As most of you know, my mother was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (bone marrow cancer) in September 2014. She had a bone marrow transplant in February at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, and after being released from the hospital she moved in with her sister - our wonderful Angie - and her family in order to recover from the transplant.
Time is almost upon us when Mother will be moving back to Mississippi, but she still has medical bills to pay for as well as travel to pay for to get back and forth to Atlanta. So, my awesome cousin Whitney Marquis Pullen has set up a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for mother's medical and travel expenses. You can donate to mother's campaign here, and any amount would be greatly appreciated!
You can read more about mother's diagnosis and prognosis here, and you can read more about the type of cancer she has here and here.
God Bless!
LINKS:
Wanda Gordon Burns's GoFundMe Campaign
http://www.gofundme.com/uf7p9k
"Mom's Cancer" Blog Entry from February (Diagnosis and Prognosis Info)
http://kellywburns.blogspot.com/2015/02/moms-cancer.html
More Info on MDS from the American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/myelodysplasticsyndrome/
More Info on MDS from the National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/myelodysplastic/Patient/page1
13 May 2015
12 May 2015
Performing Life 2015-2016
Upcoming Performances
In June, I'll be singing again with the Mozart on the Green Festival here in Athens. I'll be performing songs by Mozart, Bellini, and Quilter in a mini-recital with pianist Gail Berenson. I'll also be teaching a few lessons that week to high school students who are attending the Ohio University Summer Music Camp, which is always fun!
The Fall semester begins in late August, and things get off to a quick start for me! In September, Gail and I will be presenting a faculty voice recital. We're performing songs by Gwyneth Walker, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn, and selections from the early Italian composers.
After that, I'll be singing the tenor solo in Carmina Burana in October, the title role in Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicholas in November, and the Father in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins in December.
I'm so excited to be learning all this new music - all of the works in the later part of the year are brand new to me as a singer, and I can't wait to do them all! Here's to Happy Practicing!!!
In June, I'll be singing again with the Mozart on the Green Festival here in Athens. I'll be performing songs by Mozart, Bellini, and Quilter in a mini-recital with pianist Gail Berenson. I'll also be teaching a few lessons that week to high school students who are attending the Ohio University Summer Music Camp, which is always fun!
The Fall semester begins in late August, and things get off to a quick start for me! In September, Gail and I will be presenting a faculty voice recital. We're performing songs by Gwyneth Walker, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn, and selections from the early Italian composers.
After that, I'll be singing the tenor solo in Carmina Burana in October, the title role in Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicholas in November, and the Father in Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins in December.
I'm so excited to be learning all this new music - all of the works in the later part of the year are brand new to me as a singer, and I can't wait to do them all! Here's to Happy Practicing!!!
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