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New Beginnings

January is normally such a quiet month, spent in hermit's cave with spreadsheets and a log-pile of paperwork to complete for the HMRC tax return deadline on the 31st.  As it happened, it has been a busy and hugely varied ...

Published on February 18th 2013 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

New videos of my work

After much beavering away the last few months, I am very pleased to be able to share with you three short videos, which encapsulate the varying strands of work that I do.  Many thanks indeed to Lisa Gee who skilfully ...

Published on December 17th 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

And…Action!

Busy filming two show-reels for my singing and teaching work....more to follow soon!

Published on October 31st 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

The Singing Entrepreneur

Here is a website that I like called The Singing Entrepreneur, with some interesting thoughts about the classical singing industry: http://singingentrepreneur.com/

Published on June 15th 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

All At Sea

Here are some photos from my latest adventures singing on the high seas.  It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. These swarthy looking creatures were my fellow singing ship mates, the lovely Heather and Kevin Flying the Greek flag ...

Published on May 17th 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

Easter Egg Hunt

If you can't see the Pennines, it's raining and if you can, it's about to rain. I can't see the Pennines just at the moment. My tiny tomato plants are chirping away and the sweet pea seedlings have just hatched.  It ...

Published on April 11th 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

The Official Two Thousand and Eleven Round-Up

Now that we have bedded down nicely into 2012 and accepted the fact that it is January, I thought I would put off doing my tax return a little longer and reflect on the many happy events of 2011, without ...

Published on January 19th 2012 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

A Mexican Ear Worm

The Germans call it an 'Ohrwurm' - the familiar feeling of not being able to get a song out of your head for love nor money. I have not been able to get the song La Cucaracha out of my ...

Published on November 17th 2011 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

Have you Hurd?

So I have been at the Ulster Hall in Belfast recording The Aspern Papers, which is another opera by Michael Hurd to add to my discography.  You can never have enough I think.  Michael Hurd (1928-2006) wrote a lot of ...

Published on October 7th 2011 in Uncategorized | no comments yet

Sun, sea and…

...here is a picture of where I spent my summer holiday.   Back to England with a bump then.  Not so much a bump, more of a glide, because next week I get to go to Belfast for the first ...

Published on September 8th 2011 in Uncategorized | no comments yet