by Emily and James Kennerley | May 5, 2017 | Song of the Day
We thought we’d start where we left off at the beginning of the week and present a song that celebrates partnership and love. It’s been a fun journey for us and I hope that it has been as entertaining to read as it has been for us to write! Emily and I were married in...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 4, 2017 | Song of the Day
I wanted to talk today about partnerships, which seems particularly apt since Emily and I are presenting Song of the Day collaboratively! From ages 13 to 18 I would spend as much of my time as possible accompanying the music lessons of my fellow schoolmates. It taught...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 3, 2017 | Song of the Day
I’m so glad to be able to share one of my favorite voices ever with you today. Janet Baker was born in 1933 to a coal mining family in Yorkshire in the North of England. She went on to become one of the most highly acclaimed mezzo sopranos of her generation, known...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 2, 2017 | Song of the Day
‘The Girls of Summer’ by Stephen Sondheim has long been a favorite song of mine. It was a treat to hear it sung so beautifully last week by Meredith Lustig at the NYFOS gala at Carnegie Hall, with Sondheim himself in view of the stage. What a perfect song...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 1, 2017 | Song of the Day
James and I are thrilled to be hosting #SongoftheDay this week. Music is what brought us together. We met singing in church, while he was music director at St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square, and I was a last-minute soprano sub for an Evensong service (quartet!) in...
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