When I have a show or some event to promote this is one place where i’d promote it.
As of Autumn 2012, I am
- working days at the University of Toronto
- singing or playing the organ at Hillcrest Church
- living in a beautiful place known as Scarborough (Torontonians, do not adjust your computer, i really meant Scarborough)
- writing, writing….
While some years I might be teaching at the University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies, I am taking a sabbatical this year. I taught the following last year, although next year might be different:
- The Most Popular Operas, which offers an introduction to operas & famous voices
- Cinematic Music: How we hear film, one of the few courses on this important subject. This is really a history of film using music as the lens.
I’ll update this space when I have something underway.
I like Scarborough! That’s where I spent my teen years and I have fond memories. Plus I go there to visit some of my relatives. They live in a beautiful part, too.
Thanks for liking Scarborough, and admitting it too! We’re in the minority it would seem, but i suppose that’s a good thing. It means we’re not likely to have swelled heads.
Hello Leslie. Many, many years ago you related the plot of Meistersinger to me. I seem to remember that it took up most of the evening. I’ve seen it now countless times–mostly the (now aged, alas) Graham Vick production at Covent Garden. John Tomlinson, a good friend, no longer sings Sachs; he’s Pogner in the latest revival. And so we grow old and all things pass. Still, you sparked my interest in a fascinating opera. Thanks! Hope you are happy and well!
Leena (Kore Schroder)
Leena! so nice to hear from you. What lovely friends you have (JT!), to enjoy as we grow old-er. You, old? As Bart Simpson once remarked: “Incroyable!”