Spring updates – La Perichole opens tomorrow night!

Spring updates – La Perichole opens tomorrow night!

Pictured above: Katie Malik (Brambilla) with Marcus Shelton (Piquillo) in Tacoma Opera’s production of La Perichole. Photo by Peter Serko (c) Tacoma Opera. April 29 – May 7: Tacoma Opera presents La Perichole by Offenbach This operetta is a bubbly confection of...
Lund Domkyrka – I denna ljuva sommartid

Lund Domkyrka – I denna ljuva sommartid

There once was a young Swedish woman named Elna Persdottir, who grew up on a farm outside the tiny town of Eslöv in Skåne, in the south of Sweden.  Elna was the oldest of five children, the daughter of a tailor, and from her father she learned the skills to become a...
Summer 2015: Singing in Sweden!

Summer 2015: Singing in Sweden!

I am thrilled to announce that while I’m in Skåne visiting family this summer, I’ll have some opportunities to sing in some of the beautiful churches! Thursday June 18th, 12.10.  Noonday concert at St Johannes Kyrka in Malmö A solo concert of sacred works,...
SOLO ALBUM RELEASE: Live at Urban Grace

SOLO ALBUM RELEASE: Live at Urban Grace

Introducing my new solo album, Live at Urban Grace! It is a collection of sacred, folk song, and operatic works recorded during last summer’s concert at the historic Urban Grace church in downtown Tacoma, WA.  Now available on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and...
One Ring to Rule Them All

One Ring to Rule Them All

I have this interesting relationship with opera.  Not having gone through a masters program in voice like many of my opera singing friends, I sometimes feel like an opera ignoramus.  To a large extent, what I’ve learned about opera has come from performing in...