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 [...]

It’s hard to believe that Oregon Bach Festival 2010 is already over!  Just a few picture highlights:

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here’s a short video clip from a performance of “How Nanita Learned To Make Flan.”  The video is posted on Facebook.

Here’s some video from rehearsal of the Sven-David Sandstrom “Messiah” that we will perform tomorrow night.