by Steven Blier | Mar 17, 2025 | Program Notes
Beginner’s Luck is a musical snapshot of a precarious moment of arrival: those early years of adulthood with all of their new responsibilities, which might include the beginning of a career or the start of a new family. It is precisely the stage of life where our cast...
by Steven Blier | Mar 16, 2025 | Blier's Blog
Today we had our final run-through—I’d call it a dress rehearsal but we didn’t actually get all dolled up for it. I just asked everyone to wear the shoes they would have on tomorrow, since the transition from rubber soles to concert footwear has occasionally been...
by Steven Blier | Mar 15, 2025 | Blier's Blog
Friday can be a somewhat tense day in a rehearsal period this brief. We’ll have our dress rehearsal tomorrow, and in some years the end of the week brings panic in the streets, mostly about memorization or a piece that a still a little unsettled vocally. That’s why...
by Steven Blier | Mar 14, 2025 | Blier's Blog
It’s been apparent that we have an unusually harmonious group this year. With a few notable exceptions, our Caramoor casts have generally enjoyed hanging out together, and they’ve supported each other with generosity. But this year it goes a bit farther. The five...
by Steven Blier | Mar 13, 2025 | Blier's Blog
By the end of the day yesterday I was a mass of semi-vibrating protoplasm, and—wait—could I be slightly allergic to something in the Music Room? Yesterday and today my eyes were stinging during the afternoon session, making it hard to see my scores. To avoid that...
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