Browsing the archives for the Philadelphia Singers tag

Choral Music

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, [...]

Practicing new music

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 [...]

Working Out and Singing

My friend Amy suggested that I write a post about my experience trying to keep up with the Body-for-LIFE Challenge while also rehearsing and performing at the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s production of Madama Butterfly, so here goes. This year, I have had the great good fortune to be able to make my money singing [...]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Tuesday, March 24 And then began the long flight home. As I was drafting this post, I considered writing another long diatribe about the airplane business and the state of flying these days. But I decided it would be redundant, since my description of the flight to Hawaii covered most of what I wanted to [...]

Another Year, Another Dollar

Happy New Year! I know I should probably write something about new year’s resolutions and all that stuff, but this year, I’ve decided that I’m not going to have any resolutions, since I never keep them anyway. I’ve been exceedingly busy this past Christmas season, what with performing in three Philadelphia Singers concerts and one [...]