More music performed by the 1978 PCC Chamber Singers.  This time it’s a little Rossini: La Passeggiata Accompanied again by Twyla Meyer and the soprano (heard around 4:20) is the spectacular Rebecca Sherburn.  This group was really quite impressive, I know that a number of the singers in this group have careers as singers.   Twyla is in great [...]

Audite Nova by Lassus this time – it’s a very silly piece.    I remember really liking this piece and having a great time performing it.  Listening to it now, it seems so heavy, i suppose it should, with 6 on a part.  I’ve performed and listened to so much one-on-a-part that it’s clear how much [...]

It seems like the time just flies - it’s been a couple months since I updated here, and I would like to post more often.    In any event, I have another audio file to post!  This is the third of the Trois Chanson Britonnes Soir d’été.  My memory of the recording circumstances is a little fuzzy, [...]

Wow – I haven’t written for a long time – however, I think I’ll be doing more because while I was cleaning up my home office, I found a number of cassette tapes to which I’ve been hanging for an even longer time.  I’ve been incredibly fortunate to perform with a number of very excellent ensembles [...]

  This was originally started life as a blog I made for the Microsoft Orchestra   I’ve been thinking about tempo and what it is that makes people rush – here are my thoughts on the topic. Many times, we rush when it is hard. I think that the reason is that you get nervous [...]

While I make my living working with and planning software, I consider myself a musician rather than a "software guy". My background is all music, my education was in music, then as a teacher and performer (both singer and instrumentalist). I’ve been very lucky to have the opportunity to perform with some really great musicians. [...]