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April 2017 -- | Transcending the Flesh: Stirring Liturgical Music this Holy Week |

If you're a fan of sacred music (traditional or modern) you should make an effort to attend the Saturday Vigil and/or Easter Sunday services at Bloor Street United.  Among our selections, the choir will present a piece from the Strathclyde Motets of Scottish composer Sir James MacMillian.  I've got a solo in it; one so mesmerising that the soprano II section forgot to come in with their part during last night's rehearsal! ;)

A snippet of MacMillan's “Pascha Nostrum Immolatus Est” can be heard on this page.

So, what do Adele and Frank Wildhorn have in common? You'll have to join us on Friday, May 6th at University Settlement Music & Arts School's Annual Spring Faculty Favourites concert to find out!  Friday, May 6th 2016 7:30 pm | 197 John Street Toronto ON  - The Music Gallery/St. George the Martyr Church

This Sunday, December 13th I'll be performing the alto solos in George Telemann's Deutsches Magnificat, 'Meine seele erhebt den Herrn'. Presented by the choir and soloists of Bloor Street United. We're super excited to be be joined by members of Taflemusik Baroque Orchestra for this service. I've really been enjoying the rehearsal process thus far. It's a beautiful, elegant piece and a great way to get your Christmas season rolling: come be 'filled with good things!' Service starts at 10:30 am. Click on the image for more information. Hope to see you there!

An Afternoon of Classical Favourites!

I am trained as a classical singer. My passion wasn't for opera per se, but for song. Between 1998 and 2010, I studied art song in Canada, the US, Austria and France.  I love how performing a song recital encourages one to be versatile in changing hats, and to walk in many different people's shoes - oftentimes all in the same set of songs!

Since the spring of 2014, I have chosen a different way in which to indulge my interest in how people tick: by heading back to university.

Some of you know this already, but I guess I am officially outing myself on now:  for the past year or so, I have taken my long-standing interest in how people tick and have used that to embark on an exploration of the medical field.  As part of that interest, I have maintained a subscription to an American based medical blog called Kevin MD, which recently published a piece by Mark Vonnegut, the son of the late American author Kurt Vonnegut.

I knew from my pastime reading of Vonnegut senior's autobio (A Man Without a Country) that his son was a physician.