I wanted to post just two more things about my trip to Greece with Cappella Romana earlier this month.
First, I made a video with some of the highlights of our trip. Included in the video are clips of the scenery, our concerts, recordings, and also some Greek folk dancing. Enjoy!

Secondly, our group was [...]

I’m so excited about my trip with Cappella Romana to Greece in just over a month! We are trying to raise addition support to be able to make a recording of Byzantine music in an authentic, 6th-century Byzantine church on the Greek Island of Paros.

I’m back home from spending an amazing week in Finland.  My friend and colleague, Markus Yli-Jokipii, with whom I worked at the Oregon Bach Festival, was so kind to invite me to perform the Bach St. John Passion.  The performance was with his ensemble in Turku, Finland called Kuninkaantien muusikot (Musicians of the King’s Road).
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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 [...]

Portland Opera To Go just returned from a week of touring along the North Oregon Coast.  It was a beautiful week, and in between shows we had some time to visit the beach and other great attractions along the coast.  Abby was even able to join me on tour for a couple days.  We were [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

Carrie came to visit Portland this week and we got to go on some great adventures!

Picking blueberries:

Cathedral Park and St. John’s Bridge:

Vista House overlooking the Columbia River Gorge:

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 [...]