Claire's Voice Recital 2008

Claire received 10 voice lessons for Christmas. It's been quite some time since she sang with Emily Fennel, and she has had a WONDERFUL time singing with Jane McGall this winter and spring. Jane teaches conservatory voice, and while we weren't able to afford to have Claire do the exam, she is doing the appropriate exercises and theory. After two of the lessons, Claire decided to go biweekly to spread out the joy ;-) ... and thankfully Jane was willing to honour her desire.

Jane is a great lady; she directed the music for "Anything Goes" and is the mom of one of the lead actors. She has also asked Claire (and Alison) to audition for "Annie" which will run in November at Mount Tabor Theatre in Milford. She is the music director yet again.

Tonight we hosted Jane and her students for their studio recital at Prince Edward County Free Methodist Church. It was a lovely evening! Here is a photograph of Jane with all of her students:



Here are the students doing a round. Jane teaches each student a few rounds during the year, so they are able to come together and sing at the recital. I must apologize for the sound quality; we were seated too near the piano, and it somewhat overwhelmed the vocals, especially in Claire's video clips.




Here is Claire singing "Vive la Canadienne" en francais :-):





This song is called "Lullaby":





And her final piece, sung as a duet with another student, was "Stepsister's Lament" from the Rogers and Hammerstein version of "Cinderella":