The Elgin Symphony (of which I am a member) is opening their season this week at the Hemmens Theatre in downtown Elgin. This is my seventh season as a member of the Elgin Symphony, and it has really been amazing to watch this ensemble grow over the years, both in...
Right now I am in Omaha, Nebraska at my great friend Aaron Burman’s wedding. Aaron is one of my best friends from Sioux Falls, South Dakota (where I grew up). It is hot, windy, and muggy here in Omaha, and we are just about to head out to the service.Omaha is a...
The Nashville Symphony is set to open its new $120 million Schermerhorn Symphony Center this fall. This orchestra has really turned itself around in the past several years–it is now one of the fastest growing orchestras in the United States.Here is a quite from...
Yesterday I played the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s annual free outdoor Wing Park concert. This concert is always a lot of fun. Wing Park is a 121 acre park complete with a golf course and music shell. It is a very old park (well over 100 years old) set on the...
I am playing “The Student Prince” for the Music by the Lake festival in Williams Bay, Wisconsin this week. Williams Bay is on the shores of Lake Geneva and is a really beautiful setting for a concert. The concerts take place at Aurora University, which is...
