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Evenings in Quarantine: The Zombie Opera my first original production, co-created with the fabulous Liz Rishel, is almost 10 years old!!!! Very proud of my creative, tech, and performing team members… oh and our 100+ filmed backdrop extras and volunteers from all corners of the City of Pittsburgh:)  We ARE planning a special performance/show/ something for October 2020 to celebrate! Continue reading →

Ever pictured me in a boy band? Tomorrow evening I’m singing in a barbershop quartet of ladies doing a Backstreet Boys medley, arranged by (and also performed with) the fabulous Margie Halloran.  Check out our act, and more, at Chorus Austin’s “Summer Nights”, first-EVER Pops Concert! Continue reading →

I’m looking forward to singing once again with the Panoramic Voices in the ACMC Pride Concert next month, a FREE event held at the George Washington Carver Museum. “Conductor Brent Baldwin will lead Panoramic Voices in works by John Cage, Aaron Copland, Stephen Merritt, Pauline Oliveros, and Russell Reed”. Continue reading →

My digital presence at E3 this year is small, but musical:)  I had the pleasure of singing on a variety of choral tracks for the Devolver Digital Press Conference at #E3 in 2017, and was used again in 2018 and this week!   Very excited to announce that those are now available for listening/purchase on Bandcamp, thanks to composer extraordinaire John Robert Matz! Continue reading →

The latest installment of “The Call of the Flame: An Audio Play” has been posted! Perfect timing, as this week three of our team are at the HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival, as COTF is featured in the 2019 NATF Showcase. Members onsite are myself (“Bri”), Stephen Cumberworth (“Villadius”/Music) and Kurt Peterson (writer/editor/producer). Continue reading →

Singing in Heroes/Monsters: songs of legends & beasts with Inversion Ensemble is definitely my favorite concert experience of 2019 so far. Join us for FREE tonight and tomorrow in Austin, TX for vocal works and narrative bits about demons, monsters, heroes, dragons, and more!  Can’t join us in person?  Tonight’s concert will be live-streamed! Continue reading →

Enjoying my first time singing at The Long Center with Chorus Austin. this week as we prepare for our concert weekend with the Austin Symphony Orchestra! Join us Friday and Saturday night for “A Shakespearean Evening”. We are performing William Walton’s “Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario“ Continue reading →

Had my first rehearsal with Austin’s elite Inversion Ensemble this weekend. So much fun! Get ready for the awesomeness that is “Heroes/Monsters: Songs of Legends & Beasts”, a collection of intense vocal works jam-packed with tales of monsters, myths, and legends. Composers include the Stephanie K Andrews, Margie Halloran, and more!!! Continue reading →

One month till the HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction and Arts Festival! Looking forward to all the awesome #audio, #radiodrama, #podcast and #sounddesign presentations, talks, workshops, tips and tricks in store this year AND I finally get to meet some of my The Call of the Flame: An Audio Play team members face to face for the first time! Continue reading →