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Studio articles available for download:

Music Brings Balance - 09/05
Making A Difference - 3/06
New Year's Resolutions - 01/06Classical Training? - 07/05
The Key To Success - 04/05
Crossover Recital - 10/05

Published Works:

Compact Disc review of I Cantori di New York's recording of Frank Martin's Le vin herbé. The Choral Journal, Vol. 43, No. 7, February 2003.

"A brief history of the Songs of Travel." The Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 25, October 2002.

"Robert Louis Stevenson: A brief examination of the poet behind the Songs of Travel." The Journal of Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 25, October 2002.

"Elements of Form and Unity in Songs of Travel." The Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 25, October 2002.

"The Recordings: A comparative analysis of the nine extant recordings of the Songs of Travel." The Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 25, October 2002.

"Personal Testimony: How I was drawn to the Songs of Travel." The Journal of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, No. 25, October 2002.

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel: An Historical, Theoretical, and Peformance Practice Investigation and Analysis. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Dissertation Services, 1999 (Doctoral treatise at The University of Texas). Copies can be purchased through UMI for $41.00.

Music is the shorthand of emotion. Emotions which let themselves be described in words with such difficulty are directly conveyed to man in music, and in that is its power and significance.

­ Leo Tolstoy

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