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• Ceremonial Music 101: So, the Pope Resigned...

  

  February has come to an end, and there are several very exciting moments on the horizon. As many of you know, I have an obsession with ceremonial music and one... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dusti and Bryan Experience the GRAMMY's (video Episode!)

  

  Experience the GRAMMY's with us in this new blog Episode, which includes broadcast and audience-view video of the GRAMMY wins by Charles Bruffy and the Kansas... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• It's Grammy Week

  

  See below for a Photo Plot of "How the Camel Got Its Hump" I am ultimately excited for this week for a couple of reasons - I will be attending the Grammy's and... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Excitement!

  

  Life sure has its means of pushing you along. I remember growing up, my dad asking me "what's wrong," and in the likely case of responding "I'm bored," he... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Inaugural Review, Camels, and the Grammy's

  As much of the world spent today, the day of the 57th Presidential Inauguration, at work or if they are lucky, at home watching TV, I spent it trotting around... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• 1932 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony - Lake Placid

  

  www.olympicceremony.org 1928 St. Moritz Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid, New York 1932 Governor of New York, Franklin... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• The Top 10 of P.D.Q. Bach

  Happy New Year to the opera world! I apologize for my absence as I have been waist deep in applications for college positions. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• "I Saw Three Sheeps", "Hoppy Chreesmahs/Wah Ees Ovah" and Other Operatic...

  

  Hanukkah is over, Christmas is on the horizon, and I am searching for a jobs. The overbearing Goliath called life grows ever larger as it falls, appendages... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Grammy Bound!!!

  

  Last week, I performed my Doctoral Recital with works by Britten, Vaughan Williams, and Hoiby at the Conservatory. Of all of the responses that I have received... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Bryan Pinkall's Doctoral Recital - Britten, Vaughan Williams, Hoiby

  

  If you are free this Wednesday and if you are in Kansas City - well, you should come hear what should be a great recital. I will be performing three song cycles... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Christmas Gifts for Opera Singers - Part 2

  

  If you missed numbers 10-6 from last week, CLICK HERE 5. PIANO THINGS - As a musician that has had significant experience in educated environments, it is... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Christmas Gifts for Opera Singers - Part 1

  

  (CLICK ANY OF THE PICTURES FOR MORE PRODUCT INFO) 10. The Opera Cooks - The opera singer can be quite lazy when they're not working. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Quarter-millionth Reader, Doctoral Comps, & Big Events

  

  I have been away for awhile and I am excited to be back writing my blog. Don't worry, I was doing something somewhat worthwhile - completing my testing for my... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• A Morales and Bryan Halloween!

  As I am still in the middle of my Doctoral Comprehensive Exams (5 of 10 completed so far!), I have prepared another Halloween-flavored recording of mine from... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Using Opera to Vote for President

  

  This week begins one of the final stretches toward my Doctorate. I am beginning my Comprehensive Exams. Of my many exams, one of the most nerve-racking tests... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Rafal Olbinski: Opera Paintings for Opera Geeks

  

  So this past weekend was the enormous Plaza Art Fair here in Kansas City. Artisans filled the streets of the beautiful Country Club Plaza in Midtown to sell... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• 1928 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony - St. Moritz

  

  www.olympicceremony.org 1924 Chamonix Lake Placid 1932 II Olympic Winter Games St. Moritz, Switzerland 1928 1928 St. Moritz Ice Stadium - location of the Openin... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Recent Innovations in Opera - Part 1: "The Strange but Awesome"

  

  This week has been only somewhat exceptionally wild, so belatedly, I am back to talking about what has been going on in the World of Opera as of recent. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• 1924 Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony - Chamonix

  

  www.olympicceremony.org St. Moritz 1928 I Olympic Winter Games Chamonix, France 1924 Stade Olympique de Chamonix - site of the first Opening Ceremony of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2012 THEATRE & OPERA

• Performance Schedule 2012-2013

  

  My performance schedule for this year is always fluctuating. Now, when you come to my blog, you can just click on the link in the black bar above to check out... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 THEATRE & OPERA