Hi there,
Last night PME had it's last rehearsal in prep for our Carnegie Hall debut. Sounds so grand, don't it? I took a few pics of the rehearsal. We seem awfully relaxed, no? Here we are listening to a recording of our Sunday performance. The pieces we sang are all part of our various programs in NY (selections from Meredith Monk, Barber Agnus Dei & the Martin Mass).
Here we are listening to get some insight into our performance before trying it on the big stage. I have to say, it was hard listening to the tape of the show. No matter how good a show is, the recording is always a bit of a let down. It's really almost too easy to pick apart the faults. Dick gave us a few pointers and in typical PME fashion we all gave our opinions, sometimes to excess. Ok, almost always to excess. But then that's what we do. I think in the end we still feel like we're ready (warts and all). A former member of Meredeth's ensemble was in attendance at the Sunday show and had lots of nice things to say. That's certainly encouraging.
More pics of the last rehearsal are posted here:
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/freemaneric@sbcglobal.net/album/576460762321382830
-Eric