Blog: Open Intervals
Give it a rest.
It's time...to take a break.
2014 has been quite a journey.
This year I've:
- finished and announced this new website
- traveled to Patagonia (Chile), Oregon, Milwaukee, and Virginia, MN (yeah, you know it's awesome up there)
- started my own voice studio
- started teaching in the after-school programs at one high school and soon will teach in another
- sang my first World Premiere
- sang "Les Nuits d'été" for the first time
- rehearsed "Jesu, meine Freude" with my friends' infant cooing on my lap (that's a…
Don't Save Your Thanks for the Acceptance Speech
Wouldn't it be awesome to stand up in front of thousands of people in a packed hall and give an amazing speech saying thank you to everyone who has affected your life and career? And for it to be televised? And then jet off to your next destination, ready to take the stage, film the scene, give the next lecture.
That would be SO COOL.
Just like it would be SO COOL to win a big award like a Grammy. And then people start calling YOU.
That would be so awesome.
And it most surely is so awesome t…
Summer nights - Les nuits d'été by Hector Berlioz
November 22 & 23, 2014
Sergey Bogza, conductor
November 22nd, 7:00 p.m.
Chisholm High School Auditorium
301 4th Street SW
Chrisholm, MN 55719
November 23rd, 2:30 p.m.
Goodman Auditorium at Virginia High School
411 5th St. S
Virginia, MN 55792
Purcell & Schubert
Sunday, November 16th, 2014 at 3 p.m.
Ode for St. Cecilia's Day - Henry Purcell
Magnificat - Franz Schubert
Christmas Cantata - Daniel Pinkham
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Kristie Tigges, soprano
Nicole Warner, alto
Richard Joseph, tenor
Mike Schmidt, bass
Patricia C. Connors, director
Choral Society of St. Catherine
Admission $10/$5
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The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium at the University of St. Catherine
2004 Randolph Ave
St Paul, MN 55105
How to Write a Last-Minute Application
To accomplish this major feat, you need to know a few things. Because learning this shouldn’t take longer than the actual application, here it is short, sweet, and to the point.
1. Decide if it’s really worth it.
Sit down, and for five minutes think about what this application could lead to—what are the possibilities? If it’s worth a lot later, then it’s definitely worth a few hours of intense work right now. If you don’t care very much, then don’t do it. You’ll only be annoyed with yourself l…
Petite Messe Solennelle - G. Rossini
October 19, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Tracey Engleman, soprano
Nicole Warner, mezzo-soprano
Luke Grooms, tenor
Jeffrey Ray, bass
Richard Hynson, conductor
Order your tickets here.
146 Green Bay Rd
Thiensville, WI 53092
Gioacchino Rossini (pictured above) wrote the Petite Messe Solennelle (Small solemn mass) in 1863 as a salon piece for two pianos and harmonium, calling for only 12 singers; the soloists should sing the chorus parts and the solos.…
World Premiere: Two Old Finnish Hymns - August 3, 2014
Kaksi vanhaa suomalaista virttä - Two Old Finnish Hymns
1. Me uskom' yhden Jumalan pääll' - We Believe in One God
2. Herra siunaa meit' ja auta - Lord, Bless Us and Help Us
for mezzo-soprano and organ, composed by Olli Kortekangas
I'll also be singing "Simple Song" from Bernstein's Mass during this service.
Sunday, August 3, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.
with Mark Sedio, organ
333 S 12th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
More information to this World Premiere, compo…
7 Music Puns to Make You Snort. Or Groan.
1. Music isn't for kids--it's full of sax and violins.
2. If I told you I loved you, would you love me Bach?
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4. My name is Franz, and you are on my Liszt.
5. If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.
6. I think your G-String is a bit tight.
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For Voice Teachers: The Private Voice Studio Handbook
Joan Frey Boytim's Private Voice Studio Handbook is a Must-Have for all Voice Teachers
by Joan Frey Boytim.Central Lutheran Church - June 22, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
10:00 a.m.
"Praises and Prayers" by Virgil Thomson
1. From The Canticle of the Sun (St. Francis of Assissi)
2. My Master Hath a Garden (Anonymous)
3. Jerusalem, My Happy Home (Anonymous stanzas on "Mater Hierusalem Civitas Sancta Dei" from The Meditations of Saint Augustine, Ch. XXV)
with Mark Sedio, piano
333 S 12th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55404
The song cycle "Praises and Prayers" is only rarely performed and many have never hear…