Jun 18, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
I started practicing again this week. It felt scary and unfamiliar because I had left it for a while, but I thought I’d find my way back to it by doing some vocal improvisation–something that doesn’t come naturally to me. It’s not that I...Jun 4, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
This week has been so full of pain. As an artist, a singer, a storyteller by craft, I feel compelled to call upon the stories, the voices of #the215 children lost to the horrendous legacy of residential schools in our country. We now know that these children are just...May 28, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
My apple tree, the “Old Girl”, having received a perfect pruning (thanks, C!) weeks before, gives leaf and blossom (April 2021) This week I’ve been spending time pondering giving and receiving. Singing is the ultimate generous act. We give of our...May 21, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
Dreams of June (taken June 2020) One of my friends loves to quote that passage from Ecclesiastes, and it feels appropriate right now. The season is spring–that beautiful time when life begins to burst forth again (less fun for the pollen sufferers, of which I am...May 14, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
Cherry tree in full bloom, Grand River Trail, Kitchener, ON, May 13, 2021 This year spring feels more like a miracle than I ever remember. This long year of on-and-off lockdowns, of missing people, performances, community and connection is giving way to an inkling of...May 7, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Photo Kimberly Barber, February 14, 2021 As I consider the end of the academic year and all that I’ve learned and experienced, I am reminded to practice what I preach. I’m preparing some conference presentations that are culminations of what I’ve...