A few weeks ago, I indicated that I had resumed active solication of singing auditions. Well, it seems one of those has come to pass. I don’t want to say for what I will be auditioning for fear of jinxing it, but I can say I was shocked to be contacted and I am nervously excited in my preparations. Now I need to calm down, focus, practice and have a good time.
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Yesterday I sang some gospel music as requested as part of Martin Luther King, Jr., Sunday at Old South Church. Willie Sordillo’s jazz trio accompanied and they really rocked it. Thanks guys!  January 19th, 2009 | Alecia
Category: Old South Church, performance, singing, soprano | No comments |  |  When I was five years old, I had my first public singing performance. It was a holiday pageant for children and I was Head Angel.  I know the details are a bit fuzzy, but I assure you this is me. I still have the wings and the halo, in fact. My mother made them. As circular as life can be, it seems things may have come ’round. This evening I played the role of The Angel in a performance of a Calvin Hampton arrangement of We Three Kings. His title of choice is The Wisemen Cometh and it is a really lovely 20th-Century adaptation and harmonization of the story and melody. See the three kings in the lower right-hand corner of the photo up there? Well, this time around I got to stand nearer the kings. Like, right next to them. And, they sang better, too.  What’s even better is that I … Read more » December 24th, 2008 | Alecia
Category: Calvin Hampton, Old South Church, singing, soprano | 1 comment | | Dear MBTA, Yes, indeed, this is my second open letter to you. I cannot express the shock and dismay that crossed my face when I walked into rehearsal at Boston’s Old South Church this evening. Apparently, sometime Tuesday night, or perhaps early Wednesday morning, a huge crack appeared in the Eastern wall–the Dartmouth-facing wall containing multiple large stained glass windows–of Old South Church. Earlier, I had reported that it was 30 feet in length. Now I know it is much greater than this. A closer inspection revealed the crack begins at the foundation, works its way up the right side of the stained glass, wends its way around one of the rose windows, and then angles towards the ceiling, making its way across the plaster to the lantern at the base of the cupola. It also branches off into the organ tower and paneling. The crack is deep enough to extend from the exterior … Read more » December 4th, 2008 | Alecia
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