Performance Warm-Up Tips
Listen to music that relaxes, inspires, moves you…puts you in the mood required for performance.
Samuel Barber–Adagio for Strings
Listen to music that relaxes, inspires, moves you…puts you in the mood required for performance.
Samuel Barber–Adagio for Strings
Ever been in a critique group? Want to know how to make the most out of it when your work is being critiqued? Read the January post for our Creative Catalyst column. “The Critique Waltz” on Story Circle Network’s blog Telling Her Stories. Written by Janet Riehl of St. Louis and Stephanie Farrow of Albuquerque
How a Ten Dollar Bill Became a Song From: “Old time songs and poems,”written by Edith LaFrancis “Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton, Simmon seed, and sandy bottom. Look away! Look away! Look away, Dixie Land!” Daniel Decatur Emmett, a performer in Bryant’s Minstrels, in New York City, laid down his…
(Photo from http://www.writespirit.net/inspirational_talks/political/martin_luther_king_talks/martin) Yesterday I attended a magnificent brunch celebration for Martin Luther King Jr. and the upcoming historic inauguration of Barack Obama. Freida Wheaton’s home art gallery named “Studio 53” was a fitting backdrop for this salon–a gathering of the most prominent African Americans in St. Louis and its expanded metro area…reaching as far…
Wole Soyinka, playwright, “Death and the King’s Horseman” I saw this play performed as part of the Wole Soyinka symposium in Carbondale, Illinois and I’m eager to see it performed again, right here in St. Louis. The St. Louis Black Rep Company describes Wole Soyinka’s play “Death and the King’s Horseman” in this way: Considered…
In this photo Robert Powell is hard at work, carving in the open air. I found his work moving and intelligent. Here are two pieces from his collection. “One is the Magic Number,” is made out of walnut and owned by Arnold Donald. “Before the Mayflower” is made of mahogany and has won awards. It…
Visual Thoughts Portfolio Gallery 3514 Delmar Blvd Grand Center, Arts, Entertainment & Education District St. Louis, Missouri 63103 Through October 31st Monday through Friday 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM & by appointment 314-533-3323 Portfoliogallery@att.net Robert Powell, Executive Director of Portfolio Gallery & Educational Center, alerted me today to a current group exhibit at the gallery…