Fall Pictures

Sarah and I went hiking in upstate NY and took a few pictures. I put up a full album at picasa and you can see a sample below. It was a fun day and about all the exercise I've gotten this fall.



In case you are out of the loop, I'm applying for jobs this fall. It is a bit stressful, but not horribly so. It just means I'm much more busy than usual. I've already applied for three and I have a bunch due around the first of December.

My choir RCCNY has two concerts in December. These are our usual Christmas concerts which focus mostly on Russian music, or at least Slavic music. This is a good program: we are exploring the history of this music starting with the earliest written chants to contemporary composers. Check out the poster.


I think it turned out nice, and captures a wintery holiday feel.

Now the title of this blog entry is Fall Pictures, so I'll end with a picture of the trees in the playground viewed from my balcony. I just took this picture a few days ago, so we still have plenty of nice fall colors around.



Have a good Thanksgiving, and good turkey.

Erin

Nevsky at Carnegie Hall

My choir performed Prokofiev's Alexander Nevksy in Carnegie Hall on the 1st of November. It was really fun. This was the first time I had sung on the stage at Carnegie (our last time there we sang from off stage). I was amazed at how good it felt to sing there. Something about the acoustic just made everything that came of of my mouth feel right.

This makes me understand, I think, the real appeal of this hall to performers. From the audience the sound is quite good I think, but not exceptional. But on stage it is amazing. The appeal of Carnegie is just the feel of the place. I see why people feel they have arrived when they have sung there. It isn't because it's famous and you are great if you are invited to sing there, it's because it feels great to sing there.

Erin