Mama-Come-Lately

Decades ago (!) I switched my major from undeclared liberal arts to vocal performance with a minor in French. I found out much later that my mom took a certain amount of crap for “letting” me do such an impractical thing.

It was one of the best decisions I ever made, to spend four years studying something I love instead of choosing a “safe” path. And for the record: I was able to remain gainfully employed for as long as I chose to, doing something that had nothing to do with my major.

Anyway. This isn’t really about my decision to become a teenage opera major. It’s about my decision to return to the stage after a few years away. It’s time to use my degree outside the house again, y’all!

So mark your calendar: I’ll be singing backup for Three Fried Men at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, February 27, at Nico. TFM is the house band for Poetry Scores, an international organization based in St. Louis that translates poetry into other media. You can expect a set of folk-rock settings of world poetry and folklore.

The event will start at 5; it’s a fundraiser for the next album from the local legend, the one and only Fred Friction. Here’s a Facebook page with a heap of information about the evening, which includes a silent auction, raffles, and live musical entertainment beginning with Irene Sullivan at 6 p.m. I hear tell there will also be special yummies available for purchase — more information on that as I get it.

Hope to see you there! And if you can’t make it but feel moved to contribute, you can visit the project’s indiegogo page.