Hello kind readers! My name is the Voracious Vocalist and I am a friend and colleague of the esteemed Sybaritic Singer. After spending an …
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kafka-fragmente: Collaboration is Everything
There has always been a pull toward this score. It evokes an internal leaning toward the work that it would take to perform it. The constant …
kafka-fragmente: A Fragment is Like a Hedgehog
"Ein Fragment muss gleich einem kleinen Kunstwerke von der umgebenden Welt ganz abgesondert und in sich selbst vollendet sein wie ein …
kafka-fragmente: Telling a Historical Fiction through Chamber Music
In January 2014, I will be performing one of my wish list pieces with the wonderful violinist Martha Morrison Muehleisen. Kafka-Fragmente is …
let's discuss: How to *Actually* Save Your Local Opera
Hey friends, adding to the abundance of bad news that has been floating around recently, it has been a rough couple of weeks for opera as …
let's discuss: Three Reasons Why I Blog
To be honest, I started this blog while working a soul-sucking day job. Like many bloggers, I desperately needed a reminder that I was …
guest post: Dispatches from New Music on the Point by Hillary LaBonte
Greetings, fellow Sybaritic devotees! Like the diva herself, I am committed to the creation and performance of new music, and I recently …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: Put On Those Career Pounds
Full disclosure: I am no longer actually at Fifth House's Fresh Inc 2013 Summer Festival. I recently returned to Smalltimore after an …
Dispatches from Fresh Inc: Hang Out With Greatness
Find greatness. Hang out with greatness. - Deborah Sobol, Rush Hour Concerts I spent a summer in Graz, Austria hanging on to every word …