After a near death experience three years ago, and a high-profile job cut short by pandemic problems, finding myself again has been an important goal. I’m not sure how one does that, exactly. It sometimes feels like I have no idea what I’m doing. But, I’m doing it. It is happening. Over the past few … Continue reading Hitting reset
Many years ago I was a violinist. I’d spent many, many years practicing. Not at the level of James Ehnes, who had a work ethic like I’ve never seen, but I was practicing for two hours every day starting at the age of six. Two hours daily, one hour each morning and one hour each … Continue reading The vast nothingness
I might be a student of the voice, but I was never really an opera singer. The brief period when I studied opera singing was occupied largely by Lucille Evans. What I really I wanted was to sing lieder, but there are 10s of dollars in lieder singing and I ended up being a chorister … Continue reading Thank you, Lucille (née. Villeneuve) Evans
John Wiens, Conductor 