Aug 22, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog
Hiding in plain sight (a COVID selfie, April, 2020) I have been thinking a lot about the ways we like to hide from ourselves as singers, artists and performers. It’s a very vulnerable business, this singing stuff, and it can make us feel extremely exposed....Jul 18, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog
Thank you for the music program (Hannah Piercey, Priya Khatri, July 2025) There’s something magical that happens when artists come together, hearts full and open to their audience, bravely showing themselves in their entirety. Such was my experience this past...Apr 25, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Selfhood and voice as the path towards it have been the overarching theme of this blog since I started writing in 2019. My preoccupation with this topic has permeated my own artistic practice, my research and my work with students for many years now–probably for...Dec 13, 2024 | Singing and Self Blog
Photo uploaded from Snappa.com December 2024 It’s the reflective time of year, where the days get shorter, we cuddle up with a hot cup of cocoa and we settle in to think about the year that’s passed (or almost passed). For me as a solstice baby, it’s...Nov 1, 2024 | Singing and Self Blog
Lion King Rehearsal with Vox and Opera Laurier students (K. Barber, October 2024) We’ve always had students at Laurier who loved music theatre first. This love was, once upon a time, tolerated (barely), but never nurtured. The times, as they say, are...