out on the frontier
the recital hall / choir room
Poets of the Piano arrived in Casper, WY, which I have been looking forward to all summer. how often do you get to go to wyoming? or casper for that matter. if you like trout fishing, apparently that’s where you would go.
but they also have a lively arts scene with a terrific community college, the facilities were superb. the recital took place in the recital hall which doubled as a choir rehearsal room, a new Steinway D, lovely acoustic.
it can be lonely practicing on the great plains
there’s an influential languages professor in town that has taught several people to speak French, so casper stays in my memory with a French accent. the night before the concert, we watched Les Choristes, an inspirational French film about a failed composer who ends up at a reform school for troubled boys, and shapes them into a fabulous choir. get the soundtrack