Many of the performances that I do with Portland Opera To Go are private performances in schools and other community venues.  However, for this tour we also have a large number of public performances, and I’m so excited to invite you all to attend!
Most of the performances you see below are part of a MeMenamin’s [...]

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Rehearsals have begun for “The Elixir of Love” with Portland Opera To Go, and we are so excited for our first performances next week!  There’s lot of things to look forward to with this show for me, like a great opera, a creative adaptation, generous [...]

It’s been a great week of rehearsals with Mark Bailey as I prepare for my first performances with the choral group Cappella Romana.  It’s been fun getting my tongue wrapped around Slovanic texts once again.  (The last time I sang in Russian was a few years ago while recording Ravishingly Russian with the Houston Chamber [...]

Barn Dance film shoot, originally uploaded by Behold How Free.
I am so excited to be moving forward with my first collaboration with Opera Theater Oregon. In February, we will be performing “Out of Eden,” an adaptation of Massenet’s “Werther.” It will be set in the 1950’s and the live performance will include extensive [...]

Wow, the past several months have been so full and rich I don’t even know where to begin. In no particular order, here’s some of the things going on:

After living in Portland since April, Abby and I have finally decided to paint our apartment.  If you know Abby, the process of creating a living space [...]

Just a few great images/metaphors from Craig Hella Johnson this week while performing and recording:
“Big machete strokes”
“Walking on tires”
“Keep it close to the vest”
“Express 10 years of your life in those two notes”
“Don’t open the drapes”
“Let’s find the ‘A-ness’ of it”
“Take out your play-doh cutter”
“Great big warehouse doors with lots of gratitude”
“Pogo stick”
“Don’t [...]

Hey all - I’m just getting on the plane today after a splendid week in Austin singing once again with Conspirare.  We are headed as a group to Goshen, Indiana for a “tour” of one concert in Goshen.  Then we will stay in Goshen through the end of this week to record our music to [...]

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 [...]

A video was posted online of my performances with Hope Stone Dance from last year. It was such an honor to perform with this totally engaging and unique company of artists. In this video, I am singing in the pit with Ana Trevino-Godfrey. We are, essentially, providing support to the incomparable violinist [...]