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We just had the first day of NYFOS@North Fork, our newest Emerging Artist Program. I’ve nurtured this dream for a number of years and—as if in preparation—I’d done a few concerts out here in Orient, Long Island, in past years. Orient is the easternmost point on the...
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...
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...
Vocal Rising Stars at Caramoor, fifth season, day six: reassuring dress rehearsal. Final Lock and Load, tray tables up. We had an amazingly good dress rehearsal today, and I couldn’t be happier with the program or the singers. I even had one of my first above-average...
Caramoor Vocal Rising Stars, Day Five: Resilience and Breakthroughs. A faux-blizzard only makes it all the more Scandinavian. It was the third day Michael and I couldn’t get to Caramoor for our morning session, this time because of a very wet snowstorm that made...
Caramoor Vocal Rising Stars, Day Four: Mecca slowing coming into view, on a road strewn with umlauts Today the singers showed us the staging they did for the encore after Mikey and I left last night. I won’t divulge what piece we’re doing because I want it to be a...