I have had a fabulous day today, both productive and entertaining. It is Spring term exams next week and everyone is busy preparing repertoire for assessment. I was up early to get some rehearsal time in with my very talented friend, Prajna Indrawati. Prajna is from Indonesia and is currently studying for her Masters in Piano at the RCM and kindly agreed to accompany me in my exam.
It was a lovely bright spring morning and the RCM looked very majestic in the sunshine. I enjoyed the rehearsal and it helped me to get a feel for how the pieces are developing. My exam slot is 10:00 am on Wednesday but on Tuesday I will be singing an aria with Prajna as part of her assessment, and also singing two Lieder with another student Laura Ayoub as part of her accompaniment assessment. It is going to be a busy couple of days.
This afternoon we were offered the opportunity to watch the dress rehearsal of ‘Faramondo’ which the RCM is staging in conjunction with the London Handel Festival. The Festival runs from March 18th through to April 24th and also hosts a number of amazing concerts and recitals. You can watch ‘Faramondo’ on Monday 20th March, Tuesday 21 March, Thursday 23 March and Saturday 25 March, in the Britten Theatre at the RCM.
It was wonderful to watch the dress rehearsal and see my fellow students from the RCM and the RCM International Opera School perform this fabulous opera. They brought the story to life in a dynamic interpretation under the watchful eye of the conductor Laurence Cummings and accompanied by the London Handel Orchestra. What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon 🙂
Sounds like great fun and Good Luck on Exams! x
Thanks Cheryl, all done for this term, I’ve got a concert on Tuesday, two auditions and then I can relax for a week before I get going again with new songs for next term.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Sounding very, very busy Charlotte. x
You all have a busy week ahead , good luck to everyone.
Lovely photo’s too . 😘
Term ended yesterday, still busy with a concert and a couple of first rounds so staying in London. Got a bit of Year-end work to do too, this next months going to fly by.
All my best
Charlotte 😘
Best of luck to you lovely lady xx
Thank you Les a little luck 🍀 always comes in handy 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Sounds a wonderful day! Good luck with your exams! Love the picture of the blossom tree in the final picture 🙂 x
I love Spring, the blossom and daffodils are just lovely, I wore my lemon tracksuit this weekend to celebrate the sunshine 😎 hehe.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Great ! nice share, thanks a lot Charlotte – All the best for you and fingers cross for your exams !! 🙂
I feel like I’m making progress i hope the assessors thought so too 😊. Happy Birthday for this week 🎉✨.
Best wishes
Charlotte
🙂 Thanks a lot Charlotte !
Best wishes on the exams.
Thanks John, term has finished now, celebrated with friends on Friday evening and this afternoon I was starting to program in all my new music to learn for my beginning of June exam play time over 😄.
Best wishes
Charlotte
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Thinkin of you for the exams.
I hope all of the new techniques and practice paid off, I enjoyed the exam and hope that came over.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Yes it did. When you get the results it would be great to see how well you done. I have every faith in you. ☺
Best of luck on your exams Charlotte! The Royal College of Music is so lovely.
It’s a beautiful building and is being done up at the moment, in fact there is lots of building work going on over the Easter break so that’s exciting. I must ask if I can get some photos for my blog when the upgrade is complete.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Wishing you success in your exams.
Thank you Jovina lets hope my work paid off, if not there’s another exam opportunity at the beginning of June.
Best wishes
Charlotte
I won’t wish you luck. Don’t believe you need it.
Everyone needs a little luck 😊🍀. I hope it was judged well, I certainly gave it my best.
Best wishes Martin,
Charlotte
Best wishes to you!
Thank you, I hope you’re well 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
I hope your busy week goes well, Charlotte! I love Handel’s operas and would love to be able to attend!
Terms over now so it’s a good time to catch a break from routine. I’ve a couple of songs to perform on Tuesday and a couple of first rounds first week of April to look forward to. I’ve got the long Easter weekend off with all the family too. Hope you’re enjoying the lovely Spring weather.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thank-you Charlotte. Have a lovely Easter break!
