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.

"Love" from "Songs of Love And Jusitice" by Adolphus Hailstork with  Dr. Christoph Bull on the The Great Organs

Overtone singing solo, choral bass, and conducing my "Chorale" from "Symphony For Voices 1" sung with Laude.

A lullaby I wrote for our daughter with Laurel Irene.

Overtone lullabies I wrote for our daughters.

My arrangement of Paul Simon's "American Tune" with J.S. Bach's "O Sacred Head" sung by Laude.

My arrangement of Killer Mike's "Pulling The Pin" sung by Laude.

My arrangement of James Taylor's "Shower The People" sung by Laude.