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Tafelmusik Sing-A-Long Messiah Contest

Miss Mussel has long held the view that the Messiah is boatloads more fun to sing than it is to listen to. In Toronto, the period performance outfit Tafelmusik cottoned on to this years ago and offers a sing-a-long concert in Massey Hall conducted by one Herr GF Handel. Anna Magdalena Bach has [...]
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COC 60th Anniversary Gala Artists Finalized

Saturday night Miss Mussel’s inbox brought the rather unsurprising news that Ben Heppner was canceling his COC engagement due to illness. The bug he caught in London while doing Tristan und Isolde is apparently still making life difficult.
Replacing the ailing Heppner is John Treleaven, fresh from a Siegfried in Los Angeles, Ramón Vargas and [...]
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Monday Links

These pages have been clogging multiple browser windows for a while, so they may be ever so slightly old. Not so far gone that you can’t just pick off the bits of mould and make a perfectly good sandwich…uh…for your brain….or…..something.

“Why deface a book? If you don’t like what’s in it, shut it and [...]
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Just So We’re Clear

ToothpasteForDinner - a new-to-Miss-Mussel interwebular comic has produced this helpful guide to all things panflute. First spotted on a server’s T-shirt at the inestimable café With The Grain. It’s worth the drive to Guelph, people. [For those that read aloud in their heads, it's pronounced Gwellf]

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Yes, that would be lovely indeed. I'm arriving from Manchester on 21st July and will be staying till the end of September. I'll be in touch when I arrive and we'll sort it out then. All the best, Marcia
Posted 38 weeks ago on The Omniscient Mussel's wall
no...not John Rutter. All shall be revealed in Thursday's posts.
Posted 2 years ago
Hello there, I'm a music critic and I'm curious to learn more about your ensemble. Can you send along more information or direct me to a website? Much appreciated, Miss Mussel
Posted 2 years ago on newFangledconsort's wall