tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post2253736062413459455..comments2024-03-22T06:38:04.697-04:00Comments on Beyond the Notes: Performing Schubert's "Wintereisse" in bluegrass countryErica Ann Sipeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-15242461572432204762013-02-26T20:21:19.361-05:002013-02-26T20:21:19.361-05:00Many thanks for reading! I love how you use the w...Many thanks for reading! I love how you use the word "privilege." I too feel that sharing music with others in a way that touches people on many different levels is a privilege and I believe I get just as much, if not more, out of the performances as the audience does, especially when there is a connection between myself and them. It's such a powerful experience. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing your own experience. May we all find more and more opportunities to reach people, even in the most unexpected places. <br /><br />All the best,<br />EricaErica Ann Sipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-49334135080915846172013-02-26T19:01:27.865-05:002013-02-26T19:01:27.865-05:00Brava Erica,
Reading Greg Sandow's column...Brava Erica,<br /> Reading Greg Sandow's column and your blog of the events surrounding the Winterreise performance reminded me of my early pre-operatic career experiences singing in homeless shelters and Salvation Army soup kitchens. Seeing people get fed in their hearts and souls as I sang classical lieder and sacred music helped me to understand that the privilege of being able to make music carries with it the obligation to share it with all people wherever one can. An enthusiastic audience has no specific ethnicity, nationality, socio-economic status or age barrier when we just show up offering the best of our talent and classical music where they are...... I still do it and I hope you have the opportunity to do more concerts and reach more people in your region. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-62723191468693145862013-02-23T21:15:42.915-05:002013-02-23T21:15:42.915-05:00Thank you, Geneviève! I'll glad you liked it....Thank you, Geneviève! I'll glad you liked it.<br /><br />EricaErica Ann Sipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-48393917781881467062013-02-22T21:37:25.288-05:002013-02-22T21:37:25.288-05:00This is beautiful. I got chills reading this. Than...This is beautiful. I got chills reading this. Thank you. Genevièvenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-20469838268204056362013-02-17T22:22:19.966-05:002013-02-17T22:22:19.966-05:00Kerri,
It's great to meet you here! I'm g...Kerri,<br />It's great to meet you here! I'm glad you've discovered this blog and have taken the time to comment. <br /><br />I hadn't run across this commencement address so I'm so very glad that you have shared it with us here. Incredible points that I haven't really heard made before. As a parent of a young girl we struggle constantly these days with figuring out how to balance technology with other activities in our household - it's so difficult! This talk is giving me some food for thought so thank you!<br /><br />All the best,<br />EricaErica Ann Sipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-21360108649922903032013-02-17T21:35:39.281-05:002013-02-17T21:35:39.281-05:00Erica, I loved this post. I've been thinking l...Erica, I loved this post. I've been thinking lots about the subject of art for those untrained in the arts. Your posts on this subject have been thoughtful and interesting. <br /><br />You may have already read this commencement address, but I found it so beautifully stated. I especially loved this quote: "Marcus Aurelius believed that the course of wisdom consisted of learning to trade easy pleasures for more complex and challenging ones. I worry about a culture that bit by bit trades off the challenging pleasures of art for the easy comforts of entertainment. And that is exactly what is happening—not just in the media, but in our schools and civic life.<br /><br />Entertainment promises us a predictable pleasure—humor, thrills, emotional titillation, or even the odd delight of being vicariously terrified. It exploits and manipulates who we are rather than challenges us with a vision of who we might become. A child who spends a month mastering Halo or NBA Live on Xbox has not been awakened and transformed the way that child would be spending the time rehearsing a play or learning to draw." <br /><br />"Gioia to Graduates: ‘Trade Easy Pleasures for More Complex and Challenging Ones,’” Stanford Report, June 17, 2007,http://news.stanford.edu/news/2007/june20/gradtrans-062007.html.<br /><br />Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00576698293179840264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-34840140082241899792013-02-17T13:12:03.047-05:002013-02-17T13:12:03.047-05:00Yes, anonymous, I definitely learned that the ster...Yes, anonymous, I definitely learned that the stereotype was all in my head. I suppose that's true with most stereotypes. I had a feeling all along that I would enjoy the whole experience. If there's one thing I'm slowly learning in my life journey it's that nobody can fully understand or predict anything. I'm trying to walk into situations and relationships without any expectations, ready to take whatever comes my way and this approach seems to work really well in the musical world too.<br /><br />Thank you for taking the time to read and to comment!<br /><br />All the best,<br />EricaErica Ann Sipeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-59346465827623504482013-02-17T09:30:06.103-05:002013-02-17T09:30:06.103-05:00It sounds like your (and my, I concede) stereotype...It sounds like your (and my, I concede) stereotype of them as bluegrass-loving is more our limitation than theirs. Your friend is probably not the only one who brought a different background with him to Floyd.<br /><br />I oppose the classical music-as-entertainment concept – and embrace this one. If this hadn't been largely true for centuries, it wouldn't have continued. <br /><br />The email you received is very beautiful and moving. Depth and wisdom come in all kinds of packages. Again, it is our limitation to think they only come in one. For musical and other reasons, I'm happy for you that you had this experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com