Month: April 2009

Hopefully you can take the time to come visit me – I’m sure the nurseswill let you in so you can play with me and my puppet! -Sierra

Another week pack-filled with fun and good work. Again, here’s a Table of Contents for the latest additions (most recent events last) to the blog: April 9, 2009 The Daily Show Taping & Rock of Ages (surprise!) April 11-14, 2009 A Weekend (and a Day) Of Showcase Music April 16, 2009 Big Night Out Composer Showcase with John Meyer April 16, 2009 TimeOut New York Magazine Answers My Question! April 19, 2009 Sounds of the Subway Session #3

April 19, 2009: Alex Lo Dico Ensemble at 42nd StreetA great jazz band that certainly drew a large crowd as I made my way from one train to the other. Their website: www.alexlodico.com “Available – parties weddings etc” Xylophone Player at 59th Street Colombus CircleLike it sounds – a neat xylophone player!

Thursday night was my evening off from “Ruddigore” Rehearsal (April 24-May 24, 2009, www.theater1010.com!), so I enjoyed an evening out with Pete at Big Night Out, one of the two classy, laid-back open mics I regularly go for. I sang with Kay during the first act, then sat back and watched the Composer Showcase for John Meyer. This was a unique night for Big Night Out, which usually offers a more traditional Composer Showcase in which many songs are performed by many different singers, one after the other. But this night, some classic work by Meyer was sung and playedContinue readingBig Night Out Composer Showcase with John Meyer

So, my husband buys us muppets for Christmas via www.jay.thepete.com, and I have Kay the chanteuse making appearances at open mics. Then, I audition and get the singing/puppeteering role of Ruth in “Ruddigore.” I email TimeOut New York Magazine a few weeks later in the hopes that they might do some overall research regarding puppetry – classes, theater companies, construction, etc. And they answered in this week’s magazine, page 6 of the “You Asked for It” section! Click the thumbnail image for a larger version.

On April 11th, I sang with Bill Zeffiro, Jennifer Wren, and Summer Broyhill on two of Zeffiro’s original music pieces at Sandi Durell’s 8th Annual Songwriters Showcase, which was dedicated to new music by contemporary composers. Bill and Jennifer solo’d and dueted to “What the Hell, It’s Christmas” and “The Road to Ruin,” while Summer and I sang backup. We also heard music by David Conforte, Hector Coris, Alyce Finell, Annie Lebeaux, Peter Napolitano/Mark Janas/Matthew Ward, June Rachelson-Ospa/Kezia Hirsey, Brad Ross, Bill Zeffiro and Jeff Blumenkranz. Singers included: Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, Marni Nixon, Kevin Reed, Trisha Rapier, JulieContinue readingA Weekend (and a Day) Of Showcase Music

A friend of ours, Carrie Seo, contacted us a while ago and asked if we were available to go see a taping of The Daily Show on Thursday the 9th. Of course, Pete and I cleared our schedule. We met Carrie as early as we thought was safe to get in a reasonable place on line – we turned out to be the first ones there…was it because of Passover that there wasn’t a huge, rambunctious turnout like last time? In any event, we were first in line and certainly happy it wasn’t a cold day. Pete and I InContinue readingThe Daily Show Taping & Rock of Ages (surprise!)

April 3, 2009: Drips from My Ceiling Here is a lovely beat from the multiple drops of what was apparently Kitchen sink overflow water from the neighbor’s apartment upstairs. It was discovered as I was going to sleep, and luckily nothing was harmed. However, now serious surgery will have to be done with the ceiling and our bedroom is a bit of a mess right now. Enjoy!