by Cybele | Jan 29, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
I’m standing in the front corner of my 1st grade classroom. To my right, I can see out of the large windows onto the playground below where just minutes before I had been eating popcorn with my friends during recess. To my left, is the door to the hallway where my...
by Cybele | Jan 4, 2024 | 2024, Strings & Stories
Her opening notes pierced the shadows of the darkening sky and startled me like lightning strikes illuminating a barren landscape. More than sounds, more than beauty, what her bow pulled from the strings spoke of experiences more foreign to me than even her native...
by Cybele | Dec 17, 2023 | 2023, Strings & Stories
I went to three different public libraries this week to do some research for my book project. I wanted to find out what sorts of books about music the libraries currently have on their shelves in their children’s picture book section. I looked up the call number...
by Cybele | Dec 10, 2023 | 2023, Strings & Stories
A few days before the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, an announcement was published in Faulkner’s ‘Dublin Journal’ that read: “Yesterday Mr. Handell’s new Grand Sacred Oratorio, called, The MESSIAH, was rehearsed… to a most Grand, Polite and crouded...
by Cybele | Dec 5, 2023 | 2023, Strings & Stories
As we head into this Christmas season, I love seeing all the decorations and the festive lights, but most of all I love the music. I am particularly grateful this year for the many opportunities I have had to perform with local ensembles. Live music is making a...
