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Education project: FAQs
Wales' competitor, Camilla Roberts, answers questions put by students taking part in the education project. |
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Is this the first competition you have entered? (from Jamie Deacy)
Of this importance yes! But as you may or may not know I won the Welsh Singers Competition in 2004 and therefore qualified to represent Wales in BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2005!
What made you so passionate about singing? (from Lauren Parsons)
I have always sung and enjoyed music for as long as I can remember! I was involved in school eisteddfods and productions from an early age and played all kinds of instruments over the years! I was a member of an amateur dramatic society and I played piano and the tenor horn and was a member of the county wind band. Singing took over from all other musical activities and I decided that I wanted my hobby to become my profession.
Is singing hard? How many times do you practice singing in a week? (from Daniel Dickens and Joel Reardon)
What a good question boys. Well some days singing is really hard if you don't feel 100% but if you enjoy something then you work on regardless. I believe that everyone can sing but others are better at it naturally. I trained at music college for 8 years and it was very hard work indeed.
As for practice I think it depends on the individual. Sometimes if you haven't been singing or performing for a while then it can be a real effort to warm up the voice and get it going. However, if you are working on an opera or for a competition like this when you are rehearsing daily then you may not need to warm up quite so much as your voice is already working for you.
Are you nervous before you sing in front of an audience? What do you feel like when you sing? (from Daniella James and Heather Oliver)
I think nerves affect people very differently and naturally everyone gets nervous but to different degrees. I don't really feel the nerves so much on the evening of a performance but usually in the run up to the event. I like the fact that I may feel tetchy and anxious beforehand as I feel that by the night I haven't got any more nerves and I just want to get out there and perform.
The feelings when I sing are hard to pinpoint because they are so intense. I love performing to an audience and communicating the contents of the aria or song to them. Singing is passionate, exhilarating, depressing, joyful and liberating!
What language will you be singing in? (from Lydia Owen)
I will be singing in lots of different languages including Italian, German, French, English and Welsh.
What does it feel like to represent your country in this competition? (from Eun-Ji Kang)
I am delighted to be representing Wales in this prestigious competition and I am really looking forward to it. It is such an amazing opportunity to perform against so many other countries and be seen worldwide. I hope everyone will keep everything crossed for me on the June 13 and 15!
Visit the NOW Resound page to see pictures from the schools.
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