I come out of semi blog retirement to announce that a wonderful person named Kathy Sheinhouse, having read Jeff Greenwald’s article about my attempts to make oboe reeds, has sent me two beautiful reeds of her own making! Her company is (appropriately) called Magic Reed. Her website is here — and if you are one … Read more
So how tough were the Israelites, really? This question — like a stand of reeds — lay just beneath the surface of our many discussions in the first installment of the four-session class that I’m doing with Rabbi Menachem Creditor at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley. Titled “Swimming the Sea of Reeds,” this short but … Read more
I’ve started practicing the oboe again — as part of the long development process towards my next theatrical piece, Sea of Reeds (a commission by the Shotgun Players in Berkeley, in collaboration with my long-time producer, Jonny Reinis, and director, David Dower). And so all the sensations of oboe-playing — which I haven’t done regularly … Read more