I’m not not talking about clothing accessories and inebriated speech…just yet. When reading them little black and white dots on top of all them lines, aka music notation, it’s really easy for beginners to confuse ties with slurs. Both are graceful arcs between notes. The actual shape of the lines can be identical. The purpose is…
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My Christmas with Cantus
This is the weird and wonderful story of how my one and only Christmas with Cantus led me to meet tenors David Walton and Aaron Humble who are joining forces with me for my upcoming “A Three Tenors Christmas” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. plug: Tuesday, December 22 at 8:15 P.M. (dinner seating at 6:15) get…
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Two Things Wright
I’ve been enjoying learning a little bit more about the birth of flight as I prepare for Test Pilot in a few weeks. While most of what I’ve been learning has to do with what to sing or how to move, there are two things about the Wright brothers that really stick out to me.…
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