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
At the bottom of this post you’ll see several links leading you to responses to the St. Louis Black Reperatory Company’s production of “Othello.” Some I feel are reactionary and some responsive. But, here, speaking directly for herself from the “Othello” program notes is Chris Anthony. —JGR From Chris Anthony’s letter in the “Othello” prograM…
In the first part of our conversation Curt Madison and I discussed the place of competition in collaboration. This second part takes us into consideration of how the degree of commitment changes how we work together. JGR: Curt, are there different levels of commitment in working together? That’s one of the dimensions my long-term collaborator…
I first encountered the word of the talented and entertaining Antona Smith (writing under the name Tayé Foster Bradshaw) at the St. Louis Writers Guild Wired Coffee Open Mic. When Antona told me about her youngest son and middle child Joshua’s choir performances, I asked her to share this work with you. Check out Antona’s…
If you know your purpose and the value of your process, then nothing will deter you from your mission, your dharma.—Eden Maxwell No matter what your art form or field of expression: visual arts, performing arts, or writing—one thing is for certain: you will encounter rejection. When you do, what is the most healthy and…
This conversation with Joseph LaMarque is the seventh in my series of profiles on African-American fine artists and leaders of cultural organizations in St. Louis which now include (in alphabetical order): Rene Dimanche Jr., Ron Himes, Joseph La Marque, Edna J. Patterson Petty, Robert Powell, Freida L. Wheaton, and Rochleigh Z. Wholfe. You can go…
The connection wasn’t merely kinship but of generations of shared experiences.–Keith Shepherd Portfolio Gallery and Education Center’s current show is 4 OF A KIND featuring the work of Anthony High, Keith Shepherd, Bonnye Brown and Edward Hogan, all artists from the Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas community. I had the pleasure to interview…