Category: Music stories

• Rest In Peace, Stephen Sondheim

  November 28, 2021

  Music stories, Musical Theatre

  On Friday, I saw a tweet that Stephen Sondheim had passed away. My heart sank. If you don’t know who Stephen Sondheim was, you know at least one of his works. West Side Story. He did much more than that and had a huge impact on 20th century musical theater.   First off, Sondheim lived…

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  Carnegie Hall

  November 18, 2021

  Challenge, Music stories, Singing

  2 years ago yesterday, I got to sing at Carnegie Hall. That sentence seems very surreal to write. The experience itself was totally surreal. Growing up in the church, as a pastor’s kid, a performance venue like Carnegie Hall was never on my radar. Only churches. But it was a once in a lifetime, life-changing…

• Lin-Manuel Miranda

  August 12, 2021

  Music stories, Musical Creativity

  If you go back to last July (or even farther), it’s been an amazing year and run for Lin-Manuel Miranda. Last July, the video of Hamilton was released on Disney Plus and when you have a daughter who is a self-professed musical theater nerd, it’s going to be pretty much CONSTANTLY on. This July, In…

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  The Four Seasons

  August 2, 2021

  Different styles, Music literacy, Music stories

  The Four Seasons, by Vivaldi, are exquisitely written and the Spring theme is one of the more famous melodies out there. But why did Vivaldi write it? The Four Seasons is a concerto, one of over 500 written by Vivaldi, who was born in 1678 and died in 1741. The thing about this concerto, though,…