Yea! We’re in Italy!

so here’s the scenario…  we land in Newark just in time to miss our flight to Milan… that was Thursday.  Spent most of Friday in Newark hanging around the airport playing on the iPhone and taking Piggy to Dunkin’ Donuts.  Since we don’t...

Not in Milan yet…

sigh….  We were delayed in Minneapolis due to weather on the East Coast.  Delayed 2-1/2 hours.  Sadly, we were on a Northwest flight and had a connecting flight on Contintental leaving Newark at 6:25pm.  The irony of the airport thing is they can delay flights...

Back to Legnano, Italy

For an unprecedented return engagement, The Rose Ensemble has been invited back to participate in the “La Fabbrica del Canto”, an international choral festival that takes place in and around the Milan region of Northern Italy.  The following blurb was...

Let’s Hear It for Singers! Especially in Minnesota…

I was just perusing my latest newsletter from MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) and came across this wonderful blurb: Let’s Hear It for Singers We tend to have a bias around here toward singers since many of us have choral experience, so it’s nice to see that...

Killeralto on TPT-MN Television

Yes, it’s true. I am going to be on television – at least me and my collegues from The Rose Ensemble. It’s all part of a new documentary that was filmed in April over the course of a week. The film crew shot footage of rehearsals, performances and...

Spring has sprung, finally…

April Showers have begun to fall and the lawn is developing this beautiful emerald color, trees are beginning to pop and the buds on my daffodils are swelling.  I’m hoping this year that they will actually bloom.  Last Spring was not kind – we had a warm...