One Person's Take on the Current Financial Crisis
posted over 3 years ago | 8 comments
I'm no expert on matters economic, but I've been doing some reading recently, when I need to take a break from writing my thesis. I set out to try to find an answer to "how the heck did this happen??" While the complete history of the financial cr...
Why I'm Voting for Obama
posted over 3 years ago | 6 comments
First, you should know that many of my off-line friends assume I'm a Republican.
I am, after all, a committed Christian, very active in my church. I'm anti-abortion (more on that later), and I'm one of those folks whose economic situation has mea...
I am, after all, a committed Christian, very active in my church. I'm anti-abortion (more on that later), and I'm one of those folks whose economic situation has mea...
In time .....
posted over 4 years ago | 13 comments
I've been thinking about this for the past couple of days, in light of LSL's well-stated blog as well as some things that have been posed on the thread in the Advisor's group (as well as some stuff in Managers & Moderators).
First, I totally ...
First, I totally ...
Winter Magic ...
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
My chamber choir, Cantaré, sang its Christmas concert last night in Seattle, in the amazing acoustics of St. Mark's Cathedral on Capital Hill. Under the circumstances, the concert could be considered a miracle.
Just two weeks ago, we had the wors...
Just two weeks ago, we had the wors...
Let Their Voices Be Heard ...
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
People often ask me what I plan to do with my newly acquired degrees -- the Bachelor's I earned in 2006 and the Masters I'm on track to earn in June 2008 (if I can get myself in gear and finish my thesis). Obviously, the career choices are somewha...
A Different Drummer
posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
In case you haven't noticed, music is a huge part of my life, and the origins lie in my family history (my father played piano) and the wonderful music education I received in a semi-rural public school system near Kansas City, MO. I owe a lot to ...
Why I'm Glad I'm a Mezzo-Soprano
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
Not too many years ago, I actually sang in some operas in the San Francisco Bay area, and got paid for it. That's right -- I sang opera professionally. I found the entire experience rather surreal. I had my first voice lesson in 1993 at age 42, an...
The Science and Art of Conducting - Part II
posted over 4 years ago, updated 35 minutes later | 1 comment
Have you ever heard a song that, for whatever reason, just landed in some spot in your psyche and stuck there, in a good way? Maybe it was the words, or maybe it was the music, but something about it really resonated with you. You listened to it a...
The Science and Art of Conducting
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 3 hours later | 3 comments
I guess I can call myself a conductor. I conducted a church choir for 8 years, and I've gone through four years of college (three undergraduate and one graduate) studying how to do it better, conducting various university ensembles, choral and ins...
