Thanks for everyone's support and the recording of my recital is now online...

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<p>Dear Parents,</p>

<p>Many of you were very supportive of my saga with NEC (about which, by the way, I have no news as of yet) and I really appreciate it.</p>

<p>I don't want to post only when I need advice or support so I decided to share something positive with you.</p>

<p>On Saturday, May 14, I performed my first all-solo voice recital. I am very pleased with how it went (which is unusual for me, as I am usually too critical of myself to be happy) and would love to share it with you. The entire recital is up on a webpage, with all of the songs broken up into individual files that you can either just listen to or download. This is the site:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.richhorner.com/julia%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.richhorner.com/julia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>If any of you are at all interested, please give it a listen and let me know what you think :).</p>

<p>Thanks,
Julia</p>

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<p>Congratulations! I enjoyed the Gilbert & Sullivan especially, as I'm a big G&S fan, and I think the repertoire is underappreciated and under-utilized. I heard a few pitch issues in "Sorry Her Lot," but overall it was a strong performance, and you obviously have a very unusual talent. I'm impressed that you chose such a wide variety of pieces, many of which are so challenging. I also loved hearing your confidence and accuracy in your high range; it's clear that you're perfectly at home near the top of the treble staff!</p>

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<p>Hanna, yes, "Sorry Her Lot" was the most sorry of all of the songs. It was almost comical how badly those ascending runs went given that I hadn't been having any trouble with them previously. I was seriously considering not putting it (that song) online but then decided that as an artist who is presenting her current abilities, I shouldn't try to cover up my mistakes as that's almost dishonest, in a way. Thanks so much for your wonderful compliments; I really appreciate them =)</p>

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<p>Glorious- and I really don't have any background but I am fond of your gift. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, momnipotent!</p>

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<p>Thanks for everyone's interest and for the e-mails/PMs that I've been getting. I just wanted to let you know that the site has been moved to <a href="http://www.juliatorgo.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.juliatorgo.com&lt;/a> and that while the original url will work for another week or so, this new url will be a permanent one that I will update in the future with new concerts or recordings and news. Thanks again to all.</p>