Learning a new piece of music can be a bit challenging. Performing it is even more difficult. In the next 10 days, I hope to be able to perform Monteverdi’s “Lasciatemi Morire”. I was first enchanted by the beauty of this piece when I heard it performed during my trip to Rome this summer. As soon as I heard it, I felt compelled to learn it and perform it myself. To perform a piece involves much more than just singing the notes written on the page. As a vocalist, I have to breathe life into those melodies. Though the trends in music change over the ages, emotion is timeless. In order to make the music come alive, I must become an actress and storyteller all-in-one. Over the next 10 days, I challenge myself to not only learn the Italian text
