Tag: Music
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Celebrating My Sisters’ Singing (part deux)
It’s been nearly 3 ½ years since I last recorded either of my sisters’ amazing voices (which I’m a bit upset about, since there have been some phenomenal concerts, including a soul-moving performance at St John the Divine Cathedral in NYC, but alas). So it was high-time to capture a bit more of their talent.…
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Celebrating My Sister’s Singing
Last week my family attended another achingly beautiful Chorus Angelicus concert, which both of my sisters have been members of for many years now. I knew that Karina was going to be the soloist for Felix Mendelssohn‘s “Hear My Prayer“, so this time I brought along my digital recorder and made sure to get a…
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AotM #13: Mischief Night
I never knew this before, but it certainly makes perfect sense that it was those hooliganish Brits who invented Mischief Night. No matter how often studies like these that promote the benefits of exercise come along, I’ll never stop sharing them, since getting sweaty really does make everything better. Today, Tai Chi reduces depression and…
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AotM #10: National Dessert Day
I’ve decided that from now on I’m going to dedicate each Articles of the Moment post to whatever random and strange holiday happens to fall on that day. Because why not? So…Today happens to be National Dessert Day. Treat yourself to some delicious pastries. There’s a lot of fearmongering going on lately about all the…
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Music & Noise & Thought
Always so much to say and so little time to say it, or vice versa. Currently, it’s the former, so I find myself archiving topics and notes and experiences to write about later. Anyway, for now…. I have some spectacularly, even breathtakingly awesome classes this semester. One of them is a writing class, actually, about…
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Creativity & the Great Quentini
This past Friday I decided on a whim to just get out and check out the monthly Gate To Moonbase Alpha (GTMBA) experimental, ambient, and electronic music night at the Rotunda. I’ve been there once before, two summers ago, and was pleasantly surprised by the variety and vitality of the performing artists, the quality of…