vocalcompass.blogspot.com
Vocal Compass: A Singing Musician
http://vocalcompass.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-singing-musician.html
A wide range of notes from voice and piano teacher Patricia Shanks. Saturday, December 28, 2013. It seems to me that too many young people who see themselves as on the road to becoming professional singers would be better served if they found a road that better suits them, or simply make a bargain with themselves to concern themselves with learning to sing for the sheer pleasure of singing and see what happens. Singers who are musicians have music spilling from them. It spills over to writing music &...
vocalcompass.blogspot.com
Vocal Compass: December 2013
http://vocalcompass.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html
A wide range of notes from voice and piano teacher Patricia Shanks. Saturday, December 28, 2013. It seems to me that too many young people who see themselves as on the road to becoming professional singers would be better served if they found a road that better suits them, or simply make a bargain with themselves to concern themselves with learning to sing for the sheer pleasure of singing and see what happens. Singers who are musicians have music spilling from them. It spills over to writing music &...
cantabileproject.org
Board of Advisors – Cantabile Project
https://cantabileproject.org/board-of-advisors
Claudia Catania teaches voice at the Westminster choir college, the Mannes school of music. And in the summer for Wichita state university in Lucca, Italy. At home in both classical music and music theater, she sang over 200 performances at The Metropolitan Opera. And the Giulio Gari Foundation. Mr Woodward is known in the Hampton Roads community as both an outstanding pianist and choral conductor. He is a frequent collaborator in both vocal and instrumental chamber concerts, having performed with th...
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: February 2015
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2015_02_01_archive.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Wednesday, February 25, 2015. These days, I am having the privilege and fun of supporting a piano student in his first serious efforts at engaging with Mozart. He has played two or three Beethoven sonatas and done so rather well. A couple of lessons into his Mozart experience, he initiated a thoughtful conversation about how playing Mozart is distinctly different from playing Beethoven. Is a clear example of this. Gives an idea of this. Posted by Charles Hulin. Good a...
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: Rich Days
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2015/03/rich-days.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Friday, March 20, 2015. This March has been perhaps the busiest ever at our house or at least for the people who live at our house. But I could be wrong about that as there have been some really busy Marches before. If you're not familiar with the term "ekphrastic" I suggest looking it up as it's a fun one to know. A piano solo from Arthur Farwell's Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas. A Chinese folk song sung by a colleague. The program was the life Chri...
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: Learning Aesthetics
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/learning-aesthetics.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Tuesday, July 07, 2009. After the Festival, I took a trip to Charlotte, NC to visit a student. While there, I had a great time staying with friends in the Hyaets Community. I also took the opportunity to visit Rock Hill, SC where I lived from 3rd grade to 11th grade. From some vantage points, the fountain is easily seen and framed from a distance and a higher elevation. From other directions, it is hidden until almost the last moment of one's approach. One can...Refle...
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: April 2015
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2015_04_01_archive.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Saturday, April 18, 2015. Last night, I was surprised by an answer to a question I wasn't asking. The question is related to questions I ask, but I don't think I've ever really considered it before. Why was time created? The answer was a profound one, one I found a little reductive. Perhaps because I was being too literal). And kind of jarring. I normally think of time as a mystery. But we seem to be passing through it,. Or maybe it's more like we're caught in it.
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: Glencairn
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2015/07/glencairn.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Wednesday, July 08, 2015. I've blogged before about the role Glencairn Gardens played in the formation of my aesthetics. In June, I revisited this lovely spot and now I'm blogging what was the stream of consciousness at that time. Stereo fountains and green-screened trails. Solitary benches for pondering and prayer. Hidden lawns where youngsters cuddle. And bridges for meetings real and imagined. A garden for grown-ups, too -. Strong willows and sunlit cypresses.
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: August 2014
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2014_08_01_archive.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Friday, August 29, 2014. As Kathy and I reach our 17. Wedding anniversary, I find myself thinking of the pains and losses we have suffered over the years. Some of those things seem like they could have really thrown us for a loop but I don't think any of them have. Lately I have found myself hearing from more and more atheists, agnostics, and believers who struggle with the question "How can a good God let such bad things happen? I think faith is much more than intell...
hulinmusic.blogspot.com
Hulin Music: March 2015
http://hulinmusic.blogspot.com/2015_03_01_archive.html
Musings of a classical pianist . . . Friday, March 20, 2015. This March has been perhaps the busiest ever at our house or at least for the people who live at our house. But I could be wrong about that as there have been some really busy Marches before. If you're not familiar with the term "ekphrastic" I suggest looking it up as it's a fun one to know. A piano solo from Arthur Farwell's Impressions of the Wa-Wan Ceremony of the Omahas. A Chinese folk song sung by a colleague. The program was the life Chri...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT