The austere-looking Sergei Rachmaninoff

Today I finished a 3-performance run of Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night Vigil” with Cappella Romana in Portland and Seattle.  What an adventure!  It was my first time to perform the entire work, and also my first time to perform the beautiful (and deathly challenging) tenor solos.  As I sit at home and recover, I [...]

I’m really excited to participate as a musician and actor with this upcoming show from “Dreams Landing.”  The show is a collaboration with Playback Theater.  It is a mixture of theater, dance, music, and spoken word drawn from collected dreams that were submitted.
More info on my performances page.

Now that I’m all done with Portland Opera To Go, I’m sinking my teeth into some new projects.  I’m back teaching my many wonderful voice students.  And I’m doing a couple projects with Cappella Romana for the next two weeks.
Tomorrow, a small group of singers (12) will catch a plane to San Francisco.  We’ll get [...]

I am starting to see the finish line.
The past 2 months have been the most intense and grueling season of performing I have ever experienced.  It started right after the New Year with a week of rehearsals and performances with Cappella Romana.
Then I began full-time rehearsals for “The Elixir of Love” while simultaneously commencing work [...]

“Out of Eden” has been going beautifully with Opera Theater Oregon. There still 3 performances left if you haven’t seen it yet.
For me, this is one of my favorite shows I’ve ever done, and also one of the best roles I’ve had the chance to play.  It has been an awesome journey uncovering Werther and [...]

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 [...]

:: This was originally written for the Portland Opera blog ::

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 [...]

Last week Abby and I took a beautiful drive on the Washington side of the Columbia River all the way to Hood River.  Along the Columbia River Gorge, there is a big formation called Beacon Rock with a steep hike up to the top.  It was so beautiful and really cold and windy!  Almost the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]