Many thanks to the lovely and talented Sarah Jo Kirsch for her help in creating the Metis Chorus practice tracks today! Singing in 4 languages (2 Michif, plus French and English) and sight reading like the wind. If you are a female in the Métis Chorus we are putting together for our workshop, it’s Sarah Jo’s voice you will be hearing.

Many thanks to the lovely and talented Sarah Jo Kirsch for her help in creating the Metis Chorus practice tracks today! Singing in 4 languages (2 Michif, plus French and English) and sight reading like the wind. If you are a female in the Métis Chorus we are putting together for our workshop, it’s Sarah Jo’s voice you will be hearing.

Aug 5, 2018

Many thanks to the lovely and talented Sarah Jo Kirsch for her help in creating the Metis Chorus practice tracks today! Singing in 4 languages (2 Michif, plus French and English) and sight reading like the wind. If you are a female in the Métis Chorus we are putting...
GO!!!! This is one of the most joyful weekends ever for Michif peoples or non-Michif peoples. One of the greatest delights, besides the fiddlers (!!), the campsite jams, the incredible concerts (DON’T miss the Gospel Hour on Sunday morning), is the nightly old-time dance. Waltzing with my Best Beloved was beyond wonderful.

GO!!!! This is one of the most joyful weekends ever for Michif peoples or non-Michif peoples. One of the greatest delights, besides the fiddlers (!!), the campsite jams, the incredible concerts (DON’T miss the Gospel Hour on Sunday morning), is the nightly old-time dance. Waltzing with my Best Beloved was beyond wonderful.

Aug 4, 2018

GO!!!! This is one of the most joyful weekends ever for Michif peoples or non-Michif peoples. One of the greatest delights, besides the fiddlers (!!), the campsite jams, the incredible concerts (DON’T miss the Gospel Hour on Sunday morning), is the nightly...

Something interesting I’ve read today. Note that I, the librettist, have never heard the Riel opera, nor read it beyond the first few pages of the score. I did this at the Canadian Music Centre so that I could briefly look at how the libretto was set. I’m not fond of recitative, or sing-spiele, or whatever the heck they call it (I should know the word as I have a degree in Voice!) when someone sings something pedestrian like, “Take out the garbage!!”. When I embark upon a new project I avoid others’ work in the field – creative, that is. I DO my research, and then I listen, listen, listen. Gaudry (is he a cousin I wonder?) is an interesting writer/academic. I’ve not had the time to read much of his work, yet.

Aug 2, 2018

Something interesting I’ve read today. Note that I, the librettist, have never heard the Riel opera, nor read it beyond the first few pages of the score. I did this at the Canadian Music Centre so that I could briefly look at how the libretto was set. I’m...