Following the third and final Michael Palm house concert of the 2010-11 season in New York, a distinguished singer and vocal teacher was heard to exclaim: I was a fan of Joyce’s before, but the opportunity to hear her close-up has just sent me over the edge. I was wishing that all my students could […]

There was a day when the “Three Bs” were acknowledged to be Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. On Wednesday evening, April 6, Brahms was still in evidence, but the other members of the evening’s Trio of B’s were the irrepressible Irving Berlin and the incandescent Stephanie Blythe.  And add to that heady mix the irresistible Warren […]