By Dr. Ginger BeazleyDirectorArs Nova School of the Arts “I am a Sunday's child,” once said the eccentric German author, Ernst Theodor Wilhelp Hoffmann, on three of whose tales the opera by Offencach is based, “with the power to see things invisible to other men.” Quote from Schirmer's introduction to their edition of The Tales … Continue reading The Tales of Hoffmann
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Nurturing the Art of Excellence for 25 Years
By Dr. Ginger BeazleyArs Nova School of the Arts Twenty-five years doesn't seem very long particularly if you're waiting for the fulfillment of a dream you've have for longer than that. Friends had often heard me say that I would like to begin a school teaching music, theater and instrumental performance. However, Bob Baker finally … Continue reading Nurturing the Art of Excellence for 25 Years
A Singer Is An Actor Using A Melody
By Dr. Ginger Beazley Many years ago, a young farm girl, met a remarkable woman who was equally qualified to teach piano, acting and voice. She was a small woman with snow white hair piled high on her head and more energy and authority in her voice and body than she deserved to have at … Continue reading A Singer Is An Actor Using A Melody