Writing my newsletter takes a while and sometimes I forget to cross-post it to the website. I will be posting several catch-up posts and a new one soon. Cheers! —M
the Delancey
My band Classy Dame is playing a show at the Delancey on Wednesday November 16, 2022! If you're in NYC, drop by for 6:45 pm. We have several new songs in the works, at least one of which we're including in the set. And our band is on first, so you don't have to stay up late this time.
above: an extremely formal poster advertising Classy Dame's Nov 16 show at the Delancey. Left to right: Eric, Austin, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson* (on calendar), Maria. *The Rock is welcome but not guaranteed to attend.
Theatre & More
This fall I got to return to CAP 21/Molloy University to music direct another project. I worked with two wonderful choreographers (Ashley Eichbauer Newman and John Guaragna) and 15 junior-year musical theatre BFA students. The "Song and Dance Project" is an opportunity for the junior class to showcase their dancing skills while also singing and acting, culminating in a musical theatre revue-style show. Every time I looked up from the piano, the dancers were doing something amazing. Having been in workshop-land for so long, it was invigorating to get to see musical theatre on its feet, loud and striking. I so enjoyed the collaborative process of crafting a show to the particular triple-threat talents of our cast.
I've also picked up some choir gigs, piano tuning appointments, a number of private instruction slots for piano and voice, and a commission for music to be played during a TTRPG broadcast series.