England and Austria

I've just returned from a wonderful trip to England and Austria! I paid a visit to my sister Liz, who is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Voice at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, then I headed down to Vienna to take some voice lessons, and then back up to London to visit my friend Jonathon, who is studying voice at the Royal Academy of Music. The goal of this trip was to set up an academic exchange to the Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Wien next year. The process has begun, now that I've worked with a couple of the voice teachers and spoken to the administrators, but there's still a lot of work to be done. Not the least of which is my "Deutschkentnisse" (German language skills)! If I am accepted to do this exchange I will spend the summer learning German in Germany or Austria. How exciting!



Here's a picture of me in front of the Wienerstaatsoper (Vienna State Opera) - hopefully I'll be singing there one day! It will take a lot of hard work and even more luck, but I'm determined!
Liebe Grüsse aus Wien!