Melinda

In which I am an overachiever

July 13, 2018 by Melinda

Am seriously making a version of this song’s score with everyone’s staging marked out measure-by-measure so I can print copies for Monday’s staging rehearsal. It’s just that complicated. 😂

When the writing really isn’t clear

July 11, 2018 by Melinda

Maddeningly contradictory text in Dido and Aeneas: In a single scene with one location, the environment is originally described as an uninhabited valley in the woods, then a mountain with a waterfall, and finally as an open field, providing no shelter from an oncoming storm. WHICH IS IT, PURCELL? WHICH IS IT?

Dido & Aeneas: Week 2!

July 7, 2018 by Melinda

As our race to raise funds for the opera continues, please enjoy this glimpse behind the scenes of ATS Opera Workshop: Dido and Aeneas, rehearsal week two! Featuring Sarah & Samantha’s birthday, waaaaay too much heat and humidity, and the birth of Bryann! Check out the video to find out what that means. 😉

Also, Greyson makes declarations about Idina Menzel and Zac Efron that I just can’t get behind, but y’know…

Music during the Bryann sequence, “Stickybee” by Josh Woodward! Free download: http://joshwoodward.com 💜

Meet Bryann. They are our friend. Also a bench.

July 5, 2018 by Melinda

I did not realize that assembling this bench from Amazon for our set would be so much fun. Yes, my teens named the bench “Bryann.” (Pronounced like “Brian.”) They/them pronouns, please. With Brayden, Aislinn, Andrea, Carina, and Milena.