Casting half a mind back to last year, here are a couple of links to reviews of Figaro:
Cherwell (Oxford Uni student newspaper) - preview
Oxford's Daily Info - reviews
Playing Cherubino made for a brilliant couple of months, and besides giving the Oxford Tube and X90 a welcome recessiontide boost, I came away with lots of happy memories to look back on, namely: burritoes; 'beena; lots of skirt action (ooh err..); a fantastic and massively fun coaching with Roddy Williams and Penelope Martin-Smith featuring my imaginary crotch; and the privilege of being allowed, in the presence of 400 people, to act like a teenage boy two nights in a row.
December means Christmas, which means carols - lots of them - both in Charity Carol events across London, Ex Cathedra's concerts by candlelight (a revelation to me: inspired programming and flawless execution), and in church for Christmas itself, which for me this year was at St Gabriel's Pimlico.
Here's a taster of what my post-Christmas break looked like...
Coniston Water, 28th December
Walk and trip on the Launch followed by Dad's birthday lunch in The Black Bull, the village's brewery pub and home of mine and Dad's favourite local brew, Bluebird Bitter.
So. Here we are in January, and here's a quick news roundup to kickstart 2010:
- A series of auditions for various groups have gone well, the quickest tangible result is that I'm going to be singing with the Philharmonia Chorus in a couple of projects in the next few months as part of their new Professional Singers Scheme
- Easter is looking busy as the choral hotspot of the liturgical year with church and concert work - more on that story later
- I'm now teaching from home as well as one day a week in Bedford - more info on singing, musicianship, or theory lessons in N1 here
- I have discovered a great recipe for carroty low-fat breakfast brownies. By accident (or fate..)
