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Periodic updates and announcements from my professional journey.
Every year I’m excited to do a roundup of the favorite recordings that either came out, or were first heard by me, that year. In addition to audio recordings, I’m including a few other types of recordings – films, shows, and live performances that stuck with me. Recorded Music Is […]
Books remain at the heart of the media I consume – not perhaps the most significant by volume, but certainly by the effect they have on my life. I finished 16 books in 2022. It’s a step forward from my 12 in 2021, but nowhere near the 30-40 I want to […]
I decided to write daily on my website in the early fall of 2014. The last day I missed publishing was November 3, 2014, making today my eighth anniversary of an unbroken streak of writing. At this point, I’m closing in on a 3,000 day streak and have written over […]
I have given myself an extra 30-60 minutes a day this month by pre-writing all my posts. I hope I’ve been combining it with a summer “social media sabbatical” to find more time to do the things I want to prioritize this summer. That includes: More family time – playing […]
The early months of the pandemic included making a virtual choir from across the state of the Michigan Choral Commission Consortium performing Z. Randall Stroope’s “I Have Loved Hours at Sea” which we had commissioned that year. Since then, we’ve had multiple pushbacks, delays, and other problems. That’s why I’m […]
I’m happy to announce I’m refocusing the daily posts on my website! Rather than my previous focus on creativity, vocal music, and education, I’m so excited to begin a daily post at the intersection of ancient Roman culture and philosophical thought. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Latin, and I’ve […]
Today at the Jazz Education Network Conference they had their annual Vocal Jazz Reading Session. Unlike in typical choral reading sessions, the JEN session (and IAJE before it) features a lineup of about a dozen vocal jazz heavy hitters, who are able to give respectable performances of music that’s really […]
2021 started and ended with huge rises in COVID spread. It’s tempting to say that it was 2020 all over again, but it was palpably different. With vaccinations and more knowledge about effective mitigation, we were able to do a lot more normal things, even as we missed out on […]
I wrote and published every day in 2021, with my streak now standing at just over seven uninterrupted years. This year, I wrote a little over 75,000 words – 6,000+ per month, or around 200 per day. In the midst of that, I also was able to take the entire […]
Every year I’m excited to do a roundup of the favorite recordings that either came out, or were first heard by me, that year. This year I’m expanding the list beyond audio music recordings to a few other categories, reflecting the nature of my listening this year. Music In The […]