I'm a 26 year old aspiring opera singer. I studied to get my Bachelors of Music degree in Vocal Performance at Lamar University and completed my studies in May of 2007. I am fortunate and privileged enough to have become a member of Houston Grand Opera's chorus. I plan to send applications out to different schools and pursue a Masters in Vocal Performance, concentrating in opera.
Bio
Born and raised in Beaumont, TX, I began to sing at the early age of three. Throughout the years I was solely family entertainment until I joined the music group that was part of my elementary school. In middle school I felt rebellious and took a small singing hiatus and joined the school band and learned to play the flute. But my heart and soul belonged to singing and I rejoined the choir in 8th grade. Throughout my high school years I performed with the top choir and began to realize that nothing made me happier than to be singing before an audience.
I began college and pursued my Bachelors of Music degree in Vocal Performance, which I completed in May of 2007. I've competed in NATS competitions here in Texas for a couple years, my most prestigious accomplishments were making semi-finalist in the Graduate division of the Tacoma NATS competition in Fall of 06, and winning the Graduate division in the local NATS competition in Houston during Spring of 07.
I have the heart of a performer, and I know this because of how I feel when I perform. Not before or after. During. In the process. That sense of losing yourself on stage. You see me there, but I am no where near you anymore. I'm not on that stage when I'm singing. I've transcended into some other realm. It just feels right. I belong there, I am comfortable there. I truly speak out when I sing. I'm never more honest, more happy, more vulnerable, more brave or more frightened than when I am on that stage. I feel alive there more so than anywhere or anywhen else. I love it and hate it, fear it and need it, worship it and curse it, it's my pleasure and my pain. Nothing yet has ever compared. So I leave you with something to ponder. I've asked myself a long time ago "can I do this every day, for the rest of my life, and be happy?" I answered yes, and have been saying so ever since. Ponder yourself, what does your soul call out for? Close your eyes and picture it, feel it, love it, hate it, cherish it, abuse it, care for it, but most importantly... believe it. Cause only then will you be it.
