Remember what I was saying recently about the power of music in a specific context? Well, this video is a great (and really hilarious) example of just that!

*I began logging these thoughts a week ago while preparing for performances of the St. Matthew Passion this past Holy Week.

I am currently sitting and waiting for my turn to sing my arias in rehearsal at Christ the King for the Bach St. Matthew Passion. As I sit here, I find myself reflecting on [...]

Yesterday was the very first day of performances for Sleeping Beauty with Houston Grand Opera’s Opera to Go! program. The OTG company has been in rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty for a couple weeks and have been working very hard, but the show has presented its set of challenges for music and staging, so we [...]

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with the whole gang in performance, originally uploaded by Behold How Free.
 

Daniel Buchanan’s debut CD Devotion will be released on Friday, February 29, 2008! The evening will be a casual celebration and will feature performances by Daniel Buchanan.
Other Performers Include:
Chicago-based acoustic duo andi and i
Slam Poet Alton Burns
Songstress Sonja Bruzauskas with pianist Anita Kruse
Singers Lynelle Rowley and Penelope Kershaw
The CD will be available for purchase at [...]

Last night Opera Vista hosted its third event at Montrose’s Cafe Brasil. It was a cabaret night featuring the music of Kurt Weill.
We have been really excited about this event and felt like it would be a real treat for the audience. Unfortunately, Mother Nature wanted to make things a little difficult - [...]

Conspirare performed a concert in San Antonio tonight. We were joined by the choir from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota. The group came down from Minnesota to do a workshop with our conductor Craig. They also sang one song with us on the program.

I’m currently spending another week in Austin, singing again with Conspirare, a really wonderful choral ensemble.
This week’s music is all American, and we are performing some of the most important composers of American choral music: Barber, Lauridsen, and Whitacre. We are also singing American folk tunes and Afro-American spirituals. There are many wonderful [...]

“Amahl and the Nights Visitors”
Coming Soon!
December 15 and 16
More info here