A Weekend (and a Day) Of Showcase Music

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 […]

The Daily Show Taping & Rock of Ages (surprise!)

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 […]

Sounds of My Apartment #1

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 […]

Two Composer Showcases, April 11th and 12th!

#1: APRIL 11th: I will be singing backup to Bill Zeffiro’s piece “The Road to Ruin,” along with Summer Broyhill, to Jennifer Wren’s lead vocals! But see the lineup of headline singers – MARNIE NIXON! Wow! THE NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY presents the 8th Annual New Songwriter Series, produced by Board member Sandi Durell. It will take place on […]

A Wonderful Birthday Week!

Had to throw in a post about the marvelous time(s) I had this week, partly due to my first Birthday in New York, and partly due to the visitation of Pete’s in-laws (or two out of the four). My Birthday was the 24th; Pete & I celebrated that Tuesday evening with a sushi feast (we hadn’t really had one since […]

SOUNDS OF THE SUBWAY SESSION #2:

February 22, 2009: Wall St 2/3 Train and the Funk Guitar March 05, 2009: Church Organ at 1010 Park Avenue Church 1-a gentleman was rehearsing at this amazing church organ while we were awaiting an audition slot. It was inspirational…for a new Dracula movie! Church Organ at 1010 Park Avenue Church 2 Sierra

“Strange Fruit” a Fantastic Experience this Past Weekend!

This weekend was the end of a week-long rehearsal process for “Strange Fruit,” culminating in two staged readings and creating what can only be described as an amazing experience for myself. I always dabbled in opera – did the aria “vienni t’affretta” from Verdi’s “Macbetto” in “Master Class,” and did Edith in “The Pirates of Penzance.” This time, I was […]

SOUNDS OF THE SUBWAY SESSION #1:

as a fan of fellow artistes and a fan in general of sounds and sound design, I’m going to begin a little collective project – that is, as I hear interesting sounds in the subway (musicians, the train, someone talking, me rehearsing something under my breath, the odd insane person yelling at the wall, etc), I will turn on the […]

Presenting Kay “ThePal”

Pete bought us some Whatnot Muppets for Christmas – and here’s mine in her very first public appearance. Only…she’s not too happy about how she presents herself. Some attitude there, as well! Enjoy – she’s in the midst of coming to life, so this may not be her final “personality” matrix.