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Sing and See: Pitch Matching Practice Tool
equipping vocal students with an effective practice tool I was recently engaged to teach vocals / singing to three fabulous pre-adolescent kids. At our first lesson, I was primarily interested in...
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The Future of Photography
a presentation given to the RA Photo Club Since the production of the photograph in 1826, photography has been evolving in response to changes in technology, society and business. It returns the favor...
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Twenty Insights on Being a Photographer
a presentation given to the RA Photo Club Everyone has a camera at the ready these days, but a camera does not a photographer make. Mike draws on four plus decades as an artist and photographer to...
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Descends the Drape
by Mike (Binary Rhyme) Heffernan Descends the drape guillotine of the run celebrated and mourned in voices loud and whispers soft The whine of tools Passes the set to bones and vacuum The cast’s final...
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Trailburst Nuggets – An Anytime Snack
One of the fun little moments in the production of I Hate Hamlet by the Ottawa Little Theatre was the ad for Trailburst Nuggets that opens the final scene. Andrew Rally, the television actor who is...
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Mother Teresa High’s Jesus Christ Superstar
There’s something about high school productions that is just FUN. The energy and enthusiasm, the clearly talented (that make you think, hey, I knew them when) and the plucky that sell their characters...
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Mike’s Annual Turkey Leek Soup
Many traditions, I think, are the result of an unlikely mix of circumstance, inspiration and serendipity that weaves itself into a Mobius strip long enough to become entrenched. When my extended family...
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How Can I Keep From Singing?
Traditional, recorded January 2012 You can download the .mp3 here: HowCanIKeepFromSinging.mp3 My life goes on in endless song above earth’s lamentation, I hear the real, though far-off hymn that hails...
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The Camera Loves The Theatre
a presentation given to the RA Photo Club The Theatre serves up intense images – fabulous scenes, sets, dramatic poses, human drama and subtle expressions. Mike takes us on a journey through theatrical...
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November, 2014, RA Photo Club 75th Anniversary Banquet. It was my honor and privilege to speak at the RA Photo Club’s 75th anniversary banquet on the subject of “The Future of Photography,” –...
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