tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56634122736100167812024-03-13T06:04:17.136-07:00Lyric Arts ForumArt from the edges and depths of our livesMichael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-41237513733219340852023-06-05T15:31:00.004-07:002023-06-06T09:57:33.145-07:00Cross-Roads Concert<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Diane Althaus: Spanish songs and songs inspired by Spanish music</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Joan Lundquist: pianist</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo7tqOa5g6rr4TC8-iirncY6hnz-uatEjQ187Cvr_D7urzf6fo6FZfAwPZrVTbpJ__aYtx2D9ZMYPPozBaL5y8hv9i0HWmIHqbZN8AVIU_Tsvuj5zhAxZbfgm2ZLNQQnVHWngDQC0KbgTm_eg908w5lDAOLapLpJtZIJUDD3cMsqn4AeO9U1Ax_vx/s1021/Diane.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1021" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSo7tqOa5g6rr4TC8-iirncY6hnz-uatEjQ187Cvr_D7urzf6fo6FZfAwPZrVTbpJ__aYtx2D9ZMYPPozBaL5y8hv9i0HWmIHqbZN8AVIU_Tsvuj5zhAxZbfgm2ZLNQQnVHWngDQC0KbgTm_eg908w5lDAOLapLpJtZIJUDD3cMsqn4AeO9U1Ax_vx/w640-h429/Diane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Link to video and program notes: <a href="https://1drv.ms/f/s!AmWeb0NxMO8BrzjKxd-S3rIQohAp?e=2tIdOI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://1drv.ms/f/s!AmWeb0NxMO8BrzjKxd-S3rIQohAp?e=2tIdOI</a></span><p></p>Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-25562710878437261432022-10-14T13:28:00.007-07:002022-11-12T22:04:14.395-08:00Fauré Requiem - Novermber 2, 2022<p>Great choral music in Seattle:</p><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Diane Althaus, Soprano</b></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: #fefdfa; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><span style="color: #990000;"><b>Joan Lundquist, pianist</b></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="background-color: #fefdfa; border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p><a href="https://lyric-arts-concerts.s3.amazonaws.com/DianeSpanishSongs2022.mp4" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Amazon Ember", "Helvetica Neue", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">https://lyric-arts-concerts.s3.amazonaws.com/DianeSpanishSongs2022.mp4</a> </p></blockquote>Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-46539116069858232702022-02-12T22:07:00.002-08:002022-02-18T20:42:07.579-08:00Songs of Travel, Vaughan Williams<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He has studied piano since age four with </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">James Chen</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and has received many honors and awards in piano performance, including winning the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2016 Central Washington University Sonata/Sonatina</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> competition at the highest level. He plays the piano in the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RHS jazz band</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Aaron also plays the cello in the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Seattle Junior Symphony Orchestra</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> and the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">RHS Chamber Orchestra</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. 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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Singing is an essential part of life for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Diane Althaus</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and sharing it with others is a joy. Diane has sung in numerous churches in the Seattle area, both in choirs and as a soloist. She organized and sang in an </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">opera ensemble program</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> to showcase the talents of a number of singers, including music from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simon Boccanegra, Cosi Fan Tutte, Martha, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carmen</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. She and her husband, baritone Mike Dodaro, have sung duet programs of opera arias and art songs, and performed in various local venues, including </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Patty’s Cabaret in Pike Place Market</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. As part of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Fat Chance Opera</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> programs, she has sung in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Faust </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">trio, the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Madame Butterfly</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> duet with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Suzuki</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Countess and Susanna</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> duet from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Marriage of Figaro</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Most recently Diane sang a concert of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Russian and French music at the Russian Community Center</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in Seattle and at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Stage7 in Kirkland</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div>
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He sang for several seasons as a regular chorister at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Seattle Opera</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. A cantor and choir singer, he has been baritone soloist in the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Faure Requiem</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, several </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bach</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> cantatas and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Handel's Messiah</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. He also sings art song literature in recital frequently with his wife, soprano Diane Althaus.</span></div>
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<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-52803049672658249602015-05-31T21:30:00.000-07:002015-06-23T09:15:14.715-07:00Mozart Laudate Dominum; Diane Althaus sopranoDiane Althaus, May 31, 2015<br />
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Quilter; <i><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyric-arts-audio/ShakespearsSongsQuilter.mp3" target="_blank">Shakespeare Songs</a></i></div>
