So here we go again, another spring season of choral music…and it’s going to be a whopper. A major work that’s 40 minutes long, an orchestra, holy jumpin’ tenors WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!! No we’re not, chill out. We’re setting up to perform our ninth spring concert (where did the time go?) and the core group […]
If you run into me around town in the next week or so your first reaction will probably be, “What ever possessed him to grow that truly hideous beard?”. The answer brings out two things worth sharing (no, it’s not musical; the only musical beards I know of are these). First, since we live in […]
Further on last week’s entry, here’s the story of the Christmas Miracle as it appeared in the local paper. A great read: http://www.miltonindependent.com/an-unlikely-outcome/ Moving on, unless you’ve been under a rock for the last few days you’ve probably seen Mariah Carey’s lip syncing disaster; here’s what happened: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-lip-sync_us_58688b67e4b0de3a08f8cb4a Okay, I’ll admit it. I thought it […]
Note to the reader, this story has a happy ending… A couple weeks ago my brother-in-law was minding his own business, hanging out with his family when his heart stopped. Yup, shut right down. He’s a seriously fit 52-year-old guy and down he went. Fortunately his (now REALLY favorite) son was there and recognized what […]
The Christmas concerts are behind us. The two “A Carol of Joy” shows were crazy successful no matter how you measure it. So let’s measure it, shall we? You can look at the nuts-and-bolts pieces: More than 740 people attended (and that despite the other shows out there on Friday night – Willie Nelson, multiple […]
From my all-time favorite comic strip… Calvin: “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.” Hobbes: “What mood is that?” Calvin: “Last-minute panic.” If you were there then you already know. The concerts were epic. Seriously epic. Makes me proud to be a part of it […]
Does anyone remember our season-starting open house back in September? How about the initial runs through the Christmas repertoire and our reactions to them? As usual, those reactions have morphed, evolved, bent and stretched and that first impression has been lost in the blur of rehearsals and the increase of our knowledge of the pieces. […]
Concert week is arriving (with the sound of screeching brakes) so I thought I’d step away from music this week for a couple of things to be shared with people I like…the Blogmeister loves to experiment in the kitchen and these two attempts turned out tasty, give them a try. There’s plenty of information out there about […]
I was never a big art buff and find ballet duuuuullll so I was shocked at my reaction when I made a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago back when I was stationed at Naval Station Great Lakes. I don’t recall how but I ended up with a free pass and figured I could take a […]
If you haven’t cruised the Chorus Connection Membership Directory it’s a great way to learn more about the folks you sing with, maybe discover someone with a mutual interest or finally place a name with the face of that person you’ve enjoyed so many conversations with (while ensuring that they don’t know that you don’t know their […]