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• Osama, Food Porn, & the Royal Wedding

  

  This morning I woke up to read the various opera blogs across the web all stating the same thing. Obviously there are some "full time" bloggers that post severa... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Opera Whistler

  UPCOMING PERFORMANCE SCHEDULENational Anthem - UMKC School of Nursing Commencement - 5pm 5/5National Anthem - UMKC School of Computer Engineering - 10am... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Worst National Anthems for Opera Singers & BREAKING PULITZER PRIZE NEWS!

  The sheer freakiness of number 10 blows my socks off. I know it sounds ridiculous, but that guy sang two high E flats!!!!!!!!!! Good luck EVER hearing someone d... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• I'll Sing Louder

  I saw a production of The Last Five Years in Wamego, KS last week. First of all, the cast did very well, and I love seeing a small company in Kansas do modern... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Doppelbock & Poppies

  

  Paulaner monks in Munich began an interesting tradition in the 17th century. During Lent, the Catholic season of penance before Easter, they would consume only... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seasons at War & an Elephant

  

  Morning. Staring blindly at the ceiling fan above the bed. "It's 9:30 already?" Roll over.Blink.Ugh, it's 10:30! "What an unforgiving sleep."Shower. Get dressed... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2011 CREATIVITY

• Don Giovanni and Helicopters

  I want to thank all of my friends and family who came to watch the opera this weekend. It really means a lot to me that you made the trip to see my performance... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Lazy Person's Guide to Opera: Don Giovanni - Part 4

  It's opening night. You're surrounded by over-perfumed women, their male dates following along as some kind of prized door-opener. "Something's wrong here,"... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Lazy Person's Guide to Opera: Don Giovanni - Part 3

  I have figured out that people who don't like opera seem to have one thing in common - they don't know anything about it. So, I've provided a few tips on... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• A Lazy Person's Guide to Opera: Don Giovanni - Part 2

  Welcome back! Yesterday's tip, Try not to read the supertitles the whole time!, was just one attempt to help the laziest of us appreciate opera without falling... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Sex and Death - A Lazy Person's Guide to Don Giovanni

  

  It's performance week for Don Giovanni! I am very excited to perform my first opera with the Conservatory this week. Tickets are only $13, and it will be full o... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• March Madness

  

  What an exciting time. Don Giovanni is opening next week at the Conservatory and I should be hearing back about my audition with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Lyric Opera of Kansas City Auditions

  

  I had my audition for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City on Saturday. I auditioned for the chorus, comprimario roles (non-starring roles), and for the tenor... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2011 THEATRE & OPERA

• Top 10 Musical American Presidents (and Other Stuff)

  

  Well, if I'm counting correctly, I'm in the middle of my twenty-first consecutive year in public school, and I am completely ashamed that I missed one the few... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Saints for Our Time

  Way to go Egypt!! What an exciting thing to witness a peaceful revolution. I felt so happy for them watching the celebration in the streets of Cairo. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Christina Aguilera, Microwaved Peeps, & KC NATS

  "Spreading the gospel of tacky ignorance", as the Baltimore Sun describes, Christina Aguilera has officially vaulted herself into the stratospheric realm of... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Giovanni Begins - Lyric Opera of Kansas City - Kansas Arts Rally

  

  Don Giovanni work has started at the Conservatory. We began last night running the many recitatives. For those who do not know, a recitative is sort of like... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Chicago, Here I Come! - Kansas City Symphony - Politics of Art

  

  Holy Smokes!!Earlier last week I was sitting in front of the TV, my wife on the couch next to me and received a phone call. It was an unknown number, and I... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• Arts Crisis in Kansas (Updated)

  What terrible news!I know most who read this blog do not live in Kansas, but I must talk about something that I am so passionate about. But first, I would like... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA

• And the Home of The...

  It is snowing!Today, is the first day of the new semester at the Conservatory of Music at UMKC. Fortunately, or unfortunately, most of the teachers were not abl... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2011 CULTURE, THEATRE & OPERA