by NYFOS@North Fork | Aug 27, 2015 | Song of the Day
Alex McKissick with the Song of the Day for August 27th: As the Orient residency tenor soloist, I feel it is my duty to introduce, or for the more well-informed out there, to further explore the life of a fabulous Spanish tenor, Miguel Fleta. Mr. Fleta was an operatic...
by NYFOS@North Fork | Aug 26, 2015 | Song of the Day
August 26th’s Song of the Day, coming from NYFOS@NorthFork soprano Anna Dugan. Thanks, Anna! ‘Dugan’ doesn’t exactly scream Spanish, so people rarely guess that I hail from Spain (half of me, at least). Performing on the “Latin...
by NYFOS@North Fork | Aug 25, 2015 | Song of the Day
This week’s Songs-of-the-Day are being written by the cast of our NYFOS@North Fork project. Today’s entry is from our ace percussionist Josh Vonderheide. He describes how he got ready for the concert: To get prepared for the “Latin Lovers”...
by Steven Blier | Aug 24, 2015 | Blier's Blog
There were a lot of blessings this weekend. In spite of some nasty-looking icons on my iPhone weather app earlier in the week, the weather held up Saturday and Sunday. The Orient concert was sold out. And the Latin/Caribbean music worked its wiles on both audiences in...
by Steven Blier | Aug 20, 2015 | Blier's Blog
DAY 4: August 20, 2015 In a short rehearsal period like this, Wednesday is the last day I can really work on the music in a substantive way. After that I can feel the ice forming, and soon everyone turns into Ethel Merman, who described herself before an opening...
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