Diagenesis’ Double Duty Day

Today was a big day for us. The first half of our day was all about our second concert of the tour. This concert was at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in St.Paul, MN. We met with Bjorn, the music director at St. Mary’s, who had looked after the concert for us. We felt so welcome at the church and were delighted to play in such a beautiful space - both visually and acoustically. We would love to return to this beautiful venue.

The concert was great and one of our backers, Jenny Haugen, drove an hour and a half to see us perform. She was thrilled with the concert and, being a soprano herself, was interested in possibly performing the pieces in the future. Her reaction has encouraged us to continue with our plan of commissioning new pieces and has reminded us of how lucky we are to have had three really special works written for us.

The second part of our day was our drive to our third concert location. Since it was very important to us to have a full rest/rehearsal day before our concert, we booked it to Chicago. We arrived safe and sound at Jen’s sister’s apartment. We were welcomed by our wonderful hosts, Cat and Evan Tupper, with food and wine. A very satisfying and full day!

-Heather