Finally, time to stop lurking and start posting!

[DecTenor1]

Hello folks

I've been lurking for a while (and following Bright Cecilia updates on twitter) so I thought I would finally get round to posting.

My real name is Nick, I'm a tenor (as the username suggests) based in Birmingham (UK), singing mainly in Anglican church choirs, so my main interest is choral music. I do odd bits of solo work too. I have quite wide ranging tastes in instrumental and orchestral music, and I listen to lots of other stuff too (anyone else on here like Drum and Bass?!). I'm a civil servant in my proper job.

Looking forward to chatting to you all.

[Philidor]

Hey Nick

Nice to meet you.

Originally Posted by DecTenor1

I'm a civil servant in my proper job.

Good luck with that mate. I hope you're cemented into a policy unit somewhere, close to the politicians, so they'll leave you alone in the coming storm.

Phil

[DecTenor1]

Cheers... all is still a bit up in the air, but I am trying to stay optimistic. Heck, I might even end up singing for my living, I've been wondering if I can do it for years so I might well get forced to take the plunge!

[sospiro]

Hi DecTenor1 & welcome to the forum.

Do you sing any opera & do you have a favourite composer?


(I work for the LEA so I think my job's on the line too.)

[Astrovaan]

Welcome to the forum.

(Sorry I didn't welcome you in a less generic way...)

[DecTenor1]

To be honest - I don't really sing a lot of opera, and as ridiculous as it may seem, it's a bit of a blind spot for me - I've never really been drawn to it. Having said that, I love Baroque opera, Monteverdi "L'incoronazione di Poppea" and Handel "Acis and Galatea" especially. I'm also really partial to the Britten operas, particularly "Peter Grimes" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

[Bix]

Hi from a fellow tenor.

I would love to sing for a living but your right it being a 'jump'. Then there is the stability of income from a regular job like that which you are now in, but your right with the current cuts in public services - plan what to do if the worsed happens.

I am just hoping that the current lot see sense and rethink this.

(I'm in public service also, but not yet under threat)