Well, it’s official. Today is the last day of 2013, so unless there are any surprise contracts coming my way with rehearsals starting this afternoon, I have spent the entire year without any opera gigs. And it’s not like I didn’t do a lot of singing, and tons of other cool stuff, but it is […]
Category Archives: Music
Juggling December
As you may recall, I recently whined and complained about the fact that December was the month for both auditions and concerts. What I failed to mention at that time was the fact that it is also the month for extra things going on at church, as well as make-up voice lessons for students who […]
What Your Favorite Holiday Songs are REALLY About
Last week I went in to my son’s preschool classroom to sing for them. Once they found out I was an opera singer it was all over. They wanted me to come in and do some opera for the three and four year old set. But I also wanted to sing with the kids, so they […]
Church Choir Throwdown
I wasn’t nervous until I walked into the building. It hadn’t seemed like that big of a deal, or perhaps I had only been trying to convince myself that this was going to be a low-key, low-pressure, informal gathering of choirs, but as soon as I opened the front door and heard the perfectly polished […]
If Music Be the Food of Love, What Be the Food of Music?
“If music be the food of love, play on,Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,The appetite may sicken, and so die.” William Shakespeare wrote this a few years back, providing us with valuable insight into a heretofore unknown food chain and squarely defining love as a predator that preys on music. This makes sense, as […]
My Latest 25 Mix – November 2013
It’s happened again. My iPod mix of current and favorite tunes has made it through another cycle. This means that you get to find out exactly what embarrassing music I have been listening to for the past 6-8 months, which is usually how long it takes me to find 25 songs that I like well […]
Win Tickets to Britten’s St. Nicolas, Performed by The Burlington Choral Society!
Wonderful news, dear readers. I am going to be performing in a few weeks, and you can win tickets to come and hear me! I know, I know, it sounds too good to be true, but this is real. This is happening. Tenor Dad in concert, and you could be there! As you may know […]
Conclusive Evidence That Tenors Are the Best
Exciting news in the world of music research! I have just finished an exhaustive and unbiased study in which I repeatedly interviewed myself in order to figure out which voice part is objectively the best, and I have reached a surprising and definite conclusion. Using a five point ranking system in a variety of categories […]
The Secret to Teaching Voice Lessons
As I may have mentioned at some point, or perhaps I haven’t, I am a voice teacher in addition to being a singer. In fact, I have a job teaching at a local college. When I get mail from them, it says professor on it! This is good news, except for the horrible fact that […]
Why People Don’t Go to the Opera Anymore
Do you want a list of reasons why people don’t go to the opera anymore? Well, a simple Google search will give you plenty of them. It’s too expensive. People can’t understand foreign languages. Operas are too long. None of their friends are doing it. It is for old people. It is for cultured people. […]