...it rarely feels inspiring while you are inside it. Most of the time, it feels like confusion, misalignment, silence, and sitting in a dark hole without answers. STILLBORNE was my 6th production. I thought Flameborne last year was the culmination of my lifetime of learning. To my surprise, STILLBORNE came along and corrected so many lingering regrets from my past projects. The venue crisis last year almost gave me a heart attack, which is exactly why it was the very first thing I resolved...

This is what I usually hear, especially from my adult student singers after asking how was their given practice at home. My kids? Almost never. Kids have the opposite problem—they think they can do everything. They'll pick the hardest piece and dive in like it's nothing. Adults carry the weight of "am I doing this right?" before we even begin. As a lifelong learner with a growth mindset, I always observe myself closely. And in my recent experience self-teaching breaststroke, I found...

It would be my dream to work with a group of musically and technically mature musicians in creating music. However, in the unique musical...