Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, November 12, 2009

My Interview with the Kidsville News

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I did an interview this week for the “What’s It’s Like To Be...” column in Kidsville News!, which explores different occupations. QUESTION: ...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Letter from a Sixth Grade Teacher to Kidz Bop

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I started my day today with an inspiring letter (see below). I wonder if there are other teachers out there who use Kidz Bop in school? We c...
Monday, November 19, 2007

Come and Find Panwapa Island!

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These are the irresistible avatars that kids are building to represent themselves on Panwapa Island! We tested these all over the world - t...
Tuesday, November 06, 2007

A Review of my Review

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A couple of days ago I posted a review of Lois Hicks-Wozniak's premiere performance of John Mackey's CONCERTO FOR SOPRANO SAX AND WI...
Sunday, November 04, 2007

Saxophonist Lois Hicks-Wozniak Dazzles in Concerto Premiere

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John Mackey's latest composition, the CONCERTO FOR SOPRANO SAX AND WIND ENSEMBLE , lives up to his reputation for rhythmically challen...
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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Check out Panwapa Island

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One of the most exciting projects that I worked on when I was with Sesame Street was a new project called "Panwapa" - a sprawling ...
Saturday, August 04, 2007

Silence

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We're wrapping up - checking out of rooms, returning music, exchanging addresses. It is...
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Tallis Scholars Summer School Gala Concert

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School It's hard to give an actual review, since I was one of the performers. But I can say th...
Friday, August 03, 2007

The Pilgrim's Progress

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Tutors Summer School At the beginning of the week, I was counting madly to find my entrances, just trying to stay ...

Final Concert Tonight

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've all been remarking that our sense of time is completely off this week. Often, whe...

Notes from Rehearsal

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've been working on a second arrangment of the Lotti piece, Crucifixus à 10 (ten sep...

The Sharing

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School I had been feeling very nervous about the Sharing, where we all gathered in the Chapel and ...

Random Bits Part 3

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School • A Palestrina discussion, after a question from the 2nd Altos about whether they could mov...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

Desert Island Disks

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School We've had an informative lecture each afternoon from one of our tutors. Today was somet...

A Gathering of Different Lights

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School When we gather to sing Compline at the end of each evening, we sing in the Chapel of St. Ig...

Small Groups and "The Sharing"

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School Tonight is the “Sharing,” in which all the small ensembles which have been forming all week...

Janet Coxwell: Bright Vowels, “Brighter” Warm-Ups!

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School Jan has started us off at 9:00 every morning with a warm-up that includes not only stretchi...
Wednesday, August 01, 2007

More Random Bits

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School • Peter Phillips conducted the rehearsals this morning, as we worked on new music including...

Minor Regret

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Dateline:Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School I had hoped there would be more interaction between the “young” (under 25) students and the ...

Special Moments from the Palestrina Mass

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Dateline: Seattle. Tallis Scholars Summer School The day that we sang Palestrina's Missa Laudate Dominum was the Feast Day of St. Ignat...