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 [...]
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: piper77 A musician tries to describe early music… You might enjoy: Marga Richter: Riders to the Sea; Kyrie People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm I Travel Alone
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 [...]
I just have to say that this was such a fun experience! I’ve performed a lot of opera in my days, but this was a first. We had an awesome crowd on the lawn in front of the Walker Art Center last night. The weather broke just in time, and temps were a comfortable 73 [...]
The Rose Ensemble was invited to perform in this year’s Madison Early Music Festival. Created in 2000, the MEMF provides an opportunity for Early Music musicians, educators and enthusiasts to gather and exchange information and ideas about Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music. In addition, acclaimed Early Music artists are invited to perform and concerts are [...]
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