27 SepA Lost Bag, Amazing Food (and Vodka!), and our Russian Debut!
By Ralph Farris Greetings, friends! We are having a fantastic time in Russia. Our hosts, CEC ArtsLink, are incredibly gracious, and they have made us feel so at home. We landed on Friday, Sept. 24, in St. Petersburg after a very quick layover in Zurich. A bit groggy, we got to baggage claim, and erf!! [...]
Read More ...17 DecCan’t wait ’till Friday!
Heya, Off to rehearsal now for the first time with ALL FOUR pianists for our Winter Solstice show at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden. We’re gonna shed the tunes with the pianists all afternoon, and then tomorrow we’llstart working with Jarrett, the illusionist (wait, did he say “illusionist?!”) Daniel Flannery, our director, flies in [...]
Read More ...24 OctETHEL on WNYC
Today’s WNYC broadcast of “Composition on the Reservation: A Musician’s Radio Diary,”narrated by ETHEL’s Ralph Farris and produced by WNYC’s Beth Fertig, is now available online: This Radio Diary (featuring music by NACAP students: Tommy Suetopka, Courtland Willie, Raquel Calamity, and Bernie Tamahongva) documents ETHEL’s 2007 residency at the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American [...]
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