“One of the social media initiatives at CAIC last year was a weekly #WomensHistoryWednesday post as we focused on the theme of last year’s Collaborative Works Festival, which celebrated the the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment…”

“Day 27!

I’m a bit surprised to be in the home stretch of this challenge already. I guess they say that time flies when you’re having fun. Today was spent finishing up getting my taxes ready for my accountant, which involved combing through every transaction of 2020, and sorting them into expense categories…”

“The Grammy Awards are tomorrow.

Strangely, if my loved ones weren’t constantly wishing me well for tomorrow, I would almost have forgotten about the ceremony. While it is surreal enough to be nominated for a Grammy Award, it is even more dreamlike in the context of covid, with everything taking place online…”

“For Day 21 of this challenge, I’m sharing a video: Another song from the mini-concert I filmed in Denver in 2017 with my dear friend, violist da gamba Ann Marie Morgan…”

“This week, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center has a special broadcast of a performance Franz Schubert’s epic, cantata-like song for tenor, horn, and piano, Aud dem Strom from 2016. I have a lot of very happy memories with this piece, having had the privilege of performing this piece many times over the years…”

“My day today has mostly been about making sure everything ran smoothly for this weekend’s broadcast of CAIC’s Winter Lieder Lounge, which is streaming through this weekend. I wrote recently about how much I enjoyed producing this recital, and how rewarding it has been to be able to work with my friends and colleagues in this way over the years…”

“I am not one for New Year’s resolutions, but 2021 seems to be the year of setting creative challenges for myself. In addition to this 30 day challenge to blog every day this month, I decided that I would try to make a video of a song for each full moon this year, beginning with today’s full moon, which I recently learned is called the ‘snow moon’. Each song will relate to the moon in one way or another - sometimes very obviously, and perhaps sometimes less so...”