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From Ghirardelli Square, I walked down to the waterfront, and took in the view of the C.A. Thayer, a three-masted schooner that is a part of the Maritime Museum at Fisherman’s Wharf. I spent the night on the C.A. Thayer with my class when I was in third grade. We all pretended that we were [...]
I know I was going to write about my learning process. Trouble is, I’ve been too busy learning to write about it! I’m really excited about the concert I’ll be peforming in today, though. The Crossing is in the middle of its second annual Month of Moderns (a festival of new music), and we’re doing [...]
So I got a comment the other day on my last post from someone who said she wants to read more about my process while learning new music. I’ve actually thought about this a lot, especially since I’ve spent the last couple of weeks rehearsing for a concert of all new music. to be performed [...]
So the recital went very well! Not only was it well-attended, but it was also very well-received; I got lots of positive response from both friends and strangers after it was all done. And my dress was fabulous, if I don’t say so myself! I think all my hard work really paid off. For those [...]
So I had all these grand plans for writing posts about how exactly I have been learning this music for my recital, and clearly the best-laid plans often go awry (although I am neither a mouse nor a man, but I still think the saying fits). To summarize: I have had now about six months [...]
I know I don’t have a whole lot of time to write this post today, so I’ll try make it brief (and start with the easiest piece). Learning Robert Schumann’s Spanische Liebeslieder was fairly straightforward for me. The idea to put parts of this song cycle into my recital program was actually Benjamin’s, mostly because [...]
I had intended to write this post earlier this week, with enough time to encourage folks to come to last night’s Philadelphia Singers’ concert of music by minimalist composers Glass, Reich, and Bryars…but clearly that didn’t happen! All is well, though, as the concert was very well-attended. Even though the timing may not be ideal, [...]
One of the reasons I haven’t been as active in my blog recently is that I don’t want to bore you with the common drudgery of my daily life (get up, exercise, work, practice, more work, rehearse, go to bed, get up and start the whole day over again). But it occurs to me that [...]
In December, a big winter storm blew through Philadelphia on the second day of the Philadelphia Singers‘ Christmas on Logan Square concert. An email went around to the singers announcing that despite bad weather conditions, the show would still go on. Singers and audience members alike were offered a special group rate at a nearby [...]