So, those of you in the Burlington area, there will be another chance for you to hear the lovely chorus Jenn and I sing with. Here are all the details ( Read more... )

Our "community" chorus is now going to be called The Brattleboro Concert Choir. For those of you who have actually heard us, you probably have a good idea why this is the case. For years now, our "community" chorus has far surpassed itself in professionalism, talent and dedication to challenging performance material. Plus, we have these amazing ( Read more... )

Hello Chorus Fans! Here are the details on our next lovely concert ( Read more... )

Just to give anyone out there who has been dying to hear the lovely chorus my wife and I sing in a big head start in planning to come and hear us ( Read more... )

It was. This weird piece we were singing that was such a struggle for many of us to wrap our little ethnocentric brains and voices around was a triumph. There were a few folks, and I mean less than a handful, at each performance who walked out. It is VERY different from what a western choral audience is used to. But for the most part, the ( Read more... )

This hasn't been my favorite piece to work on. But it will be something to be in the audience an experience it in its entirety ( Read more... )

Our last concert of the most beautiful music I have ever had the honor to perform. I truly hope we can convince our director to do it again in a few years. I wish you all could have heard it. Even if you aren't a classical music fan, you can't help but be caught up by this music. Our audience tonight first was completely still after we finished ( Read more... )

I'm about to lose my singing pal, Tam. She has been my rock. She sight-reads very well, has great intonation (making the appropriate note tones for those of you who don't know music) is totally fun to hang with, has great energy and if full of life. But she is moving back to Colorado where most of her friends and family are. I totally ( Read more... )

Our concert performance on Saturday night inspired one woman to sigh, extremely vocally, the moment after our final note. We were all a bit startled. And then the audience shot up in a standing ovation that lasted quite some time. People near this woman said it was as if she were in a bit of religious ecstasy. Wow. At first I had the mistaken ( Read more... )

I know I go on and on about chorus and our singing with it. But I want to be certain that those of you who can and would like to can make it to hear our group perform this soul feeding piece of Rachmaninoff. We are performing tonight at 7:30pm in Berlin, CT at the Bethany Covenant Church, a place that is reknowned for it's phenominal accoustics ( Read more... )