The Weary Brow
At our first choral rehearsal of the season, our music director admonished us for eye rolling when requested to sing …
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Absent Friends
A friend recently told me she is moving away to pursue a new job, far across the country, a dream …
Call to Remembrance: David Clark Isele
Last week we lost David Clark Isele, composer, conductor, teacher and friend. I first met David as a shy freshman …
Singing Missa
When I told my beloved dissertation advisor and now emeritus professor that my chorus was preparing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for …
Leadership 101
According to Webster’s dictionary, “to lead” is: to go before or with, to show the way, conduct or escort; to …
Holding Up the Sky
The usual depiction of the titan Atlas, carrying the weight of the celestial sphere, is a classical view of the …
And When It Is Bad…..
What is it about opera in performance that, when it succeeds, scales the heights of human emotion, art and possibility; …
Singing to the Exit Sign
Recently I had the opportunity to see, for the first time in my life, a string quartet playing in very …
Cinderella Dreams
What is it about stories that improve with repetition? Nearly every culture has its narratives, and the retelling of a …
On Suffering and “Werther”
A number of years ago I had the good fortune of hearing Alfredo Kraus sing Werther at the San Francisco …
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