Feb 18, 2021 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
The set for Dialogues des Carmelites: design Holly Meyer-Dymny This week we’ve been filming for our student opera at Laurier–a totally digital production of Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmelites. I learned the entire role of the Old Prioress (kind of a...Oct 30, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Morning Sunrise, October 2020 A new habit I’ve formed is to go for a morning walk, preferably as soon as I get up. At the moment, I sometimes even start before the sun comes up. I have taken to snapping photos of images that strike me on these walks, especially...Aug 28, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Breathing the Air of Art: first post-COVID visit to the AGO, August 2020 Last week’s post examined the idea of an artist’s selfishness, and I’ve been thinking more about that since. The space we need to make art, to create, is largely a personal one,...Aug 7, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Many sides of me in the room (and I never said I was a photographer…) [Apologies for those of you who regularly read these posts…I somehow erred last week and didn’t end up scheduling the publication of this post, so I will go ahead and share it this...Jul 17, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
My practice in the last week or two has very much been focused on this principle, embodied in the book by the same name by Byron Katie. I’ve been sitting more deeply in who I am: as a human, as a musician, as a singer, and just owning it. I’ve been...Jun 19, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Dropping the red rag (Kimberly Barber, June 2020) When I began writing this blog last August, my intent was to explore the relationship between the act and art of singing and the excavation of selfhood. I had always understood these to be intimately connected. I also...