My Performances

Cinderella Medley

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Here's a fun moment from my Junior Voice Recital, which I sang back in the fall of 1980 with classmate Annette Kirkpatrick (now Annette de la Torre.)  Annette was a very assured and expressive singer who was SO much more comfortable in the spotlight than I was, so it was great for me to get

Popular/Side by Side

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The day I'm posting this (November 25th) is the 11th birthday of my lovely niece Lorelai.  In honor of that occasion, I thought it would be fun to share this fun moment from my 2013 faculty voice recital - when Lorelai took the stage to begin the second half of the program with "Popular" from

Clock of the Years

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This amazing song is by 20th century British composer Gerald Finzi and comes from his song set Earth and Air and Rain,  featuring poetry by Thomas Hardy.   In this fascinating text,  a man approaches the mysterious 'Clock of the Years' and asks that time be turned backward so he might be reunited with his

I Remember it Well

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Here's a little something sung by my wife Kathy and me.  A lot of people seem to assume that our life is one long love duet -  and while we love each other very much,  we actually sing together rather little ....  in public or even in private.  But maybe that's why we take such

I hear an Army

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This is a stupendous song from 20th century composer Samuel Barber - and this performance of it comes from my graduate voice recital in the spring of 1984.   I sang three Barber settings of poetry by James Joyce.   Whenever I listen to this and other excerpts from this performance,  I'm reminded of the

“You are Love” – A.H.S. Showboat

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This is one of the most precious mementos I have - because it's one of my only singing samples dating all the way back to high school.   This is a snippet from Atlantic High School's production of Jerome Kern's "Showboat."  It's interesting for me to hear how much I matured, vocally, between this performance

Why do I love you

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Here's another encore from my Luther senior recital in 1981-  my friend Amy Nichols and I singing a duet from Jerome Kern's "Showboat,"  which we sang when we were classmates at Atlantic High School.   We sang three duets in the show - "You are love," "Only Make Believe," and "Why do I love you"