If music be the food of love, play on. (Shakespeare: "Twelfth Night")

God honours me when I work, He loves me when I sing. (Rabindranath Tagore: "Fireflies")

Music Studies:

• 6/00 - 3/02
  • Piano: Rachel Lu, San Francisco, Ca.
• 12/92 - 3/94
  • Voice: Richard Fey, San Francisco, Ca.
• 9/90 - 9/92
  • Clarinet & Voice: Community Music Center, San Francisco, Ca. with Karen Wells (clarinet) and Jim Page (voice)
• 1/86 - 5/86
  • Piano/Theory: Antioch University, San Francisco, Ca.
• 9/74 - 5/76
  • Piano/Theory: Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Ma.

Music Performances:

• 12/01 Bach: "Magnificat," Susa: "Christmas Garland," Lauridsen: "O Magnum Mysterium," Biebl: "Ave Maria,"
  • Skyline Choir with Patricia Hennings, Galen Marshall, guest conductor, with orchestra and soloists at Skyline College, San Bruno, Ca.
• 5/01 Mozart: "Requiem,"
  • Skyline Choir with Patricia Hennings, with orchestra and soloists at Skyline College, San Bruno, Ca.
• 5/00 Rachmaninoff: "The Bells,"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, with Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, conductor at the Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca.
• 11/99 Beethoven: "Symphony No. 9 (Choral),"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, with Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, conductor at the Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca.
• 11/99 Orff: "Carmina Burana,"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, with Oakland Youth Orchestra, Scott Parkman, conductor at Chabot College, Hayward, Ca.
• 5/99 Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms,"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, with Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, conductor at the Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca.
• 4/99 Mahler: "Symphony No. 8,"
  • Skyline Choir with Patricia Hennings (with Peninsula Cantare, Peninsula Girls Chorus and Ragazzi) with Redwood Symphony, Eric Kujawsky, conductor and soloists at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center, San Mateo, Ca.
• 4/99 Choruses from Poulenc: "Gloria," Mozart: "Requiem," Brahms, "German Requiem," Handel: "Messiah," Verdi: "Nabucco," Verdi: "Requiem,"
• Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, Robert Commanday, Joseph Liebling, conductors, 40th Anniversary Concert, at Holy Names College, Oakland, Ca.
• 2/99 Poulenc: "Gloria,"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon and Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, conductor at the Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca.
• 11/98 Verdi: "Te Deum," Haydn: "Te Deum,"
  • Oakland Symphony Chorus with Magen Solomon, with Oakland Youth Symphony, Scott Parkman, conductor at the Calvin Simmons Theater, Oakland, Ca.
• 10/98 Choruses and Scenes from Verdi: "Il Trovatore," Janacek: "Jenufa," Puccini: "Turandot," and Floyd: "Susannah,"
  • City Opera of San Francisco, Gala Concert at Everett Theater, San Francisco, Ca.
• 5/98 Brahms: "Liebeslieder Walzer," Pinkham: "Wedding Cantata,"
  • Skyline Choir with Patricia Hennings, (bass in solo quartet) at St. Peter Catholic Church, Pacifica, Ca.
• 4/98 Puccini: "La Boheme" (concert performance),
  • Skyline Choir under Patricia Hennings, with the Redwood Symphony, Eric Kujawsky, conductor and soloists at Canada College, Redwood City, Ca.
• 10/92 Orff: "Carmina Burana", and Gounod, Berlioz, Boito: "Faust" Choruses,
  • San Francisco Choral Society with Adrian Horn, conductor at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Ca.
• 4/92 Beethoven: "Missa Solemnis,"
  • San Francisco Choral Society with Adrian Horn, conductor at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Ca.
• 11/91 Beethoven: "Symphony No. 9 (Choral)," and Brahms: "Alto Rhapsody,"
  • San Francisco Choral Society with Adrian Horn, conductor at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Ca.
• 8/91 Berlioz: "Requiem,"
  • San Francisco Choral Society with Adrian Horn, conductor at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, Ca.
• 4/91 Brahms: "German Requiem,"
  • San Francisco Choral Society with Adrian Horn, conductor at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, Ca.

Operatic Performances:

• 8/99 Donizetti: "Lucia di Lammermoor,"
  • Festival Opera, Walnut Creek, Ca., Michael Morgan, conductor.
• 7/99 Mozart: "Marriage of Figaro,"
  • Festival Opera, Walnut Creek, Ca., Michael Morgan, conductor.
• 7/98 Puccini: "La Boheme,"
  • Festival Opera, Walnut Creek, Ca., Michael Morgan, conductor.

Theatrical Performances:

• 7/82 "Bent" by Martin Sherman:
  • Wicked Stage, Northampton, Ma. Role: "Rudy" (supporting lead)
• 2/82 "Man of La Mancha" by Wasserman, Darion, & Leigh:
  • Easthampton Community Theatre Assoc., Easthampton, Ma. Role: "Juan" (muleteer); choreographed by Antony deVecchi (of original Broadway cast)
• 11/79 "HMS Pinafore" by Gilbert & Sullivan:
  • Barre Community Theater, Barre, Ma. Role: "Sailors' Chorus"

Writing:

• 6/01 to Present: Poets on Parnassus, San Francisco, Ca.: Poetry Readings and Workshop
• 1992 "The Love Epicycles," unpublished. "Notes From the Mystic Bridge," unpublished.
• 6/92 Minotaur Press, Burlingame, Ca.: Poetry Reading
• 1987 - Present: Published Poetry:
  • Synapse, University of California, San Francisco, Ca.
  • San Franicsco Chronicle (published on web page dedicated to Sept. 11, 2001 with a typographical error.)
  • Poetry Break, Blythe, Ca.
  • Prosetry, Burlingame, Ca.
  • Minotaur, South San Francisco, Ca.
  • Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, San Francisco, Ca.
  • The Bridge, Glendora, Ca.

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