by Steven Blier | Apr 26, 2015 | Blier's Blog
DAY 5: April 26, 2015 I do most of my programming staring at my computer screen. I don’t sit down and play through the show before finalizing my NYFOS concerts. I just…gaze at my Mac…and imagine how it’s all going to work. This method seems to be working for me. The...
by Steven Blier | Apr 23, 2015 | Blier's Blog
DAY 3 April 23, 2015 There are some recipes that require you to mix ingredients in two different bowls and then combine the contents before cooking them. That’s what happened this week: Alexey could work Monday but not Tuesday, Corinne and Theo could work Tuesday but...
by Steven Blier | Apr 21, 2015 | Blier's Blog
DAY 1 – April 21, 2015 We’ve had two days of rehearsal on LETTERS FROM SPAIN, a program about which I had some trepidation. No surprises there—I am always freaked out before I start a project, certain that I have miscalculated in some fatal way. So my dominant...
by Steven Blier | Mar 16, 2013 | Blier's Blog
It’s funny—the minute a concert is over, life washes in like a tidal wave, and all the things that I’ve put on hold scream for immediate attention. Therefore: a belated log-in about Tuesday’s show. I worried that we might not have much of a house because my former...
by Steven Blier | Mar 11, 2013 | Blier's Blog
Vocal Rising Stars at Caramoor, fifth season, days seven and eight: out-of-town debut, in-town dress. Two halls, two pianos. It’s the night before the New York show and I do not want to jinx things. Suffice it to say that we had a beautiful performance yesterday, and...
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