Scaling the wall

Gould’s Wall (taken at Glenn Gould School Atrium, Kimberly Barber, August 2022) Resilience. Persistence. Endurance. These are three qualities I know to be essential for longevity and productivity in the performing arts (note I am studiously avoiding the word...

I’m kinda done with 1:1

Face 2 Face (retrieved from Snappa.com August 4, 2022) I hope that folks don’t find this thought triggering, but I’m kind of done with 1:1 teaching. I don’t mean that in a blanket kind of way–it’s the way that most of us in the classical...

All in all

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 BrenĂ© Brown) and not...

Proud Mama

Me and my gals: Magic Flute Opening Night, May 6, 2022 (from left: KB, Midori Marsh, Jamie Groote–photo Anna Ronai) So…not sure if I should say it, given all the talk about boundaries in recent posts. But I can’t help myself: I am so proud of these...