Happy Birthday to me!

So I've reached that last hurdle in early adulthood: I'm now old enough to rent a car. It's kind of weird to think that I'm half done with my 20's. I'm actually looking forward to the next half, hopefully I've learned some things...
Yesterday wrapped up another good week at Berkshire Choral Fest (Henceforth known as BCF). Among the highlights were a few classes (one on Gregorian chant in original notation and one on Extended Vocal Techniques - overtone singing, Bobby McFerrin type sounds, etc) and a brief but interesting voice lesson with one of the faculty members, Greg Purnhagen. Greg has done some really cool things, including singing with Bjork on her last album. I'm finding that singing this much has actually been good for me, and I've been able to rediscover some parts of my voice that have been neglected for awhile. The lesson was good for smoothing out some of my break and incorporating more resonance into my sound. It also brought up an interesting question that I've been thinking about for awhile: Could I possibly be a countertenor? I've found that I'm able to vocalize pretty high into the soprano range with a consistent free sound. Still, I think my tenor voice works fairly well and that I sound like a tenor. But it's hard to resist the thought that I have this whole other voice that I could be using...
This week is Bach B-minor Mass with 240 people. This could be quite an experience, seeing that Bach probably wrote the work for no more than 16 singers. Not exactly how I dreamed of getting acquainted with this piece, but that's okay...
I had some other choral/vocal philosophy I was going to post, but I changed my mind. It's my birthday so I can do that!