Vocalist
Singing, for everyone, is an ever-evolving process if only because our voices are always in flux, and ever-changing across our lives. I have always loved singing, and am typically the most enthusiastic singer in a group. Like many singers today, I found conflicting instruction and some physical challenges like sinusitis caused challenges earlier in my vocal career. The struggles I experienced led to a life-long exploration of how to make my instrument work for me in all the ways I'd like for it to. This has been a joyful experience. Even with the regularly frustrating realizations of “had I known then”, the chance to find your voice anew on an ongoing basis is thrilling. People often assume that they have “a” voice, and that it will always be the same. Science tells us that this is patently untrue. If you were blessed with an instrument that coordinated easily from childhood, you can just as easily overuse it, or find it radically altered ten years down the road. If you had to struggle early on, you can know that the voice is resilient and that your body has capacities way beyond your understanding. I sing because I love to, and share because I have to. I constantly explore new ways to express because communication is important to me. I have had the pleasure to perform as soloist for many of the ensembles in which I've sung, in staged productions, on studio recordings, and in amazing halls like Carnegie.
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"The Ghost Of Tom Joad" with First Congregational Cathedral Choir and Dr. Christoph Bull on the organ
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My AcaOpera arrangement of Bellini's "Ah Non Giunge" sung by Laude with Laurel Irene on the lead, and myself holding down the bass line.
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