March 2012
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Steven Blier and the Vocal Rising Stars...
March 12, 2012
Drama, drama, drama, every day. But I wouldn’t change it for the world. Friday I was irritable. We had a donor event at night and it put a little roadblock in our process. The cast circled their wagons, protected what they had, didn’t take too many risks, saved their voices, worried about memory. The 30-minute show went fine, and afterwards we got the usual kinds of questions: “You...
March 8, 2012 Thursday is always a critical day up at Caramoor. The free-wheeling exploration period is just about to end and everyone feels the pressure. It’s not quite as innocent to forget lyrics or smudge a passage on the piano. After all, tomorrow we’re doing a part of the concert for some donors, Saturday is dress rehearsal, Sunday is a performance in Katonah, and Tuesday is the Big Apple....
Vocal Rising Star Brent Ryan
March 9th 2012:
Twenty years ago I stepped foot into Kindergarten, and last spring I received my diploma for a master’s degree in music. Since then I have been haunted by the question, “Now what?” Yesterday in a coaching with Steve Blier, I was psychologically thrown off when he referred to me as a professional singer. “Me, a professional?” was my inward response, “No, no, that’s not me… not...
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