Greetings and salutations, and welcome to the Blog portion of my site. Postings here will be extremely random; both in frequency and subject matter. Mostly I’ll be talking about upcoming projects, performances, etc. Occasionally I may write down my thoughts on different musical subjects.
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After being commissioned to record a 1-man a cappella quartet rendition of Carol of the Bells, I think I might make a few more such recordings as we head into the Christmas season. Read the full post
Posted in News onWith the latest restrictions on social gatherings, Slow No Tempo is doing the responsible thing and stopping meeting in person. We were about to record some xmas tunes together, but now we have to resurrect the Quarantet approach. Read the full post
Posted in Arts In Kamloops (YKA Arts), News onA virtual choir recording is a weird (yet totally 2020 way) to have one's debut concert as the new music director of a choir... And I am so proud of the Cantabile Singers for what they accomplished. Read the full post
Posted in Arts In Kamloops (YKA Arts), Random Blurb onTaking on the role of the music director of the Cantabile Singers of Kamloops in the middle of a global pandemic is certainly an interesting experience. I couldn't ask for a better group of humans to be going through this process with though! Read the full post
Posted in Arts In Kamloops (YKA Arts), Random Blurb onSlow No Tempo recently posted our tenth video in the ongoing Quarantet Project. As random luck would have it, this video was posted exactly 2 months after the first video: April 4 - June 4. This prompted an introspective journey about this project thus far. Read the full post
Posted in Random Blurb onI have been asked to take on the role of music director for the Cantabile Singers of Kamloops, as the now-outgoing director Chris Linton is moving away, and have crossed over to the "other" side of the conductor's stand. Read the full post
Posted in News onThe Kamloops Community Band‘s annual fundraiser for the Richard Dickens Music Scholarship has a special place in my heart. Dick was a longtime music teacher in Kamloops, and an even longer time friend of my family. Read the full post
Posted in Arts In Kamloops (YKA Arts), Random Blurb onIt is said there are two things you want to be very certain about handing to a composer: a microphone, and a conductor’s baton. That’s obviously not true of everyone, but I generally avoid the baton. Read the full post
Posted in Random Blurb onI recently participated (with not one but two choirs) in the 2018 Choral Rhapsody, put on each year by the City of Kamloops, and I had a great time! Read the full post
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