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Tag: backstage

daily kaddish: Laura Nelson

Posted on 5 November 201127 November 2011 by erin

Today’s kaddish is again for college friend Laura J Nelson, ’85, whose funeral will be this weekend. All I know, still, is that her obituary reported that she had died peacefully in her sleep.

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daily kaddish: for Laura Nelson

Posted on 3 November 201127 November 2011 by erin

Laura was radiant. Everyone who knew her even slightly would agree. May she rest in peace; may her smile light up the eyes of the angels as it did so many of ours.

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daily kaddish: rituals backstage—a kaddish for cynicism

Posted on 30 October 2011 by erin

Live performance together is a privilege for us performers. Don’t let anyone’s exhausted cynicism about the indeed-challenging business of the performing arts tell you otherwise.

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daily kaddish: for Bradley’s mom

Posted on 29 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

My friend Bradley lost her mom this spring, and today she shared a touching picture of her mom on Facebook. I was thinking about her tonight while recording the daily kaddish.

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daily kaddish: for isabel

Posted on 27 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

Today’s Kaddish is for my friend Maria’s daughter, Isabel, who died on Tuesday.

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daily kaddish: backstage

Posted on 26 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

Another workaday “Kaddish” from backstage at the dance theater. You’ll hear some dancers discussing how it sounds like the beginning of the “Rite of Spring” near the beginning of the recording.

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daily kaddish: for Sheila Synder

Posted on 25 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

I guess it’s appropriate that this is a real “workman’s kaddish”—nothing fancy or great, just another day on the job with a horn player—because it’s a Kaddish for a former colleague of mine, Sheila Snyder.

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daily kaddish: from the dressing room

Posted on 24 October 201130 October 2011 by erin

Today’s “Kaddish” recording is the first in a series made in the dressing room before our rehearsals and performances—a slice of life backstage.

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daily kaddish: muted backstage at the opera

Posted on 12 August 201115 August 2011 by erin

Tonight’s Kaddish is played entirely on muted horn, since I recorded it using my iPhone in a far too live exit foyer backstage at the opera.

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daily kaddish: backstage at the opera

Posted on 9 July 201111 July 2011 by erin

I recorded tonight’s Kaddish between acts of La Traviata. . I was recording with iTalk on my iPhone, which has no input level controls, so I had to play pianissimo to minimize the distortion from high input levels.

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