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