particular arrangement there is a solo verse, and our choir teacher lets us know that she'll be holding auditions for it. At first I think, "Hey, that would be fun! I like to sing!" then I thought, "Wait a second this is college, not high school...how about I keep the embarrassment to a minimum." I also hate auditioning in front of the class because I feel like the auditionees are just trying to show off...I did NOT want to be a show off to the college crowd.
But something nudged me to try it, so I did.
I got to the front of the class and immediately said a prayer to just be able to sing and get the message of the words through more than just having a pretty voice.
I started singing and I felt like I did pretty good. The director said, "wow, that was really good." So that made me feel better, but after listening to the others I knew it was curtains for me. But to my surprise I made callbacks! She asked me and a few other girls to sing again.
When I sang the second time she stopped and asked me to work more on my vibrato (critiques are a good sign in auditions because it means they are considering you!)
I sang again and she stopped for a second and said, "I don't know if I'll get through this song without crying."
To make a long story short, I GOT THE SOLO! Well not the whole thing, she decided to slit the verse with me and one other girl. I truly felt that I was being helped while singing.
I went up to her afterwords to thank her and she told me that she had a powerful spiritual experience while I sang, so she knew it had to be me. Then I knew, that it wasn't my singing, rather someone was helping me to get the message of the song out, just the thing I asked for.
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3 comments:
WHOOP, WHOOP!!! Congrats, Kristie! That's the most awesomest news ever! Makes the long wait for a new post worth it! (No, I know, you college kids are busy girls, and you have better things to do than blog -- like prepare yourself for a killer audition!) I'm so excited for you, and I know you're going to blow everybody away! (Hope they all bring Kleenex to the performance!)
TRIPLE AWESOME.
i knew you had all sorts of magic in there. this is exciting news. good luck wowing the idaho world.
Kristie, when your group is singing for a devotional, post the date on your blog so we can watch for it on BYUTV. Wouldn't you love to be famous? If you have already done your solo bit, tell us what/when the devotional was (who spoke) because they rebroadcast those things and we could hear your TV debut! Good work!!!
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