I'll be reading "Let There Be Fashioning" on the Thursday, April 30 Rattlecast. (The show had to be delayed from Monday because of a tech outage.) The prompt was: "Write a poem that uses the present tense as one of the ways in which it creates tension."

Organizing my mom's sewing box for the last time, 2008
The direct link to the live show (8 pm ET / 7 pm CT): https://youtube.com/live/nyJJLxIBX_U
Upcoming singing:
Tennessee Statehood Day
Nashville Symphony Chorus (you can spot me to the right of the yellow overlay on the banner)
Free community concert, June 7. The program will include some Alleluias (Elaine Hagenberg, Randall Thompson et al.), Alice Parker/Robert Shaw settings, and the like.
Recently watching:
I've been sitting in on a fair number of student recitals this semester, in part to color in some corners of some creative projects in other realms, and in part because the kids are great and there's a ton of fabulous repertoire I hadn't previously encountered. Last night's harp recital by Phoebe Lin ended with a cover of Teresa Teng's "Ye Lai Xiang" (Tuberose) that I frankly liked better than the original; Riley Hale's percussion recital last Sunday included Vasco Mendonça's "Small Print," which is impressive and fun to see live:

Organizing my mom's sewing box for the last time, 2008
The direct link to the live show (8 pm ET / 7 pm CT): https://youtube.com/live/nyJJLxIBX_U
Upcoming singing:
Tennessee Statehood Day
- Old Harp (New Harp of Columbia) singing at Tennessee State Museum, 10:00 - 11:30 am
- Sacred Harp singing at Tennessee State Archives, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Nashville Symphony Chorus (you can spot me to the right of the yellow overlay on the banner)
Free community concert, June 7. The program will include some Alleluias (Elaine Hagenberg, Randall Thompson et al.), Alice Parker/Robert Shaw settings, and the like.
Recently watching:
I've been sitting in on a fair number of student recitals this semester, in part to color in some corners of some creative projects in other realms, and in part because the kids are great and there's a ton of fabulous repertoire I hadn't previously encountered. Last night's harp recital by Phoebe Lin ended with a cover of Teresa Teng's "Ye Lai Xiang" (Tuberose) that I frankly liked better than the original; Riley Hale's percussion recital last Sunday included Vasco Mendonça's "Small Print," which is impressive and fun to see live: