"Aria De Mezzo Carattere"

So in the last two weeks this whole grad school thing has shifted and I'm starting to remember why I wanted to continue studying composition in the first place. I'm starting to get really inspired again, by of all things, my thesis.

I'm actually incredibly excited about the whole project. I've started really digging deep into what I want to do, and how to do it. I'm writing a short opera and for a while that was all I knew. But now it's starting to come together. I'm working with an award winning student in the English Department who is writing the libretto for me. I met with him today and we both sort of have the same idea of where we want to go. I literally can't wait until he finishes the first draft of the libretto. It's going to be so interesting not just to set text but to work with an author and craft a piece of art together.

I'm further inspired by the way in which I've suddenly really become to appreciate opera to a huge extent. I'm listening and buying opera now, both modern and classics. I listened to this amazing opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies the other day called "the Lighthouse" telling the tales of 3 lighthouse keepers on an island off the shore of England who disappeared mysteriously one foggy stormy night. It was amazing. I was thrilled and inspired. Tonight I'm tackling another Davies opera "the Martyrdom of St. Magnus" set in Medieval times.

Plus my compositions for the year are starting to come together, and I'm inspired to write more... I'm tempted to not get a job this summer and just compose... But if I did that, well.. I wouldn't be able to eat next year, or go the Banff Centre for the Arts (crossing my fingers)...

Being inspired is fantastic....And plus how can I not be excited.. My reading week starts tomorrow!!!!