One of the things I like most about my crazy and complicated life is how I often find myself immersed in simultaneous projects that seem like they come from two different hemispheres, if not two different planets. Case in point: this past spring, as I was caught up in the craziness of Carthage's production of
This morning, as I was cleaning up my Carthage e-mailbox* I came across an email from two months ago with a link to photos of this spring's opera workshop production of Mozart's Don Giovanni. I gave these photos a quick glance at the time, but today was my first opportunity to really take some time
Some other highlights from my very first trip to Las Vegas, for the 2018 national conference of NATS (the National Association of Teachers of Singing) . . . THE SING-ALONG: The opening ceremony of every NATS conference includes - understandably - some singing. (It would be pretty foolish to have nearly a thousand voice teachers
One week ago tonight, I was sitting in Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall on the campus of the University of Las Vegas, nearly jumping out of my skin in eager anticipation of the joint recital by soprano Christine Brewer, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, two of the world's greatest singers, and the incomparable Craig Terry at the