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Verdi; <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyric-arts-audio/VerdiJago.mp3" target="_blank">Jago Credo</a>, from Otello</div>
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R.S.V.P. to church office at 425-827-3077 extension 4. Or register at: <a href="http://stjohnskirkland.org/stjohnskirkland/reservations">http://stjohnskirkland.org/stjohnskirkland/reservations</a> </div>
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Concert followed by dinner.</div>
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This is a free event, but we need to know the number in your group in order to plan. </div>
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Selections from three centuries of Great </div>
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Mozart</div>
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Debussey Dvořák</div>
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Verdi Puccini</div>
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Turina Obradors</div>
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Mompou Menotti</div>
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Lehar Bernstein </div>
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Diane Althaus Michael Dodaro Ming Hong Alexandra Tsirkel Lucinda Maxey</div>
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St. John’s Episcopal Church</div>
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Sunday October 26th at 4:00 PM</div>
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<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-88074873092382138462013-10-31T21:37:00.000-07:002014-06-05T10:16:41.056-07:00Music of Russia and France<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Video recordings:</b></div>
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<a href="http://stage7pianos.com/?ai1ec_event=diane-althaus-soprano-alexandra-tsirkel-piano&instance_id=6628" target="_blank">Stage 7 Pianos</a> </div>
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<a href="http://russiancommunitycenterseattle.org/" target="_blank">Russian Community Center in Seattle</a></div>
<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-59088115782135148672013-08-06T08:09:00.001-07:002013-08-06T08:10:45.871-07:00Time CrunchThe trouble with writing is that it takes time<br />
How much time can you spend that isn't money?<br />
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A ten-minute time frame contains this project<br />
To make it feasible today<br />
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Doctor William Carlos Williams typed poems<br />
"At full speed" between patients' exigencies<br />
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How much can I write under constraint?<br />
Will compression explode in a flash of light?<br />
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How much that matters will get said in six hundred seconds?<br />
Clearly more than in another day of neglecting the work<br />
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When Handel wrote <i>The Messiah</i><br />
He revived previous labors, operas that were then out of fashion<br />
Music long silent<br />
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He pumped out the next big thing in a couple of weeks<br />
Hallelujah!<br />
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<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-56123862014266236592013-08-05T07:31:00.001-07:002013-08-19T07:48:00.700-07:00KitchenThe tile had to go<br />
Fine, $15,000 later, gone!<br />
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Diane didn't know that she is a serious foodie until the kitchen revival<br />
Now it smells like herbs of which I'd never heard<br />
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She tried to make a vegetarian of me<br />
I nearly starved<br />
So we compromised and did it my way<br />
Until she seduced me with salads from the Elysian fields<br />
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And flowers from her garden<br />
Gladiolas are blooming now<br />
Those that collapsed in the rain adorn our table<br />
A heavy glass vase supports the tall luxurious boughs<br />
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The sun also rises on our silestone counter tops<br />
And stainless steel refrigerator and range<br />
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Jaybirds in the firs outside are stunned<br />
In their blue reflections<br />
Their mockery of the serenity within<br />
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The kitchen has tasted festivities<br />
Flirtations<br />
Feuds<br />
Gravel-like gluten-free bread<br />
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The silestone will survive us<br />
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<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-71044932030263420142013-08-04T14:08:00.002-07:002013-10-26T13:46:11.687-07:00Begin AgainShe wants to begin again<br />
In the end there is a horizon, unknown in seasons of growth<br />
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If there is no harvest for all our sweat<br />
Maybe the river isn't dry, but why try?<br />
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Too much angry ambition<br />
Greed, aimless speed<br />
<i>Blind </i>ambition!<br />
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In the failures<br />
Or failures of nerve<br />
We begin to see again<br />
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The light in the garden<br />
And in her eyes<br />
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We begin again<br />
<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-74211748961529333592013-08-04T13:58:00.002-07:002015-08-16T21:14:10.204-07:007 Minute Autobiography with One LieDry heat and subzero blizzards savaged the Montana railroad town<br />
Mom didn't want to marry a farmer<br />
Dad was a good candidate, he had a railroad job<br />
His Italian family was not what the Norwegians on Mom's side expected, or hoped for<br />
Everybody got used to the idea, some time after I was born<br />
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We were railroaded from Montana to Minnesota then to Oregon<br />
In elementary school I heard of the Puritans but visited the Plains Indians and their graves<br />
By junior high we were in Minnesota<br />
The land of 1000 Lakes and the Hamm's Beer Bear<br />
Southern Oregon<br />
In high school I studied math, physics, and football<br />
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The Vietnam war got me into college<br />
I was a straight-A student<br />
You don't have to believe that<br />
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Still, my years at the University of Oregon were a renaissance<br />
I couldn't get over the girl back home, so I studied Shakespeare<br />
