Radio Broadcast and a Grammy Nod!
Honestly. This has been a banner week for the Pacific Mozart Ensemble. I don't know what to talk about first.
Grammy Nod: 2 years ago PME went to Berlin to sing the Bernstein Mass for Kent Nagano with the DSO in the Berlin Philharmonie. It was an unbelievable experience, one that had profound affects on my singing and my general attitudes about performing. It's a long story, but that's what Blogs are for, right? Well, maybe some other time I'll go off about it. Anyway! The performance was recorded and released on Harmonia Mundi. We had joked about Grammy possibilities at the time, but frankly I just forgot about it. Today I get this in my email from our director, Lynne Morrow:
http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/48Awards.aspx
Follow the link and scroll waaay down to Category 99 and there we are! I can't believe I get to say this but here goes . . . It's really an honor just to be nominated. Wow that felt gooooooooooood!
Radio Broadcast: As if that wasn't enough, on Wednesday PME was part of a radio broadcast on WNYC in New York. John Scheafer recorded our Wintergarden concert and played it on his December 7 broadcast of the program "New Sounds." The audio from the broadcast is available at the WNYC site. It's worth a listen for the amazing piece "Facing North" that Meredith performed with Theo Bleckmann. I was totally blown away.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/episodes/12072005
On the the next thing: Last gig of the year is tomorrow night with Clockwork at the Cayuga Vault in Santa Cruz. We had a great show there last Spring (with the Idea of North). This time we're appearing with Ute Bonn. I'm really looking forward to heading back there. We even have a handful of new tunes!
Whew that's a lotta links! Gotta go.
-E