Saturday was an all day vocal competition for which I served as one of the judges. Comprised of students from area private schools, the students showed a high level of talent and great preparation. It was nice to meet their directors too, all of them from either the us or canada. Instruction in these schools… Read More
Just a quick entry (sort of really checking that the new blog site is working…read: I know what I’m doing). Arrived in japan last night. Picked up at Narita by host Randy Stenson, choral director at Saint Mary’s International School. Wonderful Isekaya dinner at a restaurant…take off shoes, climb ladder to cozy table above the… Read More
Choral/piano rehearsal with Maestro Krzysztof Urbanski in attendance-Verdi Requiem, October 2013, Hilbert Circle Theater Sometimes I’m asked what it’s like to be the guy who prepares the choir for another conductor. I understand the curiosity–the singers and I work together for a month or six weeks, sweating over every detail, getting it just right. And… Read More