We are both constantly comparing the livability of Pasadena VS Austin...Weather? Recycling? Work for composers? Work for Jazz singers? (haha! that's a good one! ) Polite people? Gun Laws? Traffic? Walking distance to cool things? The Arts? Politics? Great restaurants? Live music? The Symphony? Ballet? Jazz? Distance to hiking trails? Tough call! But one definite is that there's more work here for a film score composer and orchestrator, so onward with our plan!
This experiment of living between the two cities for a year is proving to be an interesting challenge. It has it's pros and cons for sure. On the up side of things our time apart makes us value our time together all that much more...and we are both working on what we need to work on with a heightened sense of focus because we really want to make an informed decision by the end of the year.
So George is madly writing cues for TV and film and submitting to different projects and I'm spending more time writing new music and preparing for my next recording project and I'm also the assistant director of what I hope will be an amazing annual Austin music festival, called Lulufest.
On April 23rd Jazz pianist and Lulufest director Peggy Stern and I will be hosting a fundraiser / concert for Lulufest and hope that we'll get a good crowd.
Spread the word!
The concert will be at Casa Karen
Sunday April 23rd from 3:00 PM to 4:30
Donations taken at the door!
Dancing, music, listening, food, drink and fun!
reservations required:
Email: suzistern@gmail.com for details and to reserve a place!
Suzi Stern /vocals
Peggy Stern / Piano
Sam Pankey / Bass
Joey Colarusso / woodwinds
Michael Longoria / drums
To pre order tickets for Lulufest coming up on June 3rd go to www.lulu-fest.com
You can read about the day of workshops and concerts that we have planned and purchase tickets on the site! Two of our special guests will be Trumpet master Ingrid Jenssen leading her own group and the remarkable jazz pianist Helen Sung fronting her ensemble (both from NYC) and several other amazingly talented "women led" bands that will highlight the day!
And for now:
Here are some images from my fabulous day off today!
