Nov 24, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
Quote from Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry (sourced on QuoteFancy.com, Nov. 24, 2023) We live in tumultuous times. So much is changing: systems are tumbling, expectations are upended, parameters are shifting. It can feel overwhelming at times, and we want...
Nov 17, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
Visionaries, queens, rulers, women. (sourced on Snappa.com, Nov. 16, 2023) Yesterday I went to hear a former student of mine sing a concert of all Edith Piaf songs–the music of my heart. I had a feeling that I would be in for a treat, but when Keiko opened her...
Nov 10, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
Vulnerability=Power (sourced on Snappa.com, Nov. 9, 2023) Singing is scary. The emotional exposure it involves requires great personal courage. Just showing up at a singing lesson can test your ability to exercise bravery. Case in point: one of my students arrived at...
Sep 29, 2023 | Singing and Self Blog
“Outside the opera house” (uploaded from Snappa.com, Sept. 28, 2023) There are moments these days when I feel as incongruous as this country guitarist outside an opera house–which is not an opera house as I know it–where maybe he belongs more...