Bazaar Concert
I am partnering with Bazaar European Deli & Cafe to present a concert of Russian art songs. Bazaar recently expanded their business to...
O Mamma!
The one-act opera, Cavalleria Rusticana (Italian for Rustic Chivalry), was composed by Pietro Mascagni as part of a competition for young...
The Blizzard Concert Series
Here is a clip of my rehearsal with Lake Tahoe Toccata Symphony & Choir on Sunday, February 10, 2019. The music is from Mendelssohn's...
Happy birthday, dear Felix!
This week marks the 210th year since the birth of Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, or as he is more commonly referred to, Felix...
The Siege of Leningrad
Pictured above: A contemporary photo of the front entrance to the Music Comedy Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Also pictured is an...
Grandmother of Europe
(Photo: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, with Felix Mendelssohn at the piano) Queen Victoria would be 200 years old this year. She...
The Second Degree
I was able to focus on being a full-time student while pursuing my first Masters Degree in Russian Language and Literature at Saint...
Prokofiev's Sixth Opera
One of the roles I performed in my early years with the theater was that of the Duenna in Sergei Prokofiev’s sixth opera, Betrothal in a...
Silent Night
Here is a photo of the Silent Night Chapel (Stille Nacht Kapelle) in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. This is a replica of the chapel...
Can you handle Handel?!
This weekend, the Susanville Symphony, along with singers from all over the region, will be performing George Frideric Handel's famous...
