So when I got to the studio on Sunday after my tech, the floor in front of the M Center was covered in graffiti. I was thrilled… huh? The graffiti was a game of hopscotch which used the Solfege signs for music notes. Mary and our new arts associate, Adele, used it to teach Alinna…
Keep Calm We’re Doctors.
In honor of the 51st Season of Doctor Who we introduce: The Deeapohib Nope not a misprint. It’s new word, based on a 50-year-old word that is now securely into our lexicon…Tardis: Time and Relative Dimensions in Space. This is the little blue police box that DOCTOR WHO uses to travel throughout the universe of –…
Sander in my Eyes
There’s a terrific writer, reviewer, and playwright in town. Sander Gusinow I’ve read his reviews – literate, sharp, intelligent … and fair I’ve read his plays – engrossing, clever, to-the-point I’ve read his article on Mary – top notch. http://drama-queens.net/?p=264 Welcome to the shark tank known as New York, pal. Here’s to collaborating. j
Play On
Sunday was wild. The morning brought Alinna and Mira, our newest students, into the studio. Newest in every way. At ages eight and six, they’re the newest to life as well as the M. Both gifted, it was marvelous to watch two baby artists begin to write music, sing, story-telling (what we affectionately call doing a…
A Note for the Skeptical
I attended a REIKI session this past weekend. It was joyous. I was a skeptic so I address my fellow smellers of BS. REIKI works. But if you’re skeptical, chances are you’re not going to be believe me anyway so I will speak your language. Here’s what REIKI means to the skeptic. It’s a chance to STOP. “Stop what?”…
What makes something a CENTER?
There are so many “centers.” Every community has a “community center” then there’s Lincoln Center … Kennedy Center… the Open Center. One imagines that centers should be these huge places where so much happens … they’re half right. So much should happen but that doesn’t mean it has to be huge. Mary and I dealt with…
We’re Progressive…. Wow
Art & Wellness When I was starting out in the theatre, there was still an aire of the stereotypical “actor” ways. Basically, like you see in old movies: “the actor’s life for me.” Today, it’s different. So many artists are engaging in healthy eating, medication, alternative medicine, Reiki, exercise, sleeping 8 hours, vitamins, spirituality, drinking … water, eating lots…
Fun fun fun~
Things are bubbling up at the M!!! This is a big week. Monday we had an amazing Music Master’s Class. All the participants streatched their idea of who they are further and great sounds were heard. Lessons galore other days this week as all the guitar, piano and voice students come to work and prepare….
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Isabella Sirota began working with us as a five-year-old chorus member in a production of THE MUSIC MAN. Today, she’s a student at the High School of Performing Arts with classical credits …Ashley Chico was just one of the dancers in a dance studio in our association some years ago. Today, she’s a student at Brooklyn…
AMAZING SUMMER for Genesis & the M
This has – thus far been a banner season for Genesis Repertory and it’s new offspring,The M Center. The M Playwrights Workshop: thus far three new works from that class have been taken off-off Broadway thanks to the support of John Chatterton and his vast array of New York festivals. The M Music Master Class had an amazing…
THE M CENTER VOCAL ACADEMY 