by Steven Blier | Mar 8, 2017 | Program Notes
Notes on the Program by Steven Blier for Four Islands March 14, 2017 at Merkin Concert Hall. Buy tickets here > NOTES ON THE PROGRAM I always used to joke that one of the important things Michael Barrett and I had in common was that we both came from islands:...
by Steven Blier | Mar 8, 2017 | Blier's Blog
Tuesday is traditionally the most carefree play-day at Caramoor. The Sunday concert still seems a long way off, memorization is not making everyone into zombies, and we can still do some real exploration with the singers and the songs. Michael and I have a sense of...
by Steven Blier | Mar 7, 2017 | Blier's Blog
I always look forward to the first day of Caramoor rehearsal, but I also fear the first day of Caramoor rehearsal. This year’s outing, Four Islands, is a complicated show with songs from Ireland, Cuba, Madagascar, and Manhattan in five languages (including Gaelic and...
by Steven Blier | Sep 21, 2016 | Song of the Day
My teaching week has mixed coaching sessions with auditions for the January NYFOS@Juilliard show: an all-British program called “From Lute Song to the Beatles.” I had asked the students to bring in English song, suggesting they they might offer one art song in tandem...
by NYFOS@North Fork | Aug 25, 2016 | Song of the Day
from Christine Taylor Price: “Steal me, sweet thief” has been one of my favorite arias since I heard it about 2 years ago. I only started singing it recently because my usual English aria, “No Word from Tom” from Stravinsky’s opera The Rakes...
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