Britten, Owen and Friends

As lucky as I feel to get to study and perform masterpieces by Bach, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Berlioz, I feel doubly blessed by the wonderfully talented singers who choose to spend their time singing these amazing works of art. So you will understand why, early last Saturday morning, despite the 6 hours of rehearsal awaiting… Read More

If It’s Monday, It Must Be Naples

Butler University Chorale Tour, 2014 Our week-long trip to Florida began last Friday, with an overnight drive to Clearwater. Three choirs, 37 students, boxes, suitcases and equipment rolling down the highway for 8 days of music-making, hard work, friendship and fun. After the brutal Indiana winter, Florida’s balmy sunshine is a great relief. Arriving in… Read More

Old Friends

Wabash College, and the Britten War Requiem Waaaay back, when I was a sophomore in college, our Cultures and Traditions class had a unit on World War I. We read a poem by Wilfred Owen that remained with me ever since, “Dulce et Decorum est.” It’s message, and the final line of its verse, came… Read More

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