GRECCHINOIS
“The only time it all consistently makes sense is when I sing.”
BACH AS EDUCATOR
Episode 6 of BACH 52 is now available!
This episode features a moving and insightful chat with San Francisco Conservatory of Music Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Michael Roest, who is also the founder and director of the International Pride Orchestra…
BABY WITH THE BATHWATER
Episode 5 of BACH 52 is now live!
This episode's featured interviewee is Steven Zohn, General Editor of The American Bach Society and Musicologist at Temple University. We had a fascinating conversation about…
ORPHEUS WITH HIS LUTE
I’m about to fly off to Greece next week to tend to some family business, and my mind is turning towards some of the Greek mythology that permeated my childhood reading as my mother attempted to inundate me with the history of my Greek heritage growing up…
REBECCA CLARKE
Rebecca Clarke passed away on this day in 1979. Here's a little #FlashbackFriday clip of her beautiful setting of Yeat's poem "The Cloths of Heaven" from Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago's 2021 Collaborative Works festival…
BAROQUE COMFORT
“…For me, Buxtehude’s cantata, “Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab’ “ is a hope-filled prayer turning to whatever higher being is out there for some comfort. The world could definitely use some solace these days, and I think I am drifting towards this musical memory a lot this week, because Buxtehude’s music is a ray of sunlight in what feel like increasingly dark and terrifying times…”
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
A lot of this fall is devoted to recording projects - one of my greatest passions as a musician. In just a few weeks, I will be starting another recording project which will have its first sessions towards the end of this month in the United Kingdom: a recording of Rebecca Clarke's songs. I really look forward to sharing more…
SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
I hope you had a wonderful Summer! My apologies for taking a summer hiatus from the newsletters, but the summer ended up being quite the busy time between the packed concert schedule, navigating some exciting staff transitions at CAIC, and making sure there was a bit of space for a few days of vacation in there, as well…
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