by Steven Blier | Mar 6, 2013 | Blier's Blog
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...
by Steven Blier | Mar 5, 2013 | Blier's Blog
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;...
by Steven Blier | Mar 4, 2013 | Blier's Blog
Vocal Rising Stars at Caramoor, fifth season, day one: RELIEF I work very hard in advance of our annual week-long residency at Caramoor to get everything just right. I need a sweet-tempered, housebroken quartet who also happen to be great singers; a worthy program;...
by Steven Blier | Mar 12, 2012 | Blier's Blog
Drama, drama, drama, every day. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. Friday I was irritable. We had a donor event at night and it put a little roadblock in our process. The cast circled their wagons, protected what they had, didn’t take too many risks, saved their...
by Steven Blier | Mar 8, 2012 | Blier's Blog
Thursday is always a critical day up at Caramoor. The free-wheeling exploration period is just about to end and everyone feels the pressure. It’s not quite as innocent to forget lyrics or smudge a passage on the piano. After all, tomorrow we’re doing a part of the...
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