ARCHIVE November 1, 2004 What an AUTUMN it's been already!! I just finished an amazing run of Mozart's masterpiece Don Giovanni, with the stellar cast of Bryn Terfel as the Don, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo as a delicious Leporello, Karita Mattila - a very intense Donna Anna, Kurt Streit - her long-suffering noble beau Don Ottavio, and Isabel Bayrakdarian and Kyle Ketelson as the feisty Zerlina and Masetto. Read More   January 20, 2003 Greetings to all from my home planet, Texas! Although Texas must share that distinction with New Mexico, where I was originally hatched, Texas does at this moment, feel very much like home. Read More   May 21, 2002 Greetings to all, and please forgive the considerable, uh.... lapse in this missive! As I'm sure was true for you too, the events prompting my last entry (9/11) threw everything into a tailspin of just trying to go on with life in a very unsure time. Read More   September 24, 2001 The events of September 11 have left us all shocked, stunned, dazed and confused, scared and reluctant to venture forth. In all the church/synagogue services however, the prevalence of music has proven to be a healing power of the most instinctive primitive order. Read More   July 20, 2001 Welcome to my new website! It has been some months in the making, and I am very proud of what the many amazing people involved have produced. It's a mystery to me how these things work, and all the minute details to be considered. Read More   top of page