We'd been to a festival in Ashland, Shakespeare under the stars<br />
The bard wasn't the same without her, but I persisted<br />
History, philosophy<br />
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I had learned to sing in church<br />
A choir at the university opened my ears to Bach, Handel, and Mozart<br />
I breathed deeper and rejoiced<br />
Every day since, I've opened my mouth to sing<br />
The war ended before I got a degree<br />
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But music followed me even working in Portland<br />
A few years as a salesman, and I went to Seattle to sing opera<br />
I drove a truck and moved furniture<br />
Got married and divorced<br />
Sold the business to save the house<br />
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Then my career as a singer really took off<br />
Three years in the chorus<br />
<i>Tannhauser</i>, <i>Der Ring des Niebelungen</i><br />
<i>La Forza del Destino</i>, <i>The Marriage of Figaro</i><br />
I was born to sing<br />
In the shower<br />
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Operatic romance was better offstage<br />
We hiked in the North Cascades<br />
Buried my sister<br />
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I negotiated peace between music and business<br />
And have lived happier ever after<br />
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I married another singer<br />
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<br />Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-8989313568370486042013-04-29T14:10:00.004-07:002015-06-11T08:04:06.745-07:00Liederabend April 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Audio tracks:<br />
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<li><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyric-arts-audio/AnDieFerneGeliebteApril2013.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>An die Ferne Geliebte; Beethoven</i></a></li>
<li><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyric-arts-audio/Intermezzo_118A_Brahms.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Intermezzo; Brahms Opus 118 A Major</i></a></li>
<li><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/lyric-arts-audio/DerHirtAufDemFelsen_April2013.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Der Hirt auf dem Felsen; Schubert</i></a> </li>
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Ludwig van Beethoven</h2>
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<b><i>Allegro</i></b><br />
<b><i>Scherzo, Assai vivace</i></b><br />
<b><i>Adagio sostenuto</i></b><br />
<b><i>Largo - Allegro risoluto</i></b><br />
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<b>Sunday, October 7, 2012</b><br />
<b>Luther Memorial Lutheran Church</b><br />
<b>Seattle, Washington</b>Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-84962744337226157132012-07-26T08:37:00.000-07:002012-08-27T12:44:39.813-07:00That's Entertainment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Audio/video from August 19th show online: <a href="http://hollywood-variety.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://hollywood-variety.blogspot.com/</a> </div>
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Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-40589594160664441722012-07-22T15:37:00.000-07:002012-07-23T14:17:09.144-07:00Hollywood Variety Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Old Hollywood: <em>Photos, Autographs, a Car, and Entertainment</em></h3>
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<strong>Billed as the world's biggest collection of movie star photographs</strong>, the thousands of framed and autographed photos on display at <strong>Club Hollywood Casino</strong> in Shoreline, Washington, virtually define an era of glamour. </div>
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Collector <strong>Mark Mitchell</strong>, now 77, began pursuing the <strong>Hollywood</strong> stars for photos and autographs when he was 4 years old, thanks to his newspaperman father who interviewed and wrote stories about the stars. After Saturday-night gigs by front page stars such as Groucho Marx, the news staff brought their wide-eyed children on Sunday to meet the entertainers. When he was in his teens in Las Vegas, Mitchell got a napkin from the famed Sands Hotel in Vegas signed by Frank Sinatra. </div>
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Only a portion of his extensive collection is now displayed at Club Hollywood Casino, at 16716 Aurora Avenue North, with much more in his Seattle home. The collection also includes a large number of sports greats. Some of these photos are at Hamburger Harry’s in Ballard and Edmonds, where Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb keep tabs on the number of hamburgers sold. </div>
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Club Hollywood Casino was literally designed and built around a car owned by Marilyn Monroe, who purchased the vehicle not long before her early death. Bought by Mr. Mitchell some 35 years ago, the limousine was placed on site, and the building constructed around it, leaving it now sitting in the front window of Club Hollywood. Mitchell drove a generation of Little League ball players around in that car when he was a coach.</div>
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On <strong>Club Hollywood</strong>'s upper floor rows of photos line every wall. John Wayne, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Steward, Elvis Presley, Rudolph Valentino, Sophia Loren, Marlena Dietrich, Goldie Hawn, Jean Simmons and thousands of others, gaze back at fascinated visitors. Although the collection focuses on Hollywood actors, there are also photos of some directors, producers, and musicians, along with a sports star who appeared in films…a memorable Mickey Mantle.</div>
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A show that features entertainment from the era of this photo collection opens at <strong>Club Hollywood</strong> on <strong>August 19 and returns on September 16</strong>. The <strong>Hollywood Variety Show</strong> includes songs, comedy, instrumental music, and magic. Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley won't be there, but it will be fun to reminisce. </div>
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See these shows August 19 or September 16, both Sundays, at 3:30 pm at <strong>Club Hollywood</strong>. Tickets are $20 at the door.</div>Michael Dodarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663412273610016781.post-28013586433991917792012-05-23T06:16:00.000-07:002012-05-23T06:16:57.384-07:00Jeremiah Lawson, Guitarist and Composer<h2>
New Music by Jeremiah Lawson</h2>
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Prelude in C minor</h3>
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Fugue in C minor</h3>
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