Recording of the Week

Renee Fleming
Works by Puccini, Massenet, Bizet, Catalani

A beautiful woman with a beautiful voice, Renee Flemming is the hottest thing in opera these days. Anything her voice touches turns to gold. Her singing is pure, lush, and powerful without being overbearing or distracting. She is a real artist. Even if you don't like opera, you will fall in love with Fleming.

Christmas on the River

That was the title of this weekend's concert in Kansas City. Interesting...Anyhoo, another concert down, a few more to go until my artist's diploma. Yay! This was an interesting weekend in KC. I have now been hammered again for the millionth time on "when am I going to switch to viola?" The answer is...I don't know. I'm hoping to be hit over the head with an answer very soon, at least before I turn 30!

Last year, when I was playing viola, the KC Star did an article on the music program at Park U. Paul Horsely did a nice article that was on the front page of the arts section (with a picture of the back of my head). Here is a link to the article and the clips of us playing:

http://sb1.thefifthnetwork.com/VCMS/Player.aspx?id=67051ef1-8609-4194-a38a-732f97a5e041&PlayerTemplateId=95a123a6-2be0-4450-97bf-07abbf425f4d&videoGUID=9A45FFAB-787D-4ABF-A302-C3155569A82E&channelId=ID0EFF