Music Meets Drama

Where would we be without librarians?   In this day of researching on the internet it may seem as though a librarian’s job is something of the past, soon to be expendable.   Au contraire – think again.   A librarian’s job is ever evolving in our world of technological advances.   Their creative drive helps guide new avenues of dynamic research.   Keeping track of online creativity that must be held for future generations is their ever expanding role.   And, there are precious historic items not yet digitized and available online that only they have access to.     Most of all, a real, live librarian, through their experience and knowledge, will act as your guide and mentor opening new pathways of research you have yet to discover.     So it was when I was introduced to George Boziwick nearly 22 years ago.    At the time George was Curator of American Music at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.   At our...

Twenty years have passed since I began my Gena Project, as I call it.   Many of you have read and heard how I discovered her music, my journey through her life, co-authoring and performing a one-woman show, writing articles and giving talks about composer Gena Branscombe. Through the twenty years there have been countless people who have helped me, encouraged me, contacted me and been cheerleaders for the work I was doing.   As I look back, I have been blessed by each of these people, what they have generously given me and for their friendship. Very few of my Gena people had met one another and in some ways, they were compartmentalized because of their location or expertise.   Yet, each day I have been thankful for all of their contributions to my work. When Dan Ryan, Director of Choral Activities, at Clark University in Worcester, MA, announced he would be performing Gena Branscombe’s oratorio Pilgrims of Destiny on April 27, 2019, I knew that was the day ...