Since Conspirare is about to hit the national PBS airwaves this month, I figured it might be a good chance to show the lighter side of our group behind the scenes.
During filming for the PBS special:

Backstage in Denmark:

Backstage in Austin:

I heard this poem on The Writer’s Almanac today and it really made me laugh.  It’s kind of dark comedy, but I TOTALLY relate.  You can also click the link above and listen to Garrison Keillor’s clever reading of the poem.

Bridal Shower
by George Bilgere

Perhaps, in a distant café,
four or five people are talking
with the four [...]

This video has me thinking about a lot of things lately.  The innovation of the world is astounding to me!

These kids are AMAZING. One of the highlights of my trip to Denmark.

Member of the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra are showing their support for presidential candidate Barack Obama with T-shirts that say “Baroque” Obama.

Here’s a few things that are feeding my brain/soul/inner self lately:
*”I have spent my days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.”
- Rabindranath Tagore
*Truth
Poem by Michael S. Glaser
Truth is as mysterious as God.
and as sacred.
It sustains and kills.
It is always dangerous.
* This video on YouTube. When I [...]

I feel like I have so many reasons to love Facebook that I can’t really explain it in a succinct way.
But just a few reasons: it’s incredibly immediate and efficient, it brings people together, it gives us the opportunity to communicate in less formal ways than email or phone, and it connects people [...]

Thanks to Robbie for this blogging activity. (Robbie thanked someone else for it, who thanked someone else, etc. Who knows where this thing started!)
i am: always looking for the next adventure.
i think: about the next project i can do before i have finished my current one.
i know: i should exercise more, but it is really [...]

Sometimes you just have to step and do something before you are understand how much it will mean to you. I don’t know why I don’t just get out and experience things like I should, because my visit to the Houston International Festival today (with Jessica and Amy) was well worth the time!
The Houston [...]

The cast of Sleeping Beauty (Houston Grand Opera’s “Opera to Go!“) drove a little further than normal last Friday to perform for the Mayberry-like town of Livingston, Texas. We really enjoyed our visit to Livingston and were received great responses from children and teachers alike.

One unique opportunity was to perform for a small group [...]