by Steven Blier | Aug 18, 2014 | Blier's Blog
Day 2: August 18, 2014 Today was the first heavy-duty day of rehearsal. It started at 3 PM, spanned tea-time (organic English Breakfast from the Country Store but no actual break), and continued all the way to 8:15 PM. I was in my piano chair the entire time. The...
by Steven Blier | Aug 17, 2014 | Blier's Blog
Day 1: August 17, 2014 By 3 PM, the four singers have arrived in my beautiful little Long Island town. Some are already friends, some are new to one another. Three hours later, I am witness to a small miracle: they are singing together for the first time—only they...
by Steven Blier | Mar 18, 2014 | Blier's Blog
March 18, 2014 We had our Caramoor show on Sunday, and today [Tuesday] was the first of our two at the National Opera Center. The opening was full of surprises—mainly that the audience was so responsive to the songs, and that so many of them went superbly. We didn’t...
by Steven Blier | Mar 14, 2014 | Blier's Blog
VOCAL RISING STARS, SIXTH SEASON Day 5: March 14, 2014 As Sondheim wrote in Company, “Today is for Amy.” At Caramoor, that meant giving Amy Burton time to have leisurely one-on-one sessions with each cast member. After lunch we worked on the spoken continuity and...
by Steven Blier | Mar 13, 2014 | Blier's Blog
March 13, 2014 VOCAL RISING STARS, SIXTH SEASON: Day 4 A day of highs and lows. In the morning we had some visitors—a small cadre of Caramoor donors and board members, and also the General Director of Caramoor, Jeff Haydon. He’s the fellow who took over Michael’s old...
by Steven Blier | Mar 12, 2014 | Blier's Blog
March 12, 2014 VOCAL RISING STARS, SIXTH SEASON: Day 3 The third day is the sweet spot. The pressure of the performance isn’t really upon us yet, the group numbers are on their feet (or, in one case, on its butt, since the cast is seated for it), the guest teacher...
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