Fall, 2008

These are my volunteering, community service, and campus involvement goals for the Fall, 2008 semester:

• Develop, get approved and begin to implement a plan for a peer counseling program at NEC
• Help lead the Queer Performing Arts Alliance through its transition into the Performing Artists’ Alliance (more to come on this exciting development!)
• Volunteer for EMA Fund
• Participate in the Point Foundation’s Annual Boston Fundraiser

Brussels sprouted and all I got was this lousy…. Eggplant?

To commemorate my recent trip to Brussels, Belgium, I am compelled to tell you a moving story of love and devotion among friends…. 

Once upon a time there were three persons with three different interpretations of queerness in three very different, very jaded cities. They were the best of friends, and they showed their mutual affections by brushing each other’s hair, sending scarring YouTube videos under false pretext, making friendship bracelets and burning each other’s initials into woodchips surrounded by little hearts during shop class.

 On one particular evening, A and J had a slumber party while C was in a city far, far away. They all three desperately wanted to be together, and instant messenger just wasn’t doing justice to their close connection. Since brushing each other’s hair wasn’t really a possibility, and nothing really suits bosom buddies quite as well, J and C decided that it was time they told A just how much she meant to them….

Wilkommen!

Hallo, liebe Freunden,

 

My name is Ceceilia. I am a classical singer, queer activist, student at New England Conservatory and a recipient of a scholarship from the Point Foundation—the largest scholarship granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students of merit. I am also thrilled to report that I have been chosen as the recipient of the Point Foundation’s 2008 Munich Internship.

 

The Point Foundation has played an integral role in my life, and I would not be in college today without their help. They have provided me with not only financial support but a community of mentors, trustees and, most importantly, other scholars who have had to face many similar barriers to education and career success due to our perceived and/or actual sexual orientation or gender identity.

 

As the recipient of the Point Foundation’s 2008 Munich Internship, I will experience as much as I can of European culture from my residence in Munich, Germany. To accomplish this goal, I will study German vocal music with artists throughout Europe, take language courses, travel as much as possible, and write about my experiences… in German! Do not despair if you do not speak the language! Each post to this blog will be accompanied by English translations and photos.

 

This blog serves as formal documentation of my summer for the internship sponsors, as an opportunity to practice my German language skills and as a conduit for sharing my experiences with the public and the Point Foundation community. Upon completion of the internship, I also hope to use this blog as a tool to understand how my experiences affected personal growth in my relationships to my musical vocation and American culture.

 

Please feel free to leave comments–in German or English!–where applicable, as I would love to hear your feedback on any and all content. You can also contact me at CeceiliaInMunich@gmail.com with feedback, questions or concerns of a more private nature.

 

Thank you so much for visiting my weblog. I look forward to what the summer holds.

 

Alles Gute, und herzlichst,

 

Ceceilia