This was the title of the email Andy sent out to our family in June when our son, Henry was born!  And now I use it here to finally communicate again with all of you about upcoming concerts and events. I may have taken a hiatus from my newsletters, but not from performing and teaching!  We had a wonderful summer travelling with Henry to the Weekend of Chamber Music Festival and the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival in July and August and I had a wonderful time working on a very special recording of "I (the defeat of the personal)" by Igor Ballerau with Jody Pou, soprano, Tawnya Popoff, viola and  Anna Lim, violin in New York at the beginning of August. The results of that intense work can be beautifully heard on Jody and Igor's label and website: Shskh.com.

The fall began with several recording sessions for Open End, recording the music of Anna Weesner as well as Andrew Waggoner, and the season is now in full swing. My own CD is finished and I'll be sending out more information soon on a fundraising recital to reach the last goals in order to finally release it this spring.

I've included a rather long list of events here below, as it might be November before my next email. If you're on the west coast, I'll be there with the Lark in the Bay Area; for people in New York, come up to the Bronx to hear the Meme Ensemble in our inaugural concert before our Carnegie debut in March; and Tawnya Popoff and I will premiere "Pas de Deux", a duo that Ross Bauer has written for us, on the east side on Hallowe'en!

I hope very much to see some of you soon.

With warm wishes and a little photo to share...

Carrie

Weekend of Chamber music: Music in America from 1780 to 2010
Saturday, October 16th at 3PM
Part I: Livingston Manor Central School Lobby
Music from Thomas Jefferson’s collection includes Haydn, Corelli, Vivaldi & Hopkinson
Part II: Catskill Art Society
World premiere of “5 Singles” by Andrew Waggoner, music by Steve Reich, Henry Cowell & an improvisation.
Flutist Judith Pearce; violinist Sunghae Anna Lim; oboist Matt Sullivan; harpsichordist/fortepianist Kenneth Hamrick
Information: 845-932-8527

Lark Quarte+ Baritone and Percussion: Chamber Music at Monterey Bay
Friday, October 22nd at 8PM; pre-concert talk at 7PM
“Folk Fusion: From America to the Middle East”: music by Peraaskero, Ruehr, Sollima, Dvorak, Wiprud, Velez and Gershwin
Yousif Sheronick, percussion and Stephen Salters, baritone
Information: 831.625.2212

Lark Quarte+ Baritone : Music at Kohl Mansion
Sunday, October 24th at 7PM
music by Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Ruehr and Gershwin
2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame CA 94010
info@musicatkohl.org; Tickets (650) 762-1130

Meme Ensemble NYC: House Concert
Friday, October 29th at 6PM
music by Corigliano, Boulanger, Faure, Piazzola and Frank
Barry Crawford, flute, Carol McGonnell, clarinet, Harumi Rhodes, violin, Liuhwen, viola, Molly Morkoski, piano

Meme Ensemble NYC at Lehman College
Saturday, October 30th at 8PM
music by Corigliano, Boulanger, Faure, Piazzola and Frank
Barry Crawford, flute, Carol McGonnell, clarinet, Harumi Rhodes, violin, Liuhwen, viola, Molly Morkoski, piano
Lehman College, CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Blvd West, Bronx NY
Tickets: 718.960.8833

Tawnya Popoff Recital: Duos for Viola and...
Sunday, October 31st at 2PM
World Premiere of "Pas de Deux" by Ross Bauer
Church of the Heavenly Rest: 2 East 90th Street at 5th Avenue
more information 212.289.3400