Sung Promises & Comfort

Posted in: family, Music- Jan 17, 2011 No Comments

I often set my iTunes to “shuffle mode” to let it pick songs randomly and this evening it grabbed an impromptu MP3 recording that I had made back in early 2007. This was recording features all of Sarah’s immediate family gathered around the hospital bed of her brother Andrew Hilleke back in 2007. Hillekes singing [...]

Getting Into “Over the Rhine”

Posted in: Jazz, Music, singing- Feb 15, 2010 No Comments

Karin has one of the most moving voices that I’ve heard in my 25 years upon this earth. She throws so much into her music. I don’t know if that is the total of my attraction to this group or if it is a combination of things. I can tell you that I like the [...]

Bryn Terfel, baritone

Posted in: Music, opera, singing- Jan 24, 2010 No Comments

I was exposed to Bryn Terfel for the first time during my undergraduate voice study at Louisiana Tech University. There is a short list of singers that I will listen to for fun and Bryn Terfel is one of those singers on my short list. His warm and rich bellow-some sound leaves you wanting more. [...]

Yes, You Can Sing…

Posted in: choral, singing- Dec 10, 2009 No Comments

but it may not sound good. We all can sing, though. I tell my choirs that at the most basic level, if you can speak, then you can sing. All speech is melodic or musical in some sense. So, you have the equipment to be able to sing. But, how often do we hear people [...]

Podium Time

Posted in: choral conducting- Jul 02, 2009 No Comments