time to start singing again

Carl and I have spent most of our time this summer in the process of buying and moving into our first house (in wich we have plenty of space to practice any hour of the day or night, and a very comfortable guest room for friends and colleagues passing through the area). We are finally settled in, and are both feeling a ready to get back down to business with our music.

This Monday I'll be plunging in with a solo set at The Local 269, on Fay Victor's Evolving Voice series. I'll be doing some improv -- solo improv is something I've sorely neglected in the past -- as well as one or two peices I commisioned a few years ago. Carl will be joining me on bass and bass clarinet for a couple pieces.  Since June, 2009, Fay has curated this weekly(!) series dedicated to experimental vocal music, providing NYC area singers and their colleagues a valuable opportunity to showcase their work in a supportive setting. I feel so fortunate to have met Fay this past spring, when we both sang on the recording of Anthony Braxton's opera Trillium E.

Other projects for the Fall: a classical recital with fellow coloratura soprano Zohra Rawling, to be performed in New Haven as well as, possibly, my home state of Maine; composer Barry Serroff is paying me the great honor of writing me a song cycle, to be performed with a chamber group of New Haven Improvisors Collective members; my beloved improv trio, Broadcloth, (with Nathan Bontrager and Adam Matlock) will be pursuing more performance opportunities, including a performance at the Kehler Liddell gallery as part of the Westville Open Studios on Oct. 2, and a possibly Pennsylvania mini-tour.

And more!