by Steven Blier | Aug 19, 2014 | Blier's Blog
Day 3: August 19, 2014 Tuesday is the day to go in for the kill (gently). Yesterday I quietly noted what I thought each singer’s artistic goals ought to be for the week. But that only gives us till Thursday to do real work, investigating, trying new stuff, pushing...
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...
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