Jackie (Sister72)
Go Ahead…Fly
Do you ever wonder what choral conductors think about after the last orchestra rehearsal before the big performance? Singer Network correspondent Kelsey Menehan sat down with Craig Jessop at the Berkshire Choral Festival, where an intense week of rehearsing had just ended and all that was left was the performance.
SINGER NETWORK: So, here you are, soaked to the skin after giving it all. What's it like at this moment, the last rehearsal before the performance?
CRAIG JESSOP: I feel good. I feel very rewarded by the efforts of the choir. We have worked extremely hard all week long. And I feel like they have carried all of those principles through that I tried to impart. Everything that we addressed happened today. Okay, maybe there were a couple of isolated things where we slipped. But the principles, they all happened. I feel very rewarded by the teaching...after all, that's what it's all about. It's really the teaching. I feel very good. It's like, okay, you're launching a child, and you are on your own. We've done all we can do. Now we'll just have a great time.
So the tiny bird is at the edge of the nest...
Exactly. Go fly.
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