Canto: The Case for Choir
“[During the pandemic] Health and safety concerns are at the forefront of our decision-making, but the solutions we create for this current situation need not create a “new normal.”
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Canto: Relishing Recitativo
My favorite part of any rehearsal process begins when the focus is on recitative. For many singers, especially those who concentrate on Baroque music, recitative is a Holy Grail of interpretation and performance, offering insights into style that can reveal virtually every affective tool of the trade. The genre is no less valuable for those
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Canto: Voices of Inspiration
How can we teach children that music is a space where all people are welcome? How can we lift up voices instead of suppressing them in a world that talks about openness and inclusivity but often falls short? How can we use our own voices to effect change?
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Canto: Times That Bind
Feelings and emotions are the glue of the human experience. And the unfailing conduit for linking us to who we always were, and will be, is music. It has existed along with humanity predating traumas like war, slavery, and injustice.
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Canto: Gifts of Healing
From the May 2019 issue of EMAg The important thing about early music is that humans do it. It is true that it is beautiful and can soothe the soul, ravish the senses, engage the intellect, and arouse the passions. But the important thing about early music is that humans do it.” —Margaret Wise Brown,
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