See You In September (bye-bye, so long, farewell) “See You In September” was a hit by The Happenings in 1966. I was 8 years old and that song’s melody and lyric are burned into my memory banks. Six years later,…
To the compost pile! Remember, cane reeds come from bamboo cane. They are grown and harvested and usually stored for a couple of years to ‘age’ and ‘cure’ the cane before they become the clarinet, saxophone, oboe or bassoon reed…
“Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people…
I awaken around 3:30 this morning with these words on my lips. I think to myself, “That sounds like a familiar lyric.” I open my voice memo app and record that line and this one as well: Let Kindness and…
Production has begun on the Winter Recital to be held, Sunday, December 6 via a Zoom gathering. Save the date on your calendar. Send me an email to request an invitation. The standard performance practice nowadays is for each individual…