Sep 23, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
Chicken Tikka in her safe space (March 2022) Cat photos are just about as cute as cat videos, aren’t they? I hope so…I took this picture of the delightful Chicken Tikka last spring at my friend Heather’s house. I was fascinated by the kitty’s...Sep 16, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Reclaiming, revisiting, replanting: excavating I know I’ve used this photo before, so to my loyal readers from the beginning, forgive me. This is the beginning of the academic year, and it’s the time where we meet new people, think about new ways of doing...Jul 8, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Dance with the one who brung ya (Snappa, accessed July 7, 2022) As I’ve been teaching these past few weeks at Opera Nuova here in Edmonton, a few themes have emerged that I know are universal for singers. I know this primarily because I have experienced them...Jun 24, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog
Sweetgrass braid (Kimberly Barber, June 2022) This week I took a trip to Toronto—aka The Big Smoke—to witness my niece’s stage debut as the Witch in an adaptation of Sondheim’s Into the Woods, and at the same time was able to connect in Real Life (radical!) with my...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...