by Emily and James Kennerley | May 4, 2017 | Song of the Day
I wanted to talk today about partnerships, which seems particularly apt since Emily and I are presenting Song of the Day collaboratively! From ages 13 to 18 I would spend as much of my time as possible accompanying the music lessons of my fellow schoolmates. It taught...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 2, 2017 | Song of the Day
‘The Girls of Summer’ by Stephen Sondheim has long been a favorite song of mine. It was a treat to hear it sung so beautifully last week by Meredith Lustig at the NYFOS gala at Carnegie Hall, with Sondheim himself in view of the stage. What a perfect song...
by Emily and James Kennerley | May 1, 2017 | Song of the Day
James and I are thrilled to be hosting #SongoftheDay this week. Music is what brought us together. We met singing in church, while he was music director at St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square, and I was a last-minute soprano sub for an Evensong service (quartet!) in...
by Aleba Gartner and Phil Kline | Apr 28, 2017 | Song of the Day
Our final pairing this week: these songs don’t have a lot in common, but each makes us smile. From Aleba: Meredith Monk: The Tale I adore this video and watch it when i need a mood lifter. It’s short and totally charming. The performance captures Meredith’s great...
by Aleba Gartner and Phil Kline | Apr 26, 2017 | Song of the Day
Today’s pairing: two lullabies. From Aleba: Sinead O’Connor: My Darling Child All the dark and stormy Sinead stories aside, her voice is something exquisite—and I think never more so than on the album Universal Mother. This was her fourth album, and she dedicated it...
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