This journal is for Friday, June 27:

Didn’t have any lessons, coachings and sessions today. Mona picked me up and we attended Warren Jones’ Masterclass at Abravanel Hall in Music Academy. Evan was also there. I learned a lot from the Masterclass. Some of the most crucial information that I got from it was about “conveying the meaning” of the songs, the proper “attack” or “non-attack” when in terms of the pianists, the use of space and not always being “physically” WITH the piano, and the idea of moving by phrases and not by beats. Everyone sang marvelously. I was really moved by Sussana Phillips’ (soprano) interpretation of her two (2) songs, as well as “Von ewiger Liebe” by baritone Erik Werner. So far, that was the best “Von ewiger Liebe” I have heard from a young artist/student.

We headed over to Café del sol Restaurant after the Masterclasses. Later that evening, the Rec-Center was the hang-out place for all “libiamo-ing”.

Oh well, that’s about it for now.