Coachings..

Yesterday I had my biweekly vocal coaching with Giulio Favario. He is an amazing coach and I am so blessed that he was willing to continue to work with me after I completed my Master's Degree at CCPA. Giulio has been all over and he retired from the Ryan Center (Young Artist Program at Lyric Opera), and he was the chorus master at Lyric Opera of Chicago. It feels really good to have someone like him supporting me, and helping me to grow into a great opera singer. Yesterday I had a really good lesson. He said something to me that really clicked, and from then on he kept stopping to tell me how good I was, instead of pointing out a mistake! It felt so good to see him so excited about what I was producing, and he was very happy to see how much I have grown since we have been working together. I shouldn't share this, but it is my testimony. He told me when we first started working together in 2008 that he thought I had a nice voice, but it wasn't cut out for the stage, but now he can see me on any stage. I told him I am glad he is brutally honest with me. Him saying that to me makes me feel like all of my hard work has not gone to waste. I have grown so much and have become more confident in the things that I was lacking confidence in before. I have been given a new zest for practicing and learning my music so that I can go even further than I ever imagined. Things are really coming together for my singing career. God has been preparing me for something great, and I am glad that he is with me on this journey.