THE PME BLOG

There is a statistical anomaly in PME: more current members were born in 1948 than any other year. Our primary archivist, Gretchen Nicholson, who keeps copies of all our programs and promotional materials, also tracks pretty much everyone who is or has ever been in PME, including their birthdays. Many years ago Gretchen noticed this [...]

One Sunday morning when I was seven, I told my mother I wanted to sing with the church choir, which was made up of men and boys in the English choral tradition. I’ve been singing ever since, although not in a ruffed collar. I wore green tights once, and an elaborate kimono for one production…

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Well, I am singing a bit of Hildegard– involved in a production of “Ordo Virtutum” with S.F. Renaissance Voices that goes up the first three weekends of August, at venues around the Bay Area. What I can say right now is this: for being an Abbess, and therefore, a righteous sister, Hildegard was a mother [...]

A few weeks ago, Kurt and I were headed for New York and the 2007 Air Guitar US National competition. We had booked our flights (his being paid for by the US Air Guitar organization…yes, this org. does exist) in early July after the friendly takeover of the San Jose Regional Air Guitar Championship [...]

So what did Kymry & Becca do on their summer vacation? In July Kymry had the good fortune to accompany two choirs on back-to-back tours in Europe, and Becca came along for the journey. The Acalanes High School Chamber Singers performed in Lucerne and Paris, while WomenSing participated in a choral competition near Barcelona.
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