Good luck in your exam! And good luck to the two young ladies you’ll be working with for their exams!
It was quite enjoyable, singing for someone else’s exam can be a little more daunting than my own as daft as that sounds as I want to do the best job for them.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Best of luck with your exams! I bet you will ace them all!
I gave your blog link to my grandson, Dan Cain, He is in college majoring in music and will be singing in an opera in May, I told him to connect with you. Maybe you can give him some pointers, He has a beautiful voice and doesn’t usually sing opera. It’ll be a new thing for him.
Blessings & hugs,
Janice
I’d love to hear from Dan Janice, if I can help in any way I will 😊. Give him all my best wishes,
Charlotte
Thank you, Charlotte. He is a little shy but I will tell him. Hugs ❤️🤗
Well if you want to ask me anything for him Janice just email or direct message me 🙂
Thanks, Charlotte! 🤗😘
Thank you, Charlotte. I will tell him. Hugs xo
Hello Love I have been following your education for sometime now and wish you the Best ever. One day hoping to hear you sing Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss. Oh my so many composers to choose from. . Watching your career bloom.
Hello Ken, thank you for your lovely message, I love singing Strauss, the Four Last Songs are a cycle id love to learn I’ve got lots of new music to memorise soon, I wish I had one of these photographic memories 😊.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Good luck, it sounds like a busy week for you. I hope everything goes smoothly for you and your friends.
Thank you Colin all finished now for a term break.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Enjoy your break, it sounds like you earned it!
Good luck with your exams Charlotte, try to relax and enjoy😘
Thanks Gill. Got Tom’s 21st gift, yay, I took Matt shopping. Terms finished now, see you soon heard there’s some Year end stuff to help with 😳.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Yay for you, Charlotte. Handel’s music and exquisite and so full of life. Hope it gives you a lot of life to be performing it. 🙂
I’ve a couple of Handel’s Messiah solos to perform at Christmas so I’m looking forward to that. Hope you’re well Simon.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Best of Luck with your exams Charlotte.
Thanks Marie, I did my best, hope I represented well how far I’ve travelled in the last six months.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Exams this week? And you still find time for a post? Amazing. Good Luck!
The blog post was fine, it’s finding time to keep up with everyone and your lovely messages that I wish I had more hours for. It was the end of term on Friday so I went out to celebrate with some friends from college. My brother cooked my evening meal yesterday and we watched a couple of good films so finding time to have a bit of fun too.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Best of luck on your exams!
Thanks Dan, it’s good to have a deadline day to prepare for. Hope you’re all well.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Good luck with your exams but I know you’ll do just fine! 🙂
Whatever the result I feel I’ve learnt so much in the last six months, thanks for your confidence.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Lovely Spring blooms and a bright day… goes well with a positive start for exams. Great photos of you and your friend from Indonesia, Charlotte. All the very best! 🙂
Thanks Iris, Prajna has worked so hard learning all my music I’m very grateful for her time and energy plus she’s a joy to be around.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Dear Charlotte, it’s wonderful to read you again, I somehow lost track of your blog, so glad to find it, you are as beautiful and talented as ever. Good luck with all your endeavors 🌺
No worries, it’s hard to keep track and I haven’t had as much time for visiting 💕. Lovely to hear from you.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Best wishes! 💕
May you shine brightly next week.
All done 😀. Lots to do next term, new ideas, projects on the go. I can’t wait.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Good luck Charlotte!
Thank you, all done now, end of term 😀. Even with all the bad news Spring has arrived with some sunshine ☀️ yay.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Hope the exams went fantastic ☺☺❤❤
They were good thank you, preparing for my next set, lots of new music.
Best wishes
Charlotte
Thank you, have a great week ahead ☺☺
It was beautifully written loved it . All the best for Exams