Hila is singing with New York City Opera this week, so I’m trying to get some work done during the day. Today I hoofed it over to Juilliard and found my way up to a practice room; I haven’t been in one since I graduated 13 years ago.
And nothing... continued
It’s rainy in New York City tonight, so Hila and I ducked into an art house cinema to see Exit Through the Gift Shop. It’s in limited release now (only L.A. and New York, I think) but you absolutely must catch this when it comes... continued
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s excellent radio broadcast Spark has produced a very nice feature about The Virtual Choir. (They interviewed me last week in NYC). You can download the podcast here, or listen to the live broadcast this Sunday 1:05 local time (4:05 on the West Coast).
I’m blogging about this because apparently someone is going to get 100 points if they can get me to post it on my site. I especially liked the line about the street named “Whitacre” that ‘splits into nine streets’. (Via Tone Deaf Comics).
I’ll be in auditions all day today – and callbacks all day tomorrow – looking for singers and actors to fill four of the roles. (Logos, Ignis, Fervio, Pieta). This will be my first ‘Broadway level’ audition series; hoping to have my mind blown.
Walking down 57th this morning on my way to breakfast, I look up at a nondescript pre-war apartment building and happen to see this (shot on my iPhone with the ‘Old Camera’ app):
God, I love this town.
Chris Anderson of TED has graciously chosen the Virtual Choir as a featured video on TED’s Best of the Web page. Can’t begin to tell you how hard I am geeking out on this – Ted.com is easily my favorite site on the web, the source of countless hours of inspiration.
This is an interview I did with the great Fred Child last year when I was in Minneapolis. Almost an hour long!
It. Is. Alive!
Have a look around, kick the tires, listen to some music. Please comment on any of the blog posts or any of the pages for the individual pieces. I would love to hear about your experiences as audience members, as performers,... continued
In the 48 hours since we posted the Lux Aurumque Virtual Choir video soaringleap.com has seen an extraordinary number of new visitors. (Thank you to everyone who has taken an interest and linked here, especially mashable.com and Andrew Sullivan... continued
Absolutely MUST SEE, especially in high-def:
Congratulations to everyone – truly an extraordinary thing you’ve all created. And a huge thank you to Scottie Haines, who beautifully produced the video.
Hmm… What should we do for the NEXT one? WOO HOO!
Oof – another terrific group of singers; very difficult to choose. Sopranos, you most certainly rock the free world.
Listening to all of the videos I think I understood for the first time just how difficult the soprano part to Lux... continued
