Jun 17, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
The 60’s revisited (Kimberly Barber, Jordan Station, ON, June 2022) As I was touring around the Niagara region last weekend, tasting wine, biking the backroads and generally enjoying life, I happened upon a plant nursery in Jordan Station that featured this...Jun 3, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
Final scene from Three Decembers as seen from backstage (Robert Butler, May 2022) Apologies in advance for the quality of the photo here…I am going to get higher res photos! But we are embracing the suck this week (to quote our friend Brené Brown) and not...May 27, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” –Joseph Campbell Tonight is the opening night of Three Decembers at Winnipeg’s Little Opera Company and this past week has been a rollercoaster of doubt, fear, excitement, triumph,...May 20, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
One more stream to ford (Kimberly Barber, April 2021) I’m not sure why I thought it would be trouble-free to return to rehearsing live opera after a 5 year hiatus…seriously! What was I thinking?!?! The last major production I did was for Tapestry Opera in...May 13, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
Me and my gals: Magic Flute Opening Night, May 6, 2022 (from left: KB, Midori Marsh, Jamie Groote–photo Anna Ronai) So…not sure if I should say it, given all the talk about boundaries in recent posts. But I can’t help myself: I am so proud of these...May 6, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
A fine line 2.0 (Kimberly Barber, May 2022) Last week’s post seemed to generate some interest amongst readers (thanks for writing, folks!), so I thought I’d keep riffing on this business of line-drawing in the teacher-student relationship. It’s a...