A little introduction

I've decided to start this blog for the purpose of updating my family and friends on what is happening in my performance career. Specifically, I'm leaving for my first long-term (well, relatively long-term) gig in a few days, and I don't know if I'll be able to email all of you very often (not that I do anyway...) with details about what exactly it is I'm doing.

Okay, let me try that again: I'm leaving for an eight-week gig at Opera Omaha soon, and this blog exists for these purposes:

1) Documenting what I'm doing at Opera Omaha, and giving you all an idea of what this job looks like from day-to-day,

2) Explaining a little bit more to opera novices about opera, singing as a career, and other tidbits that might help you understand exactly what the heck Chandler and I (and so many of our friends) do, and

3) Keeping in touch with all of you! Please feel free to ask questions in the comments section, or to email me - I might have a lot more time for email than I think.

A note for opera friends: I think much of this blog might be an introduction to our job for a lot of my family and non-singer friends, just to let you know.

And now, I just have to let you all know that this exists!