6/30: Jazz Age Ball - R.M.S. Queen Mary

Tonight I'll step back in time aboard the Queen Mary as Dean Mora and his 10-piece band perform dance music from the '20s, '30s, and 40's for this special Jazz Age Ball, part of the San Diego Vintage Dance Society's Vintage Dance Week at the Queen Mary.


Thursday, June 30, 2011
Dean Mora and His Orchestra
Jazz Age Ball
R.M.S. Queen Mary
Long Beach, CA

6/29: Dean Mora and His Orchestra

Dean Mora and His Orchestra
The Orpheum Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

Tonight I appear with Dean Mora's 10-piece band, performing a short 20-minute program of 1920s tunes prior to the Los Angeles Conservancy's screening of the Harold Lloyd silent movie comedy classic "Safety Last." More info can be found at the Los Angeles Conservancy site.

Orpheum Theatre
842 S. Broadway
Downtown L.A. (between 8th and 9th Sts.)
www.laorpheum.com

6/25: Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings In Concert – Walt Disney Concert Hall

Hila Plitmann and I met this week with fight choreographer and martial arts instructor Caleb Terray who's adding some kick-ass moves to our upcoming concert of Eric Whitacre's PARADISE LOST: SHADOWS AND WINGS.

Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings In Concert



June 25th, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Walt Disney Concert Disney Hall
Los Angeles, CA
111 South Grand Avenue
Phone: (213) 972-7211
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7 soloists; a DJ; a solo cello and a choir of angels all tell the story of one angel who wanted to fly. Presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York. More info.

UPDATE: Photographer Marc Royce captured a few moments of our rehearsal leading up to last Saturday night's performance, as well as a few character portraits:

Doug Kreeger as Ignis, Damon Kirsche as Logos, Hila Plitmann as Exstasis. Photographs: Marc Royce.

Logos (Damon Kirsche) and Exstasis (Hila Plitmann) spar at the finale of Act I.

The cast of PARADISE LOST: SHADOWS AND WINGS:
(back, L to R) Marie Wallace, Rodolfo Nieto,  Daniel Tatar, Sara Jean Ford,
(front) Hila Plitmann, Damon Kirsche

Damon Kirsche as Logos, Hila Plitmann as Exstasis

Three Whitman Songs

This week, some of my talented family of friends got together to sing through a new song cycle, "Three Whitman Songs" by Andrew Martin. We gathered at the Roy O. Disney Hall at CalArts for a jam session with pianist Tali Tadmor, soprano Hila Plitmann, composer Andrew Martin, audio engineer Danny Lemos and videographer Chris Martin of Chrismatic Films. I'll post the results when my busy buddies have had a chance to edit the footage. 

To hear Hila sing is an enchantment; to sing with her is to succumb to seduction—her translucent voice, laser focus, technical and musical virtuosity (and a beguiling combination of gracious charm and goofball wit). I treasure every chance I have to sing with her, so I'm doubly fortunate this month: on June 25, we'll appear together again as Exstasis and Logos (at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Eric Whitacre's Paradise Lost: Shadows & Wings), roles we have played together many times over the years, each better than the last.