Be Uplifted.

"Vocal music is an attempt to take the whole human being and project it into space. It is the ultimate gesture of getting out of yourself.

Some of the most rewarding experiences of my career have resulted from contributing my gifts as a musician to serve a purpose greater

Yesterday I had a blast singing in an opera outreach program for kids at a center in S. St. Pete. Gosh, we had such a good time.

Strong feeling, strong desire, but it was an uphill battle for me to go on the trip. My challenges were financial.

Last week, I lost three friends. Each of them had been battling against an illness that in the end, won.

(4/19/2020) Happy to combine my two great loves on one day:  singing and tennis.  I enjoyed the privilege of singing the National Anthem...

My well-meaning father threatened to pull me out of piano lessons twice in my life.

I could understand her ache to sing very well. That calling haunts us until we choose to feed it.

I am the product of my teachers.

"No person has the right to rain on your dreams." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

(8/11/2018) I was first introduced to "Feldeinsamkeit" or "Field Solitude" by Johannes Brahms by the first accompanist I performed with...

(7/31/2016) After the flurry of activity that was the 2015-2016 academic year, I was wistfully hoping for a relaxed, carefree summer. ...

(7/21/2016) 2003 was a "hoop jumping" year.  I had this crazy notion that I was going to get a Master's degree in Vocal Performance...

(7/19/2016) Last week, I found myself in front of a crowd inside Selby Auditorium at the University of South Florida.  I was invited to...

Every dream begins with an idea. You run into something, see something, hear something and think, "I want to do THAT!" Such a common thing

Dream big! It's your dream, don't put limits on it! Have some fun thinking about the best case scenario!

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice. The word itself has always elicited a full spectrum of emotion from me. Po

This is how I spend my days, folks. Convincing my students, children and adults, that there are, indeed, treasures inside of them.

Last week, I knocked something off of my list of things I've always wanted to do. I had my first horseback riding lesson.

He sounded nervous. He wasn’t sure that I’d want to make the trip to Winter Park, given that one has to drive up a mountain, essentially.