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NormAdams
Dec 7, 20234 min read
The Making of Midspace
I’ve recently emerged from a rich period of work: stacking all the kinds of music on top of each other in a mash of practice,...
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NormAdams
Oct 16, 20232 min read
sL is Growing and Evolving!
suddenlyLISTEN is evolving. For 23 years I have run sL almost solo. I always had highly valued administrative help, but I was terrible at...
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NormAdams
Dec 15, 20222 min read
Looking around at 22/23
This time of year seems to roll around faster and faster each year, but it is always a welcome mini-break from the busy season. And it's...
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NormAdams
Jun 9, 20223 min read
2021/22 in Review: Whew!
Hi from PEI. We’ve settled here over the past week or so, for our usual (first time in 2 years!) summer work at the Charlottetown...
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Norm Adams
Sep 24, 20204 min read
20 Years
What a time it continues to be! We’ve all had the discussion (“what’s going to happen?” “What a world we live in”). We’ve asked the...
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Norm Adams
Sep 24, 20203 min read
Weird Times Continue
It is completely outside our experience to look out our windows into an international crisis, feeling the disruption, discomfort and...
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Norm Adams
Sep 24, 20203 min read
The Strangest Times
These are the strangest of times. By Friday, March 13 we at suddenlyLISTEN knew things were shifting quickly for us, our work, our...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20203 min read
The Big Trip Italy 2
So time has flown. I'm actually back in Halifax now, in normal life, with echoes of this tour and these concerts ringing in my ears! But...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
The Big Trip - Italy
We have now been in Italy for 2 days. I've had a couple of chances to look around a bit, eaten some food, and had numerous (very small)...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20202 min read
The Big Trip - Edinburgh 2
Things have been busy! So I'm bit behind on posts. Here's the final Scottish post. It's warmer here in Bologna..... I’m writing now from...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20202 min read
The Big Trip - Edinburgh
Wow that was an intense 2 days! It started with an early rise, a 9am fast train that turned slow, a 3 hour late arrival, a sudden meal of...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
The Big Trip - London
I guess you don't really need to write much about The Colourscape Music Festival in London...a picture, (especially here) is worth a...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
The Big Trip #3
I'm such terrible picture taker! I apologize for this blog's freedom from photographs! I am so busy looking around, it just doesn't occur...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
The Big Trip #2
It's amazing how two cellists can travel from distant points on the globe and manage to meet up, on time, in Kings Cross Station in the...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20202 min read
The Big Trip #1
Introduction: Summer ended yesterday. They say in PEI that the weather changes after the Gold Cup and Saucer Harness Race. With global...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
More Travels!
suddenlyLISTEN and I are so happy to announce that A:B, my duo with my friend Italian cellist, Nicola Baroni of Bologna, will undertake a...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20203 min read
Travels
It's been a great season for suddenlyLISTEN travels, and with this exciting announcement, we can tell you about more to come! 2017/18 saw...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Freedman Closes out 17/18
It was 2007 when suddenlyLISTEN first brought Lori Freedman to Halifax. This was by no means her first trip east, she’d been here many...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20203 min read
Glasgow 3
I don’t mind getting to the airport early, it gives me a chance to reflect a bit on the trip that is ending, and people watch…. The past...
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Norm Adams
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Glasgow 2
The past two days have been fascinating. Nick and I continue to confront questions about our piece and imagine new possibilities! Each...
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