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Monthly Archives: April 2020
CLASS 1-3’s FIRST GRADE OPERA – involving a magic carpet and a family transformed into chameleons
NYC’s schools closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic the week the three first grade classes at the Brooklyn Children’s School were scheduled to perform their operas, which the children had written and composed themselves. I still held … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged brooklyn, chameleons, Children's School, Covid 19, dungeon, first grade, gold, magic carpet, magic potion, Opera, school closure
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CLASS 1-2’s FIRST GRADE OPERA – of the moon and the earth and a celestial smash up
NYC’s schools closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic the week the three first grade classes at the Brooklyn Children’s School were scheduled to perform their operas, which the children had written and composed themselves. I still held out … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged brooklyn, chicken, Children's School, Crash, dragon, Earth, first grade, jaguar, Moon, Opera, school closure, sun
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CLASS 1-1’s FIRST GRADE OPERA – in which a dragon and a tiger meet in a dungeon
NYC’s schools closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic the week the three first grade classes at the Brooklyn Children’s School were scheduled to perform their operas, which the children had written and composed themselves. I still held out … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged baby, brooklyn, bully, Children's School, Covid 19, dragon, dungeon, first grade, music director, Opera, school closure, tiger
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4/25/20
Today is Ed and my anniversary. 27 years together. 22 years married. And it’s a Saturday. Last time our anniversary fell on a Saturday was five years ago. It won’t happen again for another six years. So of course … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged anniversary, Broadway, chocolates, Covid 19, gay marriage, pandemic, quarantine, shelter in place, wedding
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GRAND CANYON – BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL
Taking a Morning Hike Down into the Grand Canyon The morning of our final day at the Grand Canyon, we took the Bright Angel Trail down to the first rest house and back up again. These first pictures … Continue reading
DROPPING NAMES
A Collection of Mini Memoir Memories You may have seen this going around on Facebook or Twitter: People listing names of celebrities they have met in their life times, but including one name that is a lie. Then people … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged after school drama program, Al Gore, Andy Serkis, anecdote, celebrity, Celeste Holm, Christopher Walken, Elijah Wood, Frank Sinatra, Gollum, High Society, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Gilford, Jennifer Anniston, Jessica Hecht, Jude Law, Kathleen Turner, Lecy Goranson, Leonard Bernstein, Lord of the Rings, Marni Nixon, NYU, Paul Rudd, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Political Psychology, Sean Mathias, The Dead, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Viggo Mortensen, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Witches, Woyzeck
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CORONAVIRUS DANCERCISING
Boogieing Away the COVID 19 Blues New York City’s gyms were shut down four days after Broadway and one day after the schools. Six days later the whole state would be ordered to shelter at home. There was to … Continue reading
Posted in LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged 4 Minutes, Adam Lambert, Can't Keep My Hands to Myself, Chains of Love, coronavirus, Covid 19, dancercise, Dancing By Myself, Dancing Queen, Ed Elder, Energizer Bunny, I Will Survive, I Would Die 4 U, I'm So Excited, k d lang, Kate Bush, Lakme, Martha Graham, Nasty, Playlist, Shake it Off, Shake It Up, Shake Your Bon-Bon, Shake Your Booty, shelter at home, Stranger You Are, superpower, Tai Chi, The Safety Dance, Velvet, Vogueing, Walk Like An Egyptian, You Put a Chill in My heart
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DREAMS and MEMORIES
A Dream Memory for the Grand-Niece Our niece Linden is homeschooling her children since the shelter-at-home order took hold in her state, just as it has done for millions of families all over the planet. She sent an … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Literary Lyricism, The Teaching Artist
Tagged brother, devils, Dream, false memory, first grade, homeschool, Linden, Lyra, Memory, story, Tatu, trauma
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Notes from a Composer 