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The Weary Brow

September 14, 2016

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

August 24, 2016

A friend recently told me she is moving away to pursue a new job, far across the country, a dream …

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Call to Remembrance: David Clark Isele

July 6, 2016

Last week we lost David Clark Isele, composer, conductor, teacher and friend. I first met David as a shy freshman …

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Singing Missa

May 9, 2016

When I told my beloved dissertation advisor and now emeritus professor that my chorus was preparing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for …

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Leadership 101

March 11, 2016

According to Webster’s dictionary, “to lead” is: to go before or with, to show the way, conduct or escort; to …

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Holding Up the Sky

May 31, 2015

The usual depiction of the titan Atlas, carrying the weight of the celestial sphere, is a classical view of the …

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And When It Is Bad…..

March 16, 2015

What is it about opera in performance that, when it succeeds, scales the heights of human emotion, art and possibility; …

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Singing to the Exit Sign

January 7, 2015

Recently I had the opportunity to see, for the first time in my life, a string quartet playing in very …

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Cinderella Dreams

May 14, 2014

What is it about stories that improve with repetition? Nearly every culture has its narratives, and the retelling of a …

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On Suffering and “Werther”

March 11, 2014

A number of years ago I had the good fortune of hearing Alfredo Kraus sing Werther at the San Francisco …

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