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“Last Midnight” is a big, emotionally-charged song that the Witch sings right before her death in Into the Woods. This was my last musical of high school, and it was a wonderful full-circle moment for me, because Into the Woods was my first proper musical when I was 9.

A few weeks into my first year of college, I gathered two friends and spent hours in the practice rooms with them preparing for my school’s Cabaret. The result is “Nothing Changes” from Hadestown, a performance I’m very proud of. I sing the bottom harmony in this song.

I sang a lot of classical pieces in high school, but this was one of my favourites. I actually ended up becoming an Italian Studies major in high school, so looking back at this Italian singing is so fun (and a little painful when I pronounced things wrong). “Se Florindo è Fedele” is chock full of ornaments, so I definitely got to play around with it.

“On the Steps of the Palace” is a song from Into the Woods sung by Cinderella, who finds herself stuck on the palace stairs faced with a decision. I sang this song at age 9 when I played Cinderella in the show, which was my first experience in a serious musical, and I recently re-learned it as part of my repertoire for Certificate of Merit and for the fun of it. Plus, my theatre company is doing Into the Woods this year, which is a fun full-circle moment for me.