Not much happening in Alto-Land as of late, so I’m turning to my garden. The poppies just started blooming today and the dwarf lilac is in full bloom! Here are some photos of what’s been going on in my garden lately…
Great review courtesy of Piffaro, The Renaissance Band and The Rose Ensemble in the St. Paul Pioneer Press – unfortunately there isn’t an online version, so you have to make do with this clipping… (also, contrary to the reviewer, we did have a very decent turnout for the show!)
Life hasn’t been exceptionally dull in alto-land this January… I’m working on a project with my soloist colleagues at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. Judith Bingham, a composer from England, will be premiering a new composition with the choir on Sunday, January 22nd and we are hosting a free concert that afternoon of her solo pieces …
Not that this was a particularily good year for me – my husband away for an extended time, learning how to live on my own, new furnace, mounds and mounds of snow, cancelled trip to Argentina due to a volcano, losing my kitty Holly, home robbery, car accident with a deer – there were also …
This is awesome… Early Musicby: piper77A musician tries to describe early music…
So it started out to be a fabulous Sunday in December… temps hovering around 46 degrees, great weekend of Rose Ensemble concerts had preceded the day. I sang the pants off of “O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion” in church, treated myself to a bubble tea from The Tea Garden, and picked up Ginna for …
I have a special treat for you. Here’s your chance to hear some of our program from last Christmas, recorded live – La Nochebuena: A Spanish Renaissance Christmas with The Rose Ensemble. This concert is both rhythmic and regal and celebrates Christmas Eve. Many thanks to our friend, Tom Crann from Minnesota Public Radio for …
Oh yes, boys and girls. Lisa & Timm have a holiday mp3 for sale – it’s a really cute arrangement of Santa Claus is Comin’ to town and it’s the first time we’re jumping on the download sleigh. So give it a whirl. It’s only .99 cents and a fun addition to your holiday song …
I spent a wonderful weekend in Ithaca last week. This will be a 2 part post since there’s so much to writeabout! The Rose Ensemble was invited to perform at Cornell University to start off their music series in the Sage Chapel. If you’ve never been to Cornell or live in the Ithaca area, you …
Isacco Columbo is a wonderful musician that I met back in Legnano, Italy when The Rose Ensemble was invited to participate in La Fabbrica del Canto in 2008. We became fast friends and invited him to become a part of our Il Poverello: The Life & Legacy of St. Francis of Assisi. This is his …
Holly Go-Lightly came to me at the end of December. A pretty tuxedo kitty, rather small, but full of life and vigor. She was quite the talker and kept me entertained throughout the day. Both she and Fred were from the Humane Society in Golden Valley. The two became fast friends, both sleeping on the …
The Rose Ensemble had to come to a very difficult decision this past Saturday. On Friday, we had found out that all the domestic flights in Argentina were cancelled due to the ash cloud that was left from the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain. This would mean that we would have flown out …
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