Blier’s Blog: March 8, 2013 / NYFOS@Caramoor

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...

Blier’s Blog: March 7, 2013 / NYFOS@Caramoor

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...

Blier’s Blog: March 6, 2013

Caramoor Vocal Rising Stars, fifth season, day three: hard work and patience We had a great afternoon session and managed to delve deep into every single song in the program. It felt a little weird not having a native speaker in the room for the Scando stuff (the bulk...

Blier’s Blog: March 5, 2013

Vocal Rising Stars at Caramoor, fifth season, day two: buckling down  Today was our second (and last) with John Lidal, and we went through the whole show with all hands on deck. Of the five languages on the program, English and German are familiar and non-threatening;...