by Marion | Sep 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
You don’t need a reminder how your life has drastically changed since last March. If the pandemic wasn’t re-orienting enough, I bet the protests are. Wherever you are in the world, we need radical reforms and how the heck does singing fit in? One of my fantasies is to...
by Marion | Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sing Portland! is going up in the world — singing with Deke Sharon, performing at Carnegie Hall. We’re getting a bit of a reputation. So it’s about time we shake things up a bit, right? It’s about time we take a look at our ‘everyone welcome’ policy and start making...
by Marion | Jan 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Money worries: we all have them. For you, it might be paying off your student debts, making rent, or stressing about your 401k. Me, I wonder daily how the heck I’m going to get my kiddos through college. Sometimes I fantasize about making big bucks to make it all...
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by Marion | Dec 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
I had imagined that the day after my TEDx talk I’d be physically and emotionally exhausted. But I wasn’t. Usually after an important performance, I experience a fabulous afterglow followed by a letdown, even a vulnerability hangover. But not this time. Why was this...
by Marion | Oct 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Overwhelmed and spread too thin…sound familiar? For many of us it’s more than familiar — it’s just normal life! My beautiful choir member, Kelly, can relate. The very first night she came to Sing Portland! that’s exactly how she was feeling. She says that the...
by Marion | Aug 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Deke Sharon is Marion on steroids!” Well, I don’t know how Deke Sharon would react to the comparison, but I was thrilled when one of my students said this about me recently. What a compliment! I know that if I could harness even a drop of Deke’s talent I’d be...
