Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Hell Week has arrived. That’s what we call the week leading up to a concert. This Hell Week is going to be particularly hellish, too. In addition to our “regular” Tuesday night rehearsal at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, we have our tech rehearsal tonight and dress rehearsal tomorrow night. Friday night is show time.
This is going to be a very special concert. Our Pride Concert usually is, but this one is going to be extra special in that we are bidding a bittersweet farewell to our mentor and muse for the last twelve years, Dr. Stan Hill. The maestro has finally decided to hang up his baton, but something tells me that we have not heard the …
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Monday, June 7, 2010
At first, I must admit, I had my doubts about this concert. Concentrating on a single artist seemed, well, boring to me. But I have to admit that as we progress on preparing for ExtrABBAganza, I’m starting to get hyped. I really think this is going to be a great show, though there are still a few bugs to work out.
For one thing, a little history here. I was never into ABBA before I started working on this show. During their heyday, I was a punk rocker and looked with disdain on anything popular, especially disco. Now that I’ve mellowed with age, kind of like whiskey, I can appreciate their muse and as I suspected, …
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Photo courtesy of Paul Nixdorf
LifeSongs is just a memory now, and a happy memory at that. What started as a show I didn’t get ended up being one of the most intense shows I’ve ever performed in.
For Act I we got out Naked Man, an oratorio that Stan commissioned in 1996, when he was the Artistic Director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, accompanied by the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra. Interestingly, it is still as relevant today as it was back then. Maybe more so. The opening number, “A Naked Man” is intentionally similar to the powerful opening of “
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