Pianist: Kathleen Kelly “played divinely, as if she were hearing the music in orchestral colors, and acquitted herself in each musical style with convincing authority” – Opera News. Kathleen has appeared nationally and internationally as a recital accompanist, notably at Vienna’s Musikverein, New York City’s Weill Hall, and the Kennedy Center. Her partners … Continue Reading →
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Texas time
“I don’t know if you remember,” says Lindsay, “but I sang for you once in a master class, at Westminster. CoOperative, like five years ago?” I hadn’t thought of it, but at her prompt I immediately did remember. Five years seemed at once too short and too long an interval. … Continue Reading →
Sign/Sing
“You’re eyeball babies,” smiled Wolfe. “It’s a lot to take in visually, right?” It’s the first day of rehearsal and this baby is wide-eyed in a powerhouse circle. I have a lot of experience with starry company, but even so this room shakes me. The women to my left and … Continue Reading →
Brioso
I was bummed yesterday when I headed out for morning coffee in Columbus only to find that my favorite shop on the corner by the hotel was gone, the space empty and the lease adverts in the window. Today, I walked out into light snow showers hoping to find a … Continue Reading →
Reading you
One month into my social media break, and Lord, how I miss it. Already I’ve broken that break, for a reason I deemed worthy: the new cohort of Turn The Spotlight fellows were announced, and I wanted to sing about that. I’ll spend the next 12-18 months mentoring Aiden Kim … Continue Reading →
What’s New
This is my first blog entry of the year, and the first in the middle of an experiment. If you’re reading this, you may be doing so because the blog automatically posts to my Twitter feed. But I won’t see it; I’m two weeks into a six month break from … Continue Reading →