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20 July
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Composing in the Wilderness Part 1

Christina   |   Blog, Music

I’m in Alaska – rather above its glacial ice fields, jagged peaks, and forested streams.  Yep, still in the airplane, but in Alaska’s airspace.  Having most recently worked with Homestead National Monument, I know that many of America’s most recent Homesteads were “proved up” here...

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06 June
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50@50 Homestead NM Residency

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring, Music

I’m always interested in finding out why particular landscapes attract certain groups of people. (FREE LAND!! IT’S FREE!) Ok, seems simple, but there’s more to it than that. The improvements required by the Act within five years were substantial. Who would do that? Ultimately, 60%...

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02 June
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50@50 Beatrice NE Part 1

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

I’m having a wonderful experience as Composer-In-Residence at Homestead National Monument outside of Beatrice Nebraska. Actually, the Parks call it Artist-in-Residence, but this way, people don’t ask me if I paint or sculpt. Composer Alex Shapiro says she believes we hear differently when we are...

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27 May
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50@50 – New Mexico

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

We tend to look at the past in static terms – year, date, event.  Almost like looking at disconnected photographs, we usually don’t see the full image outside of the frame. What were all the little incidences and decisions that led up to this event?...

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17 May
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50@50 – Prescott AZ

Christina   |   Blog, Exploring

It’s easy to forget how arduous a 60 mile journey was 150 years ago.  We live in a world where information from 60 or even 6,000 miles away can be “oh, so 23 seconds ago!” Similar communication took days or weeks to arrive just a...

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