On Wednesday, we arrived in Rome and took the quickest tour ever: only three hours! I would upload some photos of what we saw, but blogger refuses to cooperate right now. So sorry!
After our whirlwind, we bussed to Arezzo where our competition is being held. We took it easy on Wednesday night and then got straight to work on Thursday morning. After rehearsal in a mortuary (!!!), we went to a beautiful church and competed in the Mixed Choir Polyphony round. A few hours later, we competed in the Vocal Ensemble round (12 singers maximum). Both went well and we felt happy with what we did. Later that night we learned that we'd tied for first place in the Mixed Choir round, and won first prize in the Vocal Ensemble round! Additionally, the Vocal Ensemble won a special prize for best interpretation of the competition's compulsory piece. Good work!
Today, we had our work cut out for us: four competition rounds! First up was music from the Romantic period, followed by contemporary music, another round of modern pieces, and a folk music round, which took place outside. We worked hard all day and came out at the end of it with two more first place ties in both the Romantic and Contemporary categories.
We also learned that we are one of three choirs chosen to compete one more time tomorrow for the Grand Prize. We have fifteen minutes to show our stuff in competition with some of the best choirs in the world! Wish us luck!
On Sunday, we'll all be home! See you soon!
2 comments:
Congratulations to all of you on the first place awards!! Best of luck in the Grand Prize competition. We'll be thinking of you - go SLVA!
Many Many congratulations to all of you! And Lots of good wishes for many more competitions. I just came back from France trip. It was superb trip. I lived every single moment there. FRANCE is INCREDIBLE.
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