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Why any company would be lucky to hire a Performing Artist
By: Robert Aaron Taylor & Michelle Kei Ishuu Taylor We’re some of the most determined people you’ll ever meet Artists are accustomed to rejection. We put ourselves out there every day in an attempt to get gigs. That’s how we pay the bills. We are the product we’re selling, so every rejection is personal. Yet […]
Go Purple!! #PaintItPurple
Around the world March 8th was International Women’s Day. In the United States the whole month is Women’s History Month!! As the International Women’s Day website explains: “From 1908, the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Great Britain adopted the color scheme of purple, white and green to symbolize the plight of the Suffragettes. […]
St Gallen, Switzerland: Abbey of St Gallen Cathedral and Library
The monastery of St. Gallen was the heart city by the same name in the valley near Lake Constance. As the story goes, in the year 612, an Irish monk name Gallus, stumbled and fell at the edge of the Steinach River. He saw a bear eyeing him, hungrily. He offered the bear some of […]
The Beautiful world of Teufen, Switzerland
Teufen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. Teufen was first mentioned in 1272. By 1300 the place consisted of only five farms. In 1525 the assembly ruled that each parish could decide whether or not to remain Catholic. This led to the division of Appenzell in 1597. In 1841 Teufen offered their new school building as a present to attract the […]
Birthday in Vienna, Austria
Had the wonderful birthday in Vienna Austria, with my love. We even continued my favorite birthday tradition. An art museum and out for a bite to eat. This year we got to go to the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna. Next Cafe Central for cake and a Melange. Finally ending with the Rathaus Christkindlmarkt. Great […]
Vienna, Austria
Nothing puts you in the mood for the coming Holiday season like the beautiful Christkindlmarkts in Vienna. It is so amazing to be wandering the local streets in the cold, with a warm mug of Glühwein, as you look at all the beautiful homemade or handmade gifts.
Europe Again!!
An eventful first week. It’s been just over a week, and so much has happened already! The weather has been quite nice in Switzerland, and I have had plenty of time to get out and enjoy. I have met some of the local musical community by attending a couple of rehearsals of the St. Gallen Choir. […]
Success at the Kennedy Center for Noli Me Tángere
After an exciting week of technical and dress rehearsals at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this beautiful group of people – singers, instrumentalists, technical crew, producers, MAFFAA, and the exceedingly capable Union Crews of the Kennedy Center – came together to make two solid, moving, amazing performances in the Einsenhower Theater. Noli Me […]
More News: Noli Me Tangere
From the Washington Post : ‘Noli Me Tangere’ Filipino opera will tell moving tale at Kennedy Center
NEWS: Next Up on My Schedule: “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera”
Opera: “Noli Me Tangere” by Felipe De Leon and Guillermo Tolentino Role: Doña Victorina Where: Eisenhower Theater, Kennedy Center in Washington, DC When: August 8 and 9, 2014 “Noli Me Tangere: The Opera,” a landmark adaptation of the Jose Rizal novel by two Philippine National Artists, composer Felipe de Leon and Guillermo Tolentino who wrote the libretto. The […]
Michelle Kei Ishuu 