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Carnegie Mellon gave her musicians ample time to explore New York City before our concert at Carnegie Hall. I wandered in Central Park, ate at some fantastic restaurants (they gave us generous food money), and visited Times Square. And the entire time I kept thinking: It’s so much quieter than Cairo. It’s so much cleaner than Cairo. [...] Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music turned 100 this year, and to celebrate the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic and the choirs did two big concerts: one in Pittsburgh, one at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Singing is one of the many things I do when I’m not thinking about anything else. I sing to keep myself [...] I’m finishing up my Music minor in Opera this semester, and my last class is “French Literature and Repertoire.” The final project for my class is to create a program of French art songs on a theme. I chose pieces about slavery and captivity to examine human trafficking. I’ve embedded the entire program into my projects [...] I can’t stop listening to “Someone Like You” by Adele: It’s not that I don’t know dozens of more appropriate songs, sad songs, memorial songs. I’m an opera singer: I can mourn in half a dozen languages. But I can’t get to my emotions about my grandfather’s death two weeks ago straight on. I need [...] I just changed from my long, black-and-red salsa dress and bangles into a blue-stripped collared shirt, suit jacket and grey pearls. I went from strapy high heels to sensible boots and comfortable socks. If I chose my career based on the clothes, opera would win out over politics most mornings. I am comfortable in [...] |
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