http://killeralto.com they call me killeralto Wed, 16 May 2012 21:01:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://killeralto.com/spring-in-minneapolis http://killeralto.com/spring-in-minneapolis#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 21:01:51 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=7705 http://killeralto.com/spring-in-minneapolis/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/latest-concert-review http://killeralto.com/latest-concert-review#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:39:29 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=7694 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!)]]> http://killeralto.com/latest-concert-review/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/alto-land http://killeralto.com/alto-land#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:06:49 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=7670 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/alto-land/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/goodbye-2011 http://killeralto.com/goodbye-2011#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:59:50 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5965 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/goodbye-2011/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/an-early-music-explanation http://killeralto.com/an-early-music-explanation#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:14:47 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5957 This is awesome… Early Musicby: piper77 A musician tries to describe early music…]]> http://killeralto.com/an-early-music-explanation/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/oh-deer http://killeralto.com/oh-deer#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:25:17 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5945 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/oh-deer/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/a-spanish-musical-treat http://killeralto.com/a-spanish-musical-treat#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:48:55 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5902 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/a-spanish-musical-treat/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/holiday-mp3-for-sale http://killeralto.com/holiday-mp3-for-sale#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:21:09 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5868 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/holiday-mp3-for-sale/feed 0 http://killeralto.com/sage-chape http://killeralto.com/sage-chape#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:16:00 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5827 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/sage-chape/feed 2 http://killeralto.com/isaccos-back http://killeralto.com/isaccos-back#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:04:38 +0000 Lisa Drew http://killeralto.com/?p=5817 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 [...]]]> http://killeralto.com/isaccos-back/feed 0