January '19 (P)review
Although I had steady engagements, I also jumped into learning another Gilbert & Sullivan sappy tenor, Marco in The Gondoliers and was cast in IUOT’s Giulio Cesare, which opens in a few weeks. I also found little concerts here and there such as a sackbut recital and performing on the Bean Blossom Music Series, for example, that filled the gaps.
As I looked forward in August, my diary was mostly empty, save institutionally-required concerts such as the Concentus early music ensemble and my weekly church work. Almost immediately after my arrival, I added numerous engagements to the calendar. I added a second church job singing Taizé meditative services at the Canterbury House in Bloomington as well as joining the Latin American Ensemble, directed by my good friend Sarah Cranor, which included a performance on WFIU. I also became section leader for the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic Chorus, assisted by Grant Farmer.
Many choir friends including carpool-mates David Lee and Bruno Sandes.
WFIU Performance–Danur Kvilaug, Kevin Flynn, Sarah Cranor, Jon Wasserman, Allison Balberg
This spring, I look toward three opera projects, IUOT’s Giulio Cesare, an opera in Chiquitano, and La púrpura de la rosa, the first opera to be composed in the new world as part of the Bloomington Early Music Festival (IN).
The biggest single opportunity was singing the tenor soli and choruses in the Bach Magnificat, BWV 232 at Christ Church Cathedral, complete with orchestra and full choir. It had always been a goal to sing as soloist with choir in a major work, and Dr. Boney enabled the first of hopefully many of those opportunities to come to fruition.