Hitting the high notes

Unlike many am-dram groups, we have very few sopranos, which means that there are fewer people who are able to sing harmony lines or solo lines which go much higher than an octave above middle C. In one number we are rehearsing for July’s concert, I’ve been given a solo line which is mostly on the G one and a half octaves above middle C and then goes up to the C two octaves above middle C. Singing a top C as part of a harmony is one thing, having to sing it completely on my own is somewhat nerve-racking!