• Teaching!

    I have been teaching on and off in between and during engagements for the past 30 + years. Those students were satisfying, in that we would do a whirlwind of lessons in a few days, or they would come stay with me where I was singing, and we’d hash through as much technique as they could muster in the time we had.  I’d throw a lot of ideas at them to work on when they got home, give them tools to know HOW to do that work, and then see what stuck.  I am happy I have been able to help countless singers to reach their goals who are now…

  • Anait Karpova’s site

    Anait Karpova’s website – http://anaitkarpova.com  I designed this site aeons ago, and have been happy to watch my pianist friend’s career grow. On WordPress, it should be easily updatable, even for a serious musician who doesn’t like to deal with the computer! 🙂  I also included different language versions, since she’s a Russian living in Belgium (and speaks both Dutch and French.)   

  • DIY Ikea Hemnes trundle bed transformation

    Well, this is not my first DIY rodeo, and I thought I’d put it up on my website to take a break from ALL OPERA ALL THE TIME. I have done numerous projects on our apartment (and on my friend Keith’s apartment in Houston when he first moved in, come to think of it!), but this is the first time I decided to actually blog about it, since the project has taken forever AND has taken a lot of effort. The main reason for my slow progress has been my pregnancy (yes!! really!!) We await Miracle Number 2 in mid-July (2019). No, I’m not just making excuses for gaining some…