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What Are the Odds? – Reprogramming Directive
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What Are the Odds? What Are the Odds? November 27, 2014. This is part 10 of 11 in the series 26 Songs. What Are the Odds? Another Year, Another City. This is a post where I reflect on my life to date and the story behind the number. What Are the Odds? From the show I’m currently working on. You can skip the reflection and go straight to where I talk about the show. The background on this number. Or jump straight to the video. I’ve talked before about how small and unimportant decisions. The thought still...
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A Tale of Two Generations – Reprogramming Directive
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A Tale of Two Generations Reprogramming Directive. A Tale of Two Generations. April 3, 2015. This is part 4 of 4 in the series Dream Traps - What's Stopping You? Dream Traps - What's Stopping You? The Chinese Tradition Trap – Failure Is Not An Option. The I Might As Well Trap – Confusing Sunk Costs, Incremental Costs and Opportunity Costs. The Aptitude/Passion Disconnect – Being Good At Something You Don’t Like. A Tale of Two Generations. Planning to do our opening number tmr @MTFmusicals. It seems that ...
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Another Year, Another City – Reprogramming Directive
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Another Year, Another City Reprogramming Directive. Another Year, Another City. April 9, 2015. This is part 11 of 11 in the series 26 Songs. What Are the Odds? Another Year, Another City. I am seriously unstable. I can hear you thinking now, “Deb, there’s no way you’re unstable. You’re: a) married. B) you’ve been at the same job. Since high school; and c) you have this crazy twenty-year plan. To boot.”. I can see why you would be confused. Allow me to observe that I am twenty-eight. And I have moved.
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No Day But Today – Reprogramming Directive
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No Day But Today Reprogramming Directive. No Day But Today. November 26, 2012. We have massive news…and – before you even. It – no, I am not. Pregnant and we are not having a baby. - -;. The past year or so has really been a whirlwind for me. Not long after I was done with my audit busy season. I found out I was going to the Times Square New York office for a short ten week secondment – something that had been on my goals at Ernst & Young ever since I started as a trainee almost seven years ago. Obviousl...
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“What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” – Reprogramming Directive
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8220;What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? 8221; Reprogramming Directive. 8220;What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? April 24, 2010. It’s a question we get asked a lot as little kids, perhaps in kindergarten or even pre-school, not just by our friends, classmates or teachers but family, parents and the world at large. Answers vary from the “ordinary” (“I’m going to be a teacher/nurse/business person! 8221;) to the exotic (“I’m going to be a firefighter/pilot/famous! For me, it was fear. It all stop...
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Spring 2014 – Composers Collective
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A NY-based non-profit for composers. The Spring 2014 was the inaugural season of the Composers Collective. Composers met in Manhattan every second Friday. The executive committee for the Spring 2014 season was comprised of:. President – Peter Jan Fedak. Vice President – Alicia Lieu. Treasurer – Kit Goldstein Grant. Secretary / Communications Director – Deborah Lau. Favorite Composer Show and Tell. February 28, 2014. March 14 and April 11, 2014. March 28 and April 4, 2014. April 25, 2014. A peer review se...
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The True Cost of Moving Overseas – Reprogramming Directive
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The True Cost of Moving Overseas Reprogramming Directive. The True Cost of Moving Overseas. May 20, 2013. So just how much does it cost to completely uproot your life and move half way across the world? For a change of pace, I thought I’d act the accountant that I am at my day job and do the analysis for you. So why do it at all? Potential. And the opportunity to realize that potential. Most of us grow up being told we can do anything, be anything we want. Born to some variant of Tiger Mom. Kid graduates...
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Revolver – Reprogramming Directive
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March 18, 2015. This is a post where I discuss the story behind the number. From the show I’m currently working on. You can skip the reflection and go straight to where I talk about the show. The background on this number. Of me talking about the piece, or jump straight to the audio. Change is hard. Reinvention is harder. You might ask, “aren’t change and reinvention basically the same thing? Reinvention involves a brutally honest self assessment. Of the status quo. As a result. It comes from within.
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Jazz and Arancini – Reprogramming Directive
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Jazz and Arancini Reprogramming Directive. August 2, 2015. This is a post where I discuss the story behind my solo piano work. Which I premiered at the Composers Collective Spring 2015 concert. You can skip the reflection and go straight to the background on this piece. Recordings or program notes. April’s been a pretty emotional month for me for the last couple of years. First, I got married. Then we moved to New York. Then I was living in an empty house. A photo posted by Deborah Lau (@xinqinyan) on.
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Upcoming Events – Winter Concert featuring Folie A Deux – Composers Collective
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A NY-based non-profit for composers. Laquo; All Events. This event has passed. Winter Concert featuring Folie A Deux. February 13, 2015 @ 8:00 pm. Executive Meeting ». The Composers Collective is proud to present its Winter 2015 showcase, a celebration of the art of duet writing. This free event will start at 8:00 PM on Friday, February 13, 2015 in the Gallery at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY. Conducted in partnership with the viola duo of Nora Krohn and Nick Revel ( Folie à Deux. February 13, 2015.
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