GRECCHINOIS
Finding Joy in Judgement
…They say that Mercury Retrograde, in addition to being a time of garbled miscommunication, is a time for slowing down and considering the patterns in one’s life. While I don’t usually put too much stock into astrology, I nonetheless find myself buying into horoscopes more than usual during these three-week junkets…
What Passions Cannot Music Raise
…Time naturally continues to be at the forefront of my thoughts, as we slide into one of the quasi-quarterly periods that astrologers identify as Mercury Retrograde, in which the pace of time can feel like it slows to that of molasses, and we are forced to move slowly or suffer the consequences.…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANDEL
Just under the wire on the West Coast, a very happy birthday to George Frideric Handel...
Some very fond #Waybackwednesday memories from this dream-come-true role debut back in 2019 with my friends at Boston Baroque...
SINGING ALONG
In any other year, the moment Thanksgiving arrives I’m staring down a five week tunnel of constant travel and performance, hopping from city to city singing Handel’s Messiah. There have been many years where I’ve missed Thanksgiving with my family in order to begin a run of Messiah performances on Black Friday….
COMFORT, EXALTED VALLEYS, & MOUNTAINS MADE LOW
…One of the major aspects that is so trying about this crisis is the impossibility of knowing when it will end. As the world shelters in place, time itself seems to have suspended, and it can often feel that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. Personally, I find myself needing to be constantly…
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