The good news first: I am invited to audition for Peabody! Yay! Super stoked to have an audition locked in!
The bad news: I have already had my first anxiety dream. Last night I had a long, involved, disastrous dream. I went to Peabody for my audition and I pretty much had no idea where I was supposed to be or when I was supposed to be there. I somehow ended up in an impromptu masterclass for the auditionees. Which is pretty stupid, because it wasn't even a well-organized one. Then I had a nagging feeling that I should start heading to my audition. It was 3:03. I thought my audition was at 3:30, so I double-checked. Nope. 3:00. So I race downstairs (I'm pretty sure my sleep-brain thinks Peabody is in a castle mixed with a cathedral. It sort of looked like Hogwarts.) and into this huge room. There are a bunch of people just wrapping up a theory placement test, and the proctors look at me pityingly and say I missed the whole thing. I realized while racing down the stairs that I have no idea where my audition is, so I just follow everyone else out of the room, and luckily we all go to the audition room. So I hang out, waiting to be called in, but everyone else goes first. I finally approach a guy on the audition panel and timidly ask whether I'm next. He's all like, "oh yeahhh!" He also looks at my pityingly. He sits down at a rickety upright (no one else on the panel stuck around; they all left) and I start to sing Orlovsky's Aria from Die Fledermaus. About 10 seconds in, people start making a lot of noise in the next room. And playing ragtime on the piano in that room. Which is in a different key that clashes absolutely horribly with D-flat Major. I keep singing, desperately trying to hear my piano over the din in the next room. I finish the piece, remarkably still in the correct key, and know I blew my audition. Then I woke up. Now please excuse me while I get all the information I can and plan for my audition. 2 more schools to hear from:
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