My choir's Monteverdi Vespers performance last night was incredible.  Sackbuts and cornettos make me happy regardless, and the ones we had were just awesome; their sound set a great deal of the mood for me.  It was one of those times when the concert felt like flying.  One of my favorite sopranos did the Soprano II solos, plus the pair of tenors we ( Read more... )

Yeah, so I have a book launch this week, but the real focus of my brain all this week is my choir's upcoming Monteverdi Vespers concert.

We got a feature in the Philadelphia Inquirer!

The venue for the Monteverdi concert this weekend had a breakdown of its heating system, so the concert's been moved. (It's going down in the forties this weekend, plus there's the issue of period instruments which have trouble staying in tune even when it's the exact right temperature.) Luckily, we have almost a whole week to publicize the ( Read more... )

My Kindle arrived yesterday, shortly before I had to head for choir rehearsal, the first one for Monteverdi Vespers. I charged it up (it took maybe an hour?) and let it download the few books I'd bought and all the free classics I'd downloaded. Today I added on some PDF e-books I've bought over the last couple of years but never read because I ( Read more... )

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