And so my quest to achieve more things this year haven't stopped yet.  Yesterday, I learned that I passed the auditions for the GMA Choir.  *woot! tumbling!* I actually tried out without telling other people (meaning my officemates) because I was afraid I'm not going to pass. Even though I already have experience in choir singing , its still different of course when you audition for a company choir. I do not consider myself a strong singer because well, I'm an alto and there's a limit to my voice range.

Anyway, I think this is one opportunity that is too good to just let pass so I decided to have a try.  I even missed the first day of the audition because it was my day off. Good thing they had a second one and even though I was having second thoughts, I rushed off the last minute to go to the audition room.  I imagined myself auditioning for SM Ent and thought, if Joongie can do it, so can I. haha! As if...he is much, much, much more talented than I am.

Three weeks passed and there was no word from them, until yesterday.  We had our first meeting and met our conductor Mr. Allan. He is kinder than I expected him to be. I mean, I imagined him to be strict and all that (I guess Beethoven's Virus is having too much influence on me) but he is really fun. He has a lot of anecdotes too about the artists he has trained with. (Janno Gibbs, Ryan Cayabyab and Gabby Eigenmann to name a few...)

He classified our voices into soprano, alto, tenor and bass.  Surprisingly, he placed me at soparano 2. What!!! That is one part I really don't want to go to since it is hard to sing in between alto and soprano.  My ears are trained to do the alto part and I've been an alto since I've started singing in choirs.  I was screaming my lungs, diaphragm and voice out with the effort to reach the notes he was playing but then, he has more experience than I do. I'll just do my best wherever he placed me. But I am still welcome to be an alto.

We also learned that the reason why they formed the choir was for us to join a competition. I was initially surprised since I thought the choir was made to perform in GAs and Christmas party. haha! But, challenges are fun and honestly, I am looking forward to it. Who knows, we might win right? I really love choral singing and even though initially I am nervous during performances, it eventually changes to excitement. 

GMA Choir, we can do it! Bring it on!!!