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,...Dec 31, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
Is anybody else ready to call “Cut!” on 2021? I know I am. Although quite a bit better than 2020 on several levels (the summer was epic!), the year is truly going out with a whimper and not a bang. As I write, I am lying in my sickbed in the dead of...Dec 17, 2021 | Performance, Singing and Self Blog
It’s been a rough week or two. My fledgling relationship ended, Omicron hit, classes in January are remote (after being announced as fully in-person for the first time in 2 years), and everybody’s Christmas parade of visits has gotten rained on. But! I am...Nov 19, 2021 | Singing and Self Blog
Opera class bonfire, November 13, 2021: A community of singers (photo: Claude Wood) I took a bit of a hiatus this past week, as my students were performing their two evenings of opera excerpts and I was right in the thick of it. It was our first performance in front...