Starting Today

Working with color is a challenge for me--one I confronted head on in my latest drawing... El Hombre It's a strange courage  you...

Since finishing my last drawing, I've had a few ideas for the next one floating around in the back of my head, but nothing that's as...

It's been my habit these days to take one day off from trumpet practice per week, and today was one of those respites. Before I knew the...

So, maybe this abstract astronomy art idea I've been exploring recently   is turning into something bigger. I finished my second piece t...

As most of you have heard, my practice space these days is set up in the beautifully maintained third-floor attic of an old Oberlin home. T...

Three nights ago, Rob and I made pasta and enjoyed the warm Ohio evening picnicking in our big new backyard.  Rob had set his usual glass of...

PLEASE Forget that it's been an eternity since I last posted. A brief sum-up: I graduated!!!!! (Miracle of Miracles!)  Here's my...

Last night I performed Handel's Te Deum with the Elmhurst Symphony and Apollo Chorus on a concert held at the University of Chicago...

One of the classes I'm taking this quarter is Performance Practice and Criticism. The name pretty much says it all. We all draw lots a...

We had a NASTY blizzard last night. Not much snow--maybe a half an inch or so--but the wind!!! UFF DA!!!!! This morning a departing bank of...

Over the last couple of days two good things have come to a satisfying conclusion. On Saturday and Sunday the Northwestern University Symph...