I spent a wonderful long weekend in the Los Angeles a while ago. It really was old home week – with a reunion with my oldest friend (from Kindergarten onward…but I hadn’t seen her in 30 years!). Then off to my Alma Mater – Occidental College – for a great celebration of the Oxy Glee more…
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Barber of Seville
Monday, March 5, 2012 by Carolyn Paulin
This past weekend my husband and I traveled to Urbana-Champaign for a production of Rossini’s opera “The Barber of Seville.” We had lived there for 20 years, and during that time Paul had conducted many operas and I had prepared many opera choruses. This production of “Barber” was probably the finest production of that opera more…
Salzburg Festival 2011
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by Carolyn Paulin
After finishing the WFMT Radio Network series Song of America with Thomas Hampson last October, I’ve had the privilege of producing our second series of concerts from the Salzburg Festival. WFMT began airing these two-hour programs in early February (other stations around the country began in January and still more will program them throughout 2012). more…
Barbershop singing at its AMAZING BEST!
Friday, April 1, 2011 by Carolyn Paulin
If you are like me, and tend to look down a bit on Barbershop singing (as a choral musician, I have that regrettable tendency), then take a look and listen to this AMAZING video. The Ambassadors of Harmony were International Barbershop Champions, and you will see why. What a great performance in every way!
Burning River Brass
Thursday, March 10, 2011 by Carolyn Paulin
Burning River Brass, the terrific ensemble from Ohio, will present the opening concert of the Chicago Brass Festival. You can hear them Friday, March 11th at 8 PM in the Auditorium of Northeastern Illinois University. Best parking is found in the lot off of Bryn Mawr, just east of Pulaski. WFMT is recording the concert more…
Catalogue Aria – Don Giovanni
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Carolyn Paulin
Take a look at this great YouTube clip, featuring Leporello’s “Catalogue Aria” from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” sung by Igor Vieira in a production by the Berkeley Opera. It surely lets you visualize Don Giovanni’s many conquests! And the smart phone list, with great works of art and contemporary photographs really underscores the descriptions of his more…
New Young Musicians Video
Thursday, February 25, 2010 by Carolyn Paulin
The video of the Japanese elementary school honors band is so great, that I decided to find another clip in honor of WFMT’s terrific program “Introductions,” How about this recent view of the YOung Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra. Carolyn
Young Performers
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 by Carolyn Paulin
WFMT’s wonderful Saturday morning program “Introductions,” hosted and produced by David Polk, features the best Chicago-area young musicians. Perhaps these ELEMENTARY School players from Japan could come to Illinois to perform. AMAZING!
Rite of Spring
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 by Carolyn Paulin
This week conductor David Robertson leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in concerts that feature music by Olivier Messiaen (his colorful “Offrandes oubliees”),the violin Concerto by Alban Berg, and the wonderful “Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky. The contretemps surrounding its first performance in Paris in 1913 is well-known. But my first experience with the amazing more…
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