Last Thursday I went to an open mic hosted by close friend and music director of my choir Scott Pietrangelo. It was at a popular music bar with a regular open mic so the standard of performance was really high. There were lots of great voices, lots of familiar faces,…
Darol Anger and Brittany Haas…
Alison Krauss and Natalie MacMaster. My heros and keepers of memories from childhood and early adult years.…
Uncollected thoughts about recent playing. Two Sundays ago I said goodbye to a dear friend M: the soprano section leader at my choir. We never really said too many words to each other, but it's through the weekly act of singing and breathing together that we forged our relationship. I…
Old-time music keeps me grounded. In the middle of a busy life, filled with desires, regrets, decisions on issues of health, love, and life, this keeps me here. When I listen to and play old-time music, I am no longer lonely.…
At the opening jam on Friday afternoon, Bruce announced to everyone to let go of any expectations we had about the weekend. Going into it I was just happy to finally get off the Greyhound bus. Over the next three days, I heard sounds I can honestly say I've never…
45 min It's been a while since I practiced. I'm home sick today and skipped work and choir. Took my fiddle out to CSI and played for about 45 min. I haven't had time to practice and it showed. Fingers are a bit stiff and intonation is not as good.…
I wanted to start writing about my choral singing life as well as my fiddle practice. So far it's been hard to write (as in I want to write, but no words come). I want to explore a bit about that. Singing is all about breathing and forming sounds. Choral…