Tenor

Seasons With Chorale: 13

Season Joined: 2004-05

Hometown: Shawnee, Kansas

Education/Training:
BS in Journalism from The University of Kansas; Voice study with Jack Ballard, Norman Paige, and Jeanne Tomolleri

Do you also have a non-singing "day job"? If so, what do you do?
I'm also a visual artist, painter

Where else do you teach/gig/conduct/sing/perform?
Jacaranda Chamber SIngers, Millenium Consort, LA Chamber SIngers/Cappella, Temple Israel of Hollywood, Street Symphony

Guest appearances:
Pomona College, Los Robles Master Chorale

Recording/TV/Film:
Over 100 films, TV shows, cartoons and video games, six albums with LA Master Chorale, eleven albums with Chanticleer, four albums with Kansas City Chorale

Highlights of your musical career:
Singing at The Kennedy Center with Chanticleer. I'd never been there, and to experience it from the stage for the first time was powerful.

Favorite choral work(s):
Le Cantiques des Cantiques, Daniel-Lesur

A defining moment of favorite LA Master Chorale onstage experience:
Being one of the soloists in Alexander's Feast, and listening to the other soloists on the stage and being blown away. The talent displayed on that concert was an embarrassment of riches for LAMC, proud and humbling experience.

What are you listening to these days?
My taste is all over the map, but currently in rotation is Jobim, Stan Kenton,The Bird and the Bee, Chet Baker, Hi-Lo's, Holden, Missy Elliott, Prince, Tame Impala.

Where do you live in L.A.?
Pasadena

What L.A. experience do you consider essential for visitors/newcomers?
Forget anything you have heard about LA and come with an open mind and heart. The incredible mix of people create a city of thousands of experiences, so many interesting people to meet and such wildly varied food to try.