Archive for the 'Music' Category
Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Last weekend, Abby and I got to go one of Portland’s most beautiful places, Cathedral Park, to hear some great performances at the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival. We particularly enjoyed a set by Karrin Allyson, where she shared the stage with a couple other amazing singers, including Nancy King. It was a great night. (We [...]
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OBF Pictures
Friday, July 16th, 2010
It’s hard to believe that Oregon Bach Festival 2010 is already over! Just a few picture highlights:
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Oregon Bach Festival 2010
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
I’m back in Eugene for the 2010 Oregon Bach Festival. First concert up is the powerful Verdi Requiem. We’ll perform it in Eugene on Friday and then Portland on Sunday.
In the next 3 weeks, we’ll also be doing performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s B Minor Mass, the Brahms Liebeslieder, and also other concerts with pieces [...]
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And The Award Goes To…
Thursday, May 13th, 2010
I just spent another really inspiring, engaging week in Austin with the incomparable Conspirare. This concert series included two major works: the Victoria Requiem (music of the Renaissance) and recent work The Little Match Girl Passion by David Lang, which received a Pulitzer Prize in 2008.
Everything was lovely and special, as is always the case [...]
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Conspirare Post Script, and Craig-isms, Part 2
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
I’ve just enjoyed a wonderful week of singing in Austin with Conspirare. It was a wonderful evening of mostly German music, including the monolith Deutsche Motette by Richard Strauss. You can see a couple of the reviews here.
There are so many things I love about singing with Conspirare, and one of the my favorites is [...]
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“Every Man Heart Lay Down” returns
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Every Man Heart Lay Down opens tomorrow night for the first of two performances. This is the third annual production of this musical, with new cast members and new revisions to the script.
Every Man Heart Lay Down is a Christmas musical set in Africa, based on a children’s book by Lorenz Graham. This production [...]
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Swell Season
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
I got to Swell Season and The Frames live last night. I loved it! So charming and fun! (Is case you don’t realize, these are the two stars of the movie “Once.”) Their music is joyful and diverse. They invited us to sing along at lots of different points in the evening. They even invited [...]
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Hope Stone
Monday, October 19th, 2009
I am honored to be singing in performances with the Hope Stone, Inc. this weekend (October 23 and 24, 8pm, Cullen Theater at the Wortham Center). Hope Stone is a totally unique and vibrant dance company. This show promises to be beautiful and exciting. The company is also giving back a great deal to the [...]
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“Nanita” Video Clip
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Here’s a short video clip from a performance of “How Nanita Learned To Make Flan.” The video is posted on Facebook.
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New “Messiah” Work
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Here’s some video from rehearsal of the Sven-David Sandstrom “Messiah” that we will perform tomorrow night.
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