One of the really great things about my singing lessons is that every fortnight, we have a performance class, in which we get to hear what all the other students are doing. Some of the others are studying for exams; others are working on audition pieces, or on pieces for performances that they will be doing, and you never know when someone stands up whether you’re going to get opera or lieder, music theatre or gospel, Adele or Janice Joplin. What you do know is that the odds are that someone will be doing something that you’ve never heard before and really like.
The other delicious thing about this class is that there are a handful of truly phenomenal singers and performers who always leave me mesmerised. One of them, S, is also a particularly talented actress, and she is the one who brought this wonderfully clever song to class a few weeks ago.
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