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Most of this year’s NYFOS programs have been tied to earthly concerns—societal, cultural, psychological, political. After the tumult of past few months, though, some of us might be feeling that the world is too much with us—or more aptly, that the world is too much...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...