Adventures on the road!
I’ve just had the pleasure of spending a couple free days in Paris between performances with the OPL at the Opéra Comique. Our Sunday show fell on my birthday, so Kerry and I stayed afterwards and indulged in an Ethiopian feast at one of our favorite restaurants in the Latin Quarter. We found a very cute […]
(Over)view from the rooftops of Paris Read More »
I’m heading home right now from 2 wonderful weeks as guest principal horn of the Beethoven-Orchester Bonn, performing and recording a CD of works by Gustav Mahler (Adagio from Symphony #10, the symphonic movement Blumine, and Das Klagende Lied.) The train route between Koblenz and Trier winds alongside the beautiful Mosel River – forested hills
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Geof, Charlie, Kerry, and I have just returned from playing concerts and giving master classes on our mini-France tour which included stops in Mulhouse and the beautiful Loire Valley. The preparation phase for this tour was, by necessity, spread out over several months, with the initial correspondence well over a year in advance. It’s an
Putting together the AHQ “Tour de France” Read More »
Did you ever find yourself in a situation that seemed to be trying to tell you something, but you never discovered its secret? This encounter, during our vacation in South Africa this past April, remains an enigma. The day after visiting the Anglo-Zulu battlefields of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift (a few hours’ drive northwest of
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See the full gallery on Posterous A recent tour with the Ictus Ensemble enabled me to realize my dream of visiting Japan for the first time. In the middle of our performance schedule was a 2 ½-day block of free time – some of the musicians chose to explore Tokyo, or the beautiful slopes of
Hiking the holy mountain – a day on Mt. Kurama Read More »
It’s a bit daunting for me to try and sum up our summer 2010 adventures, but I might as well plunge in and just start writing this blog! After much preparation and rehearsal, we embarked in July on the performing part of our travels. With husband Kerry and pianist/friend/soul sister Lauretta in tow, we made
What I Did Last Summer… Part 1: Singapore and Australia Read More »
For many years, I have been fascinated by ritual. Ritual takes countless forms in cultures around the world, according to the customs and needs of a people. Through my Reiki training over the last several years, I have come to treasure the transformative power of ceremony, of initiation, of returning to the sacred heart of
Melting – The Sweat Lodge Experience Read More »
There are many things I love about living in Europe, particularly the day-to-day ensconcing in culture and tradition, layers of history spread out upon one another. This is clearly visible in Luxembourg, especially when regarding the ancient wall surrounding the city – changing brick patterns from century to century and one occupying regime to the
A Perfect Moment in the Old World Read More »
Sometimes a small move off the planned path can make all the difference! Last weekend, Kerry and I were in Montpellier with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg for the final two concerts of the season. For me, they were the last concerts on my one-year conctract as 3rd horn with the OPL. It has been
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