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Remembering that beautiful day in June when our friends/amazing colleagues sang this (difficult and stunning piece) for our Vermont wedding ceremony with an amazing improv by @fostermycello ; a plane went by overhead droning in the tonal area of the piece—we know it was Joey saying hello from above. ❤️ #pärt #beautitudes #blessedarethepeacemakers #vermont #commongroundcenter #loveandredspect
Super fun to be at my alma mater recording with James Blachly and the @experientialorchestra and @clarion_music_society ; my Mom is with us to hang out with the little man in a dressing room. Wonderful singing between mezzo colleagues @hkarloski and @mikkisodergren ❤️ and running into some familiar faces I haven’t seen in over a decade. @dashonburton and @sarahenb5 killing it. Being at the @purchasecollege @purchasepac is bringing back a million memories from my undergrad time working as a work study student for Melinda Craig and company management here...spent so many hours in these halls. And performing operas in the Recital Hall. Very glad to see these amazing theaters thriving—an oasis of music and art! #recording #ethylsmyth #theprison #clarionchoir #westchester #keeppurchaseweird #heliotrope #puce @purchaseopera
Here we go on Ossian’s first subway trip and first music class, called “Cuddle and Bounce.” A friend is becoming certified for Kindermusik and so Ossian is an early pupil. Eastman onesie still a little big. We are totally ready for Schenkarian analysis and Forte numbers...and speaking of dorky music stuff: why on Earth are the Baby Einstein recordings all terrible midi versions of great music? Why don’t they just use good recordings? Who wants to create a baby music company with me...starting with Baby Einstein on the Beach? Numbers, Solfège, mixed meters, you name it...only half kidding. Adorable onesie courtesy of Aunt Laura and Uncle Brian.
I’ve said it before on crummy days like this: New Yorkers are intrepid AF. But today, (solo this week with Red at a residency in VT) I schlepped through snow and sleet with Ossian to his 2-month pediatrician visit during which he got his vaccines and rolled over on the table to the surprise and delight of both Mom and Dr. George. Everyone I passed en route was incredibly solicitous and kind. I nursed him through the shots and he cried for about 1 second, a total champ. So today I will toot our horns shamelessly, mine and my son’s, and ALL other parents I know in this city: New Yorkers with babies are INTREPID and SOLICITOUS AF. #community #brooklyn #fortgreene #musicianmom
Happy National Pizza Day everyone! We celebrated with takeout from Emily, wherein I noticed no fewer than THREE men (just one man bun) wearing babies in carriers. On a Saturday night. I swear babies are the new hipster/Brooklyn accessory. (Ossian stayed at home for the pickup. And no, that’s not why we had a kid.) #emily #emzies #pizzalovesemily #brooklyn #nationalpizzaday
Freedom from the deep freeze in Fort Greene Park! God I love Brooklyn and this preview of what’s to come when winter thaws...met a delightful group of young local Moms (and Dads) who have kids around Ossian’s age, nursed at a picnic table (adding parks to the list of public places to nurse, which includes bars and coffee shops), looked at the trees and the kids playing, and Ossian met Spike Lee on the way home. His first day unbundled in the great out of doors was a beautiful one, and I’m so happy he can grow up here. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced something cooler than watching him see everything for the very first time....and singing to him as I walk around these neighborhoods is pretty much the best singing I’ve ever been able to do. #fortgreene #brooklyn #fortgreenepark #community #hungryghost
#vivaldi #gloria #neighborhood #brooklyn #fortgreene #winterfire #lafayetteavenuepresbyterianchurch #lapc #southoxfordstreet #brooklynconservatoryofmusic #brooklynconservatorychorale @eastman.school @brooklynconservatory
The new normal for score study. Preparing five gorgeous songs for mezzo and orchestra by little known composer Fernande Decruck for a March premiere with @chelseasymphony Mom singers, any infant hacks for learning and practicing new rep with a wee one? #mezzo #singermom #classicalsinger #songrep #frenchsong #chelseasymphony
Rehearsal with the @brooklynconservatory Chorale for Saturday’s 2pm concert. Such a pleasure to sing as the mezzo soloist for a Vivaldi Gloria literally around the corner at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church—with the glorious Tami Petty, fellow @eastman.school alum. Listening to her is basically a voice lesson. So great to make music at home in my community with wonderful folks. #vivaldigloria #lafayetteavenuepresbyterianchurch #brooklynconservatoryofmusic #brooklyn #fortgreene
Was moved beyond words again tonight for the third and final performance of Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my mouth which was transcendent. Have to admit, these gigantic scissors ✂️ made me a bit nervous at first.....then wielding them with a bunch of badass women made me feel like a superhero. #fireinmymouth #juliawolfe #femalepower #protest #resist #respect #weareallimmigrants #beautiful #nyc @nyphilharmonic @thecrossingchoir 🔥🔥🔥
6.5 weeks #respect #swingin’
My Mom hobnobbing with one of the greatest opera singers in the world after last night’s @carnegiehall masterclass in which one @enricolee Enrico Lagasca slayed, by all accounts. Love that Mom has been soaking in everything NYC has to offer. Love her and love having her with us these months.
Red commissioned this gorgeous painting by artist @grahamyarrington as the most thoughtful Christmas/Mom gift. It’s so beautiful and unique. Ossian (Oisín, Irish) means “little deer” and so there he is in the foreground; and the trees in the background are cypress. This will be treasured forever. Thank you, Graham! #ossiancypress #art #brooklynartists #grahamyarrington
It’s a cozy sorta Monday. Wishing you all fuzzies, sweaters, forest-friends onesies, and stuffed giraffes to cuddle on this winter day. Thank you Aunt Pat for this gorgeous handmade Vermont-yarn sweater! #gezellig
Red found this Martin “Backpacker” guitar outside a BK brownstone today. It seems to be a left handed guitar—and we aren’t sure it can be strung differently. Any suggestions from guitar folks?
Happy one-month, little dude. You’re quite a character already.
Big day out for Ossian: La Leche League in the morning followed by his one-month checkup this afternoon. Getting out the door seems like the biggest accomplishment of our lives. Aaaaand we’re walking.
When Gammy sits with the little guy for an hour and a half during happy hour...first date out to celebrate someone’s near-month birthday! #hopshill #date loving my husband more than ever. #takesavillage
Our little guy is stoked to meet his baby cousin in just over a month! Can’t wait for them to explore the world together! ❤️ @noelleisnoelle and Chris #babyshower #cousins #family #loveislove