Now giving voice, beginner piano and French lessons in Rosanna, VIC (Melbourne suburb). I offer private lessons from my studio in Rosanna, or at your home, office or quiet coffee shop. Visit my web site for more details: www.ManifoldMelodies.com.au

Voice, Beginner Piano and French Lessons in Melbourne, VIC

Do you love to sing? Would you like to learn how to sing even better? Or have you always dreamed of learning the piano? I have a Master's in Vocal Pedagogy (the science of teaching how to sing) and I teach voice to students at all levels. I also teach piano for beginners, children and adults alike. For more information on piano and voice lessons in my studio in Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, please visit my web site:

Manifold Melodies

I am a native French speaker and I also offer French lessons to all ages, as well as French diction and pronunciation lessons to singers and choir conductors.

Accepting new auditions for Youth Choir in Wilmette, IL

I am thrilled to invite new singers to join the Young Voices of Unity Choir. Auditions will be held in August and early September, 2012. Children will be asked to sing one of their favorite songs. All youth will be accepted. Auditions are mainly a means to get to know every singer's ability and range.

More information at Manifold Melodies.

Alan and I went to India to sing with the Voices of Baha choir. We sang in Mumbai, Lucknow and New Delhi. Here is an article that sums it all up very nicely:

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/parkridge/lifestyles/currents/2478866,park-ridge-YPindia-071510-s1.article

Valentine's!

This is a result of my sweet husband's creativity and genius for Valentine's day :)

THRILLED AND ECSTATIC

Well, to all reading this, the great news is, I'm getting married! To the sweetest guy on the planet (I'm only slightly subjective :) ). We're having a Bahá'í wedding in Ottawa, Canada on June 1st and will just have a mini-honeymoon at Chateau Laurier for two days as we don't have any vacation time for now. But later on, will surely take advantage of a friend's offer to use his house in the Bahamas! :) Yes life is rough. Anyway, here is a preliminary photo of the married couple to be :)

… the reality of man is … the center where the glory of all the perfections of God shine forth… -- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, p. 196.

One must see in every human being only that which is worthy of praise. When this is done, one can be a friend to the whole human race.
-- Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, p. 169.

RAINBOW OF ATTRIBUTES

Stand.
Follow with your eye upwards
Passing the thorns with oblivion
To the beauteous blossom
Of summoned springtime

Consider the smile or sigh
As your senses are pleased
By the reflection of light
Limited to the one undulation
Of red

Sit.
Follow with your eye throughout
Forgetting the harshness of the bark
To the loftiness of the foliage
Of flowing flutter

Ponder on the breeze of belief
Which swells in your soul
By the reflection of light
Limited to the one undulation
Of green

Kneel.
Follow with your eye thither
Ignoring the dirt and the dust
To the impregnable space
Of vainless vastness

Reflect on the exultation
Of utter nothingness within
Before the reflection of light
Limited to the one undulation
Of blue

Prostrate.
Follow with your heart beyond
Pretermitting human imperfections
To the Primal Prism
Of the All-Encompassing One

Know of the felicity
Of submission to greatness
To the Source of light
Containing all undulations

In one.

Haifa, Nov ‘93