College professors live for moments like the one I had at the end of my opera class Wednesday. First a reminder- my opera class this time around consists of four music majors and thirteen non-music majors. . . and the non-majors are thirteen guys - every one of them athletes and every one of them
One of the most interesting and also most challenging musical endeavors I’ve done recently is an assignment for the Racine Choral Arts Society and their concert coming up this weekend. It’s going to be a celebration of folk song and it will feature a return engagement by a wonderful husband- wife duo, Scott and Michelle
Today I had the unhappy task of playing organ and singing for the funeral of a beloved member of Holy Communion named Josie Beckett. She was one of those people who was part of the heart and soul of the place - and it’s actually hard to imagine the place without her warm, vibrant spirit.
After a long day at WGTD (730-1030) and Carthage (1030- 630) I wanted nothing more than to head home and plant my tired butt in our new recliner. . . but alas, I agreed to play for one of my voice students who was singing for the Lambda Kappa recital tonight at 7:30. LK is
I spent part of this afternoon serving as a judge for the Racine Symphony Youth Auditions- which for the first time ever was done as a public performance rather than as a competition with only the judges in the room. And I was asked to be one of the judges because for the first time
Tonight while Kathy was working in the box office at the Racine Theater Guild, I decided to sneak down to Carthage and catch at least part of “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” which opened last night. This has been a star-crossed production in a number of ways - but chiefly in how the singer entrusted with the
This weekend is looking to be one of those spring weekends where Kathy and I will see each other first thing in the morning across the bathroom commode while we brush our teeth - and then not again until we climb over each other and into bed late that night. . . thanks to a
I am not exactly shy about the fact that three years ago I was one-third of the team (Zyzygy) that won the Racine County Spelling Bee. That’s an accomplishment I am very proud of, but it’s also an achievement that doesn’t seem to carry all that much weight for people who weren’t there to see
Yesterday was one of the most upsetting moments in my almost 22 years with WGTD. . . one of the moments in which I would give just about anything to be able to press a button and magically reboot the day. The 21st of April is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and for the occasion I was
The main reason for Florida was the Tremper Choir’s participation in Festival Disney, a competition for choirs, bands and orchestras from across the country. I keep calling it the Tremper Choir, but in fact this group was an amalgamation of singers from the top choirs at both Tremper and Bradford. And this particular group